Late model Jaguar / Land Rover with the AJ-V8 Gen III 5.0L that was originally filled with Castrol Edge Pro 5W20.
My rig will see lots of sub-zero cold starts so my plan is to switch to a high-quality 0W20 synthetic. Good idea?
Of these readily-available options in my market does one stand out as the best choice for engine protection?
Motul 8100 Eco
Liqui Moly Special Tec AA
Mobil 1 AFE
Mobil 1 EP
As a side note, this info from a Land Rover forum is interesting.
My shop has switched to 0w20(Castrol Edge Pro E) on the 5L engines completely (unless 5w20 is requested by a customer) and I personally use it in my own engine.
The +15my 5L and the SCV6 have now switched their spec to 0w20, with almost no internal changes to the engine. I have done all the research that lead me to make the switch, but all on my work computer, but Castrol specs the 0w20 pro-e as backwards compatible for JLR engines that spec 5w20.
My main reason for making the switch was the number of VVT faults(P0016/1 when the weather got cold. Most were absolutely fine if restarted after running for a few minutes, and had no further issues following a simple oil change, but several required VVT actuator replacement. The spec change by LR for the newer model years have followed a very minor change to the internals of those very actuators.
My rig will see lots of sub-zero cold starts so my plan is to switch to a high-quality 0W20 synthetic. Good idea?
Of these readily-available options in my market does one stand out as the best choice for engine protection?
Motul 8100 Eco
Liqui Moly Special Tec AA
Mobil 1 AFE
Mobil 1 EP
As a side note, this info from a Land Rover forum is interesting.
My shop has switched to 0w20(Castrol Edge Pro E) on the 5L engines completely (unless 5w20 is requested by a customer) and I personally use it in my own engine.
The +15my 5L and the SCV6 have now switched their spec to 0w20, with almost no internal changes to the engine. I have done all the research that lead me to make the switch, but all on my work computer, but Castrol specs the 0w20 pro-e as backwards compatible for JLR engines that spec 5w20.
My main reason for making the switch was the number of VVT faults(P0016/1 when the weather got cold. Most were absolutely fine if restarted after running for a few minutes, and had no further issues following a simple oil change, but several required VVT actuator replacement. The spec change by LR for the newer model years have followed a very minor change to the internals of those very actuators.