Tom W
Active Member
Not a P6 question, but a Rover V8 question I thought I’d ask here as you’re a knowledgable bunch and I’m not a member of a Range Rover forum. Too much opinion over knowledge on the Range Rover/Land Rover forums.
Anyway, hope this is allowed admins. My daily driver 4.6 Range Rover is using a lot of oil. I need to top it up every 1000 miles or it will go below minimum on the dipstick! It’s definitely burning it rather than dripping out. I’ve done the simple stuff and cleaned all the breathers out and throttle body. That didn’t fix it, so I think it must be rings or valve stem seals.
Is there a test I can do to determine which before I have to commit to stripping the engine? Would a compression test differentiate between the two?
It’s had valve stem seals done once before, but that was about 60k miles ago. The engine’s done over 200k now, so maybe it’s just very tired. I pulled out a few plugs to check and they all have a fine white deposit on them, I believe that indicates burning oil. It’s running LPG if that makes any difference.
Thanks, Tom
Anyway, hope this is allowed admins. My daily driver 4.6 Range Rover is using a lot of oil. I need to top it up every 1000 miles or it will go below minimum on the dipstick! It’s definitely burning it rather than dripping out. I’ve done the simple stuff and cleaned all the breathers out and throttle body. That didn’t fix it, so I think it must be rings or valve stem seals.
Is there a test I can do to determine which before I have to commit to stripping the engine? Would a compression test differentiate between the two?
It’s had valve stem seals done once before, but that was about 60k miles ago. The engine’s done over 200k now, so maybe it’s just very tired. I pulled out a few plugs to check and they all have a fine white deposit on them, I believe that indicates burning oil. It’s running LPG if that makes any difference.
Thanks, Tom