I can see that quite a number on here do their own servicing. My car has had all the fluids done and is 10 years old. Currently I take the car to a good indie annually and as with a lot of indies they reference their price that they are cheaper than main dealers. I just got my sons car back from a service and it cost a hundred odd quid. What actually needs doing oil and oil filter, various air filters, maybe a fuel filter what am I missing something - what do they do for the other 300 quid I’m happy to take feedback that says I’m a penny pinching idiot, but I’m not I just don’t like wasting money. I seem to recall JLR have a scheme for serving older vehicles but my recent experience (admittedly with Audi) leads me to believe main dealers just have spotty faced “technicians” not experienced mechanics. Geoff

There are schedules for what needs doing on the Online servicing...

https://osh.landrover.com/

Stick your VIN in and it will tell you all...

Most items are under the "check" heading, most services you will be able to do yourself...

Just keep all the receipts for what you buy... Pete

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Thanks Pete I have exhausted all of the JLR service sheets 10 years even though I haven’t done anything like the miles. I’ll continue to change the oil a couple of times between services. Geoff

I took the view last year that I would stop MD services after 7 years and 50k miles and started servicing it myself.

It wasn’t about saving money for me although I do begrudge paying MD prices for a junior tech to change my oil.

I self service as I know everything will be done correctly, more often that the standard schedule calls for and I enjoy doing it.

I keep all the receipts for parts and oil etc, take photos and have a thick file of information and history building up.

One benefit of doing it yourself is you put the “right” amount of oil back in to your preference
On the 4.4, service fluid replacement is 9.5 litres
This may lead to “overfill” indicated
Some prefer only replacing 8.5 or 9 litres and adjusting as required

Yes mine only sucks out about 8.5 litres so I’ll put that much back in and top up as needed - thanks Geoff

The 4.4 SDV8 is one of the easiest engines to service, in fact easier than many other cars (but Land Rover don't want you to know this).

A full service (air filters, fuel filter, pollen filter, oil filter and oil) takes under an hour. An oil extractor makes light work.

I get my filters from partsinmotion.co.uk. I choose Mahle for the oil filter and fuel filter (as these are the genuine ones also) and Febi for everything else.

Oil wise I use Petronas 5000 FJ from Opieoils.

I perform an oil and filter change every 7,000 miles and a full service on the alternating service (so, every 14,000 miles). The fuel filter I change every 2 years. 2015 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 SDV8

Thanks to those who have contributed, I still think my vac pump maybe doesn't quite get to the bottom of the sump as it only extracts about 8L and I put 8L in and its full. But I know the guys at my local garage well so well that a while ago I provided the oil and they were happy, the did charge me 20 quid to change the oil but didn't suck it out but they drained it and it did take 9L. I suspect if I get all the bits they will be happy to do all the work - I'm unfortunately to creaky in myself to do it, maybe I should try oiling my knees and my back with a bit of fully synthetic 5W30W  Geoff

Draining vs sucking should extract the same amount as they are both extracting via the sump plug. What oil extractor are you using as my Draper Expert unit struggles to generate vacuum when nearly full and I used to do it in 2 goes. I've now moved to an electric pump which seems to be an even better solution. I always put in 9.5L to get the electronic level just above midway. Not sure why some take 8.5L to do this but maybe sludge buildup from previous extended oil drains has reduced the sump capacity or there are slight variations in the electronic guage calibration. I'd always prefer a slight overfill rather than an underfill give any uncertainty. Even though I do all my own servicing I like to get an indy specialist to do a yearly inspection as they can often pick up any issues I or the MOT miss as they know what parts are prone to fail. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)

Hello
I've just bought my first RR, a 2016 4.4 Autobiography.

So far it's got a full (actually full, and on schedule!) main dealer history. Is it worth keeping this up?

My inclination is to use the dealer to service the thing to schedule still, and have my local friendly mechanic do anything else, eg suspension work. Or does nobody really care about dealer history and I can just get my usual guys to do everything?

Usually I'd use indies for older cars but since this one has such an impeccable history...

Guess it depends on how long you intend to keep it, on the other side of the coin, is a main dealer better than an independent 😂😂😂

I do all my own, at least I KNOW what's been done. Rather than being told what was supposed to have been done 🙄

@E500, I've recently P/Ex'd a 2014 L405 that had a perfect history like yours up to 2 years ago when I bought it and serviced it myself. The LR main dealer showed almost no interest in the history and was far more interested in the condition than the history, it certainly didn't hurt the value anything like the amount I've saved. My opinion is if you can do it yourself then do it unless there are any warranty risks.

I've done my own work since I once got charged 15 years ago to fix an oil leak. Cost €1400 and still had the oil leak. Since that day I do all work that doesn't require specialist tools besides basic mechanics gear.

What I do like about the RR is that when I did my first service on her I dint even have to crawl underneath. Everything was done with the car on the ground in lowered mode.

I think I did good oil, 2 x air filters, genuine oil filter and it was about €100-€120. I did buy the vacuum pump but that's a long term investment into the tools of my business.

Lastly regarding your penny pinching comment, for me its about trust. I trust probably one mechanic but I need to leave the car there a week or two as he is mad busy. Doing this work is rewarding and at least you know you haven't taken any short cuts like some of the horror stories you here. Current yokes
2012 4.4 TDV8 Westminster
2006 Disco 3
Scoobie GT wagon
Mx5 G Ltd
TT S Line
Pajero JDM Exceed

cass wrote:

@E500, I've recently P/Ex'd a 2014 L405 that had a perfect history like yours up to 2 years ago when I bought it and serviced it myself. The LR main dealer showed almost no interest in the history and was far more interested in the condition than the history, it certainly didn't hurt the value anything like the amount I've saved. My opinion is if you can do it yourself then do it unless there are any warranty risks.

So far I've done everything myself except the megaflush, coz a don't have the kit and I didn't fancy sitting under the car on ramps with the engine running with hot exhaust trying to check the g-box oil level and get the filler plug back in whilst hot oil is p***ing out everywhere.

Brave I am, stupid I'm not. Hail to those with more skills than me

A. Fuji White / Jet 2012 4.4 TDV8 Westminster