Genuine Engine Oil Filter..

 Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

Its a smal world, whats genuine these days??

You will be surprised how much of your "British" or "German" vehicle is made in China.

At least they are being honest about the parts origins. 2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6

You didn't buy cheap Chinese parts - you bought expensive Chinese parts

Lol, No, I bought cheap Chinese parts expensively...!!! Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

At least it's genuine Chinese.......  Current: FF Westminster money pit

Gone:
RRS 4.2 SC
RRS 3.6 TDV8
FL2 TD4

Not everything that comes out of the same factory is to the same spec - different customers demand different things.

There have been a few threads - batteries & brake pads spring to mind - where there JLR spec appears better than the 'own brand' of the manufacturer

With a genuine part, you know it will work - anything else is a roll of the dice

I have a friend with an Aston - the apparent mark up on their parts is eye watering and make JLR look amateur

And unfortunately it often works the other way around, the manufacturer asks for a specific specification and that is what is made for them but the company itself is selling pattern parts that are to a new, higher spec...

I just thought it was funny that the one thing that could wreck this very nice engine originated in China, I'm sure it will be fine.....!! Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

As Brian posted above - I wonder how much of the car actually comes from China - I'm sure a fair number of the peripheral parts originate there.

A bit off topic, but when I was on the Solihull factory tour one of the surprises on the Defender line (which then still existed) was that Defender axles came from Ghana. Maybe the recent supply chain disruption will encourage reshoring, for the sake of the UK engineering industry I hope so. Only Range Rovers since 1988

Having all the parts coming from a ‘local’ supply chain in the UK sounds good in theory but you wouldn’t buy the overly expensive car in the end, it’s the same with clothes etc, to buy at the price we want we need ‘sweat shops’ and cheap labour and the might of massive factories and workforce’s that India and China can provide.

Most manufacturers mask it buy assembling in country but importing most of the parts.

Shouldnt it be more like this?

 David

2012 Range Rover Westminster 4.4TDV8
2004 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 (LPG) (Not quite gone)
2021 Mazda CX-5
2003 Porsche Boxster

And don't pop the Chinese bubble wrap...  Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

That's a good point about the bubble wrap!

Once you pop you can't stop!