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 Oil & filter change or not?
Crazymind

Post16th Oct 2025 10:15pm
Forum: Modifications & Maintenance (L663) · Replies: 40 · Views: 10080 · Subject: Oil & filter change or not?
It doesn’t surprise me few of the old Defender are very high mileage. It takes time to build up mileage driving around the farm and back and forth from the village Smile.
On the contrary I would expec ...
 Oil & filter change or not?
Crazymind

Post15th Oct 2025 9:40pm
Forum: Modifications & Maintenance (L663) · Replies: 40 · Views: 10080 · Subject: Oil & filter change or not?
Though little car the Logan…
The one he had before was declared dead at 300k miles…
Also run on LPG…still
Not seen any defender with that sort of mileage yet…
 Oil & filter change or not?
Crazymind

Post15th Oct 2025 4:52pm
Forum: Modifications & Maintenance (L663) · Replies: 40 · Views: 10080 · Subject: Oil & filter change or not?
Mechanical tolerances are part of the story, not all the story.
My friend had his car (Dacia 1.2 16v chain driven) looked after with oil changes every 10k miles up to last year. In the last 12 months ...
 Bye Bye Defender
Crazymind

Post13th Oct 2025 5:02pm
Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 15 · Views: 1148 · Subject: Bye Bye Defender
While your decision to sell is completely understandable, I’d argue it’s less about the car or the company deteriorating and more about personal tolerance for uncertainty. The brand still produces ...
 Expedition Rack Refurb
Crazymind

Post12th Oct 2025 8:21am
Forum: Modifications & Maintenance (L663) · Replies: 8 · Views: 601 · Subject: Expedition Rack Refurb
That’s a tricky one. If it has been anodised from factory you need to to give it a bath of sodium hydroxide. Once you se the colour coming off brush it off. Rinse with cold water and neutralise with ...
 D250 Coolant Leak
Crazymind

Post10th Oct 2025 8:09am
Forum: Faults & Fixes (L663) · Replies: 10 · Views: 1063 · Subject: D250 Coolant Leak
I think the dealer refers to some early 3.0 Ingenium blocks, coming from the factory with inconsistent thread depth or finish in certain cylinders as especially #5 and #6 near the firewall.
When torq ...
 2024 Defender D250 - service intervals
Crazymind

Post23rd Sep 2025 7:24pm
Forum: Modifications & Maintenance (L663) · Replies: 26 · Views: 2881 · Subject: 2024 Defender D250 - service intervals
Just booked the first Service. Done 3 oil changes and one oil filter meantime…
Booked for the 7th of October price 516quid…
 D250 Coolant Leak
Crazymind

Post15th Sep 2025 7:48pm
Forum: Faults & Fixes (L663) · Replies: 10 · Views: 1063 · Subject: D250 Coolant Leak
That’s a “Clic-R” style snap clamp. If you haven’t Clic-R pliers (they have jaws shaped to engage the little latch), Place the pliers on the clamp’s latch tab, squeeze, this pops the latch o ...
 ACC - My view...
Crazymind

Post14th Sep 2025 9:53pm
Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 23 · Views: 4612 · Subject: ACC - My view...
n Dynamic mode it sometimes drops three gears just to pick up speed quickly 🤣. I don’t get why they can’t program it to use the torque more effectively before shifting down.
 ACC - My view...
Crazymind

Post14th Sep 2025 7:46pm
Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 23 · Views: 4612 · Subject: ACC - My view...
I put in manual 8th gear on motorway and it is fine…
 Installing Software Update
Crazymind

Post9th Sep 2025 7:22am
Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 13 · Views: 1625 · Subject: Installing Software Update
Nothing different…
 Installing Software Update
Crazymind

Post8th Sep 2025 10:00pm
Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 13 · Views: 1625 · Subject: Installing Software Update
Mine was downloaded Thursday last week and I have attempted to install it every day since… today finally update was installed..
 Global IT Issues
Crazymind

Post6th Sep 2025 7:22am
Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 104 · Views: 12820 · Subject: Global IT Issues
Not sure about that! Got the OTA software update Thursday evening!
 Global IT Issues
Crazymind

Post5th Sep 2025 8:46am
Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 104 · Views: 12820 · Subject: Global IT Issues
Concern is understandable but we are way far from “Skynet”… Smile
Uk at least has the PSTI Act which now requires IoT devices to meet minimum cybersecurity standards.
And mass scale attack on car ...
 Which would be better in the long run?
Crazymind

Post4th Sep 2025 9:14pm
Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 42 · Views: 4995 · Subject: Which would be better in the long run?
Madness, my friend! As beautiful as the old Defender looks, there’s no way I’d use it as a daily driver or for long-haul trips. I’m in Germany now, after driving down from Glasgow to Vienna and ...
 
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