Ingenium petrol. What do I need to know?
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We’ve just acquired a low mileage (sub 20k) 2018 F-Pace 25t.
Our man who knows about these things says they’re pretty bomb proof provided you don’t go 20k between oil changes and do it every 10k. I’m happy to go with that as our other stuff (LR various) has lasted well using his advice for the past fifteen years or so.
Anything else we need to watch out for?
Our man who knows about these things says they’re pretty bomb proof provided you don’t go 20k between oil changes and do it every 10k. I’m happy to go with that as our other stuff (LR various) has lasted well using his advice for the past fifteen years or so.
Anything else we need to watch out for?
Apologies for the delayed reply. Only just seen this.
The 25t is a nice place to be and handles well. It’s very sensitive to tyres as we put a new set of all-weathers on it and it is transformed.
I would describe the power output as “adequate” rather than good though. 240bhp is barely enough and the box seems to be changing gear much more frequently than our other cars (FFRR and 6 series - both also ZF8). That said, it’s Mrs JW911’s car and as she came from a Freelander, her view is a bit more positive. She still misses her Boxster though. MPG within the low 30s with a mix of driving. You should see 40 on a run.
Personally I’d have gone for the 3.0S and taken the hit on mpg.
As for reliability, the CEL came on shortly after my original post. The specialist diagnosed a camshaft issue which would have cost £££ to sort. I did some Googling and found that the 25t is effectively a US market car as most of them were sold over there. There is an active recall in place to change two camshaft solenoids (as detailed above), all covered by JLR. Needless to say, they’re not interested here as it’s out of warranty. Our VIN sits right in the middle of the recall range so I had the solenoids changed instead for significantly less £££ and it has solved it. Don’t forget, it’s a Land Rover underneath.
Spend some time looking for the right car and I think you’ll do ok. Like I said, I think the 3.0 is probably the way forward really and stay away from the diesels.
The 25t is a nice place to be and handles well. It’s very sensitive to tyres as we put a new set of all-weathers on it and it is transformed.
I would describe the power output as “adequate” rather than good though. 240bhp is barely enough and the box seems to be changing gear much more frequently than our other cars (FFRR and 6 series - both also ZF8). That said, it’s Mrs JW911’s car and as she came from a Freelander, her view is a bit more positive. She still misses her Boxster though. MPG within the low 30s with a mix of driving. You should see 40 on a run.
Personally I’d have gone for the 3.0S and taken the hit on mpg.
As for reliability, the CEL came on shortly after my original post. The specialist diagnosed a camshaft issue which would have cost £££ to sort. I did some Googling and found that the 25t is effectively a US market car as most of them were sold over there. There is an active recall in place to change two camshaft solenoids (as detailed above), all covered by JLR. Needless to say, they’re not interested here as it’s out of warranty. Our VIN sits right in the middle of the recall range so I had the solenoids changed instead for significantly less £££ and it has solved it. Don’t forget, it’s a Land Rover underneath.
Spend some time looking for the right car and I think you’ll do ok. Like I said, I think the 3.0 is probably the way forward really and stay away from the diesels.
Edited by JW911 on Saturday 1st June 21:20
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