Thin oil not such a good idea.

[Bobupndown]

A house I owned from 1995-2001 had an attached garage which was unusual for a house built in 1928. Alas it was built for cars 7 feet tall and 3 feet wide so I could never get my Renault 25 barge in... anyway, the previous owner had a Mk 2 Cortina estate for some years (which did fit) and on a wall he'd chalked a record of all the decokes he'd performed on it

My mum was a home help, or care assistant for an elderly gentleman some years ago. His garage was so small that his Morris Marina was too big for the garage doors to close, it still went into the garage every night though. Guess it was built for an Austin Seven, or a Mini originally. How times and car sizes have changed.

 

[dave h 2]

By all means change the oil viscosity. But just make sure the motor hasn't got oil operated VVT or a variable displacement system both of which rely the oil viscosity to work properly.

 

[Bobtail4x4]

our freelander 2 is just coming up to 203k miles, serviced each year,
the body is on its way, along with other stuff x member rear diff etc

it runs like a sewing machine, mate has one at 100k it sounds like a bag of spanners, serviced every 20k miles,

 

[Bobupndown]

our freelander 2 is just coming up to 203k miles, serviced each year,
the body is on its way, along with other stuff x member rear diff etc

it runs like a sewing machine, mate has one at 100k it sounds like a bag of spanners, serviced every 20k miles,

Mine is on 140000 miles, approaching its 12th birthday, gets serviced every 10k miles using 5w30 c1 oil, going strong. Wish I could buy a newer low mileage replacement.

 

[Bobtail4x4]

we have had ours 13 years now,

last few years its only done 2/3000 miles, still gets a service each year,

 

[Wedg1e]

our freelander 2 is just coming up to 203k miles, serviced each year,
the body is on its way, along with other stuff x member rear diff etc

it runs like a sewing machine, mate has one at 100k it sounds like a bag of spanners, serviced every 20k miles,

One of the guys at work had a Freelander, the cylinder head cracked at the left rear corner and had a permanent oil dribble. I looked at it with a view to TIGing it in situ but with all the oil about it would have been a non-starter (literally ). In the end I think he dolloped some Chemical Metal in the corner and sold it quick.
The boss's daughter also has one, her husband spent ages and £££ on it sorting brakes and other stuff for MOT but I think it failed anyway so they bought something else and it's just been sat gathering bird dung.