41jules1967
Member Since: 01 Jun 2025
Location: Leeds
Posts: 98

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It's going to not be as good as say "Castrol" or "Mobil" but is a lot cheaper. It will meet the technical requirements so will it be ok? Yes it will. Will it provide the same level of protection as it ages, probably not but what it does provide should still be adequate.
The challenge is the same as you have with tyres. Officially a budget A rated wet tyre will perform similarly to a Pirelli at 3 times the price and most of us will never be able to tell the difference. But that one winter's day on a wet motorway, when you really need those fractional differences, will you regret it? It's a quandry we all struggle with.
I always used Millers on my V6 which was also much cheaper than the premium brands. But I was running it in a Jag XF which, is a lot less stressed. You rarely heard of spun bearings and snapped cranks on XFs. The RRS is a very different animal. If you do changes every 5k or so, or don't intend to run the car for the long term, then it should be fine, but if you tend to stretch it, then given the well documented foibles of the V6 Diesel on the RRS, all of which seem to relate to lubrication, then for the minimal cost difference, I'd go with a premium brand. 2021 L494 D300MHEV Autobiography
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