Cost of an Oil Change

[219]

I buy 8L of GTX 'high mileage' from Tesco (or wherever I can get it cheapest) , usually around £16 per 4L container , and a genuine filter element from the dealer , can't remember what I paid last time but less than a tenner so not worth skimping on a cheap alternative , and doing it myself . I am equally happy to use Mann or other OEM filter from ECP if I'm in for other items at the same time ; if only needing a filter then go to dealer for genuine item .

I always used to use Duckhams 20-50 but haven't seen it anywhere in a while .

 

[crockers]

I thought Mobil 1 was fully synthetic...

 

[npuk]

Mobil1 is fully synthetic.

National tyres also do oil changes at a good price. They use Castrol oil.

 

[harry_dhuga]

I was quoted that price by my local Kwik-Fit but I was also asked if I wanted to 'upgrade' to fully synthetic oil which would be £50.

Unless the guy got it wrong at the till for my car that was a cracking deal in my opinion - it was fully synthetic Mobil 1 they used as I looked at the oil and it was mega thin when I compared it to the synthetic Mobil 1 they had.

8l of Mobil 1 0w/40 + oil filter = happy paying £26.95...!!!

 

[Will]

A very cheap price, surely a loss leader I'd think.

Not aware of the wholesale cost of Mobil 1, but it's around £10 a litre from most retail outlets in 4/5L containers (£40-50) and something like £15+ per 1L in Esso garages.

Cheapest supplier I know of in the UK is Costco who have done a cracking deal at £19.99+VAT per 4L container for years.

So £26.95/29.95 for 8 litres and a filter thrown in for free is a bargain, ignoring the labour of draining/refilling and waste disposal.

 

[chiefski26]

The kwik fit £30 oil change is not 0w40 its semi synthetic mobil oil.

 

[harry_dhuga]

The kwik fit £30 oil change is not 0w40 its semi synthetic mobil oil.

I know what you are saying but my one was fully synthetic - checked the drum and double checked with the manager.

As for what I was charged if you read my earlier comment it says that they might have charged me the wrong price as I was shocked when they quoted £29.95 - I was told it was going to be £40 at least by the manager couple of days earlier.

 

[npuk]

They offer two options semi synthetic £29 and fully synthetic £39 so you were lucky, you were charged the wrong price. If you saw they oil was from a Mobil1 drum then it was fully snythetic you got.

 

[harry_dhuga]

They offer two options semi synthetic £29 and fully synthetic £39 so you were lucky, you were charged the wrong price. If you saw they oil was from a Mobil1 drum then it was fully snythetic you got.

Thanks, that's what I thought and to be honest even if they charged me £39 (-10% discount for me) I wasn't gonna complain as that's a very good price anyhow.

 

[Spinal]

I'm curious... do you reckon I could buy the oil&filter from quick fit and go for £40?

As in, I'll buy the "parts" from them, but then I'll go off and do it myself?

 

[Oily Rag]

I'm curious... do you reckon I could buy the oil&filter from quick fit and go for £40?

As in, I'll buy the "parts" from them, but then I'll go off and do it myself?

Nope, went in Halfrauds today looking for a set of alloys for the wife's car, and Mobil 1 fully synthetic 0w 40 is £38.99 for the 4 litre bottle, so around £80 for mine + the filter.

 

[219]

I suppose QF might let you supply a genuine MB filter rather than use their filter of unknown quality - or did any of you see if they use OEM branded filters ?

 

[Spinal]

Nope, went in Halfrauds today looking for a set of alloys for the wife's car, and Mobil 1 fully synthetic 0w 40 is £38.99 for the 4 litre bottle, so around £80 for mine + the filter.

Sad... if you want mobil1 go to Costco, £20 for a 4l bottle... would have been nice if QF would let you do it yourself!

 

[colinallcars]

Got 15L of Shell Helix for £99 delivered from an online company (oils and lubricants or something like that) which worked out at £6.60/litre. Was quite pleased with myself until I got some Quantum Platinum from my local VW dealer for my son's Polo TDi - £15 for 5L. The VW TDi's need a very high spec oil so I assume it's more than up to the job in a C180 but it doesn't seem to have a Mercedes certification - what's the industry standard equivalent? The Platinum spec is SAE 5W-40 API SL/CF ACEA A3/B4/C3 VW 502 00 / 505 00 / 505 01 Ford WSS M2C-917A

 

[Rory]

Got 15L of Shell Helix for £99 delivered from an online company (oils and lubricants or something like that) which worked out at £6.60/litre. Was quite pleased with myself until I got some Quantum Platinum from my local VW dealer for my son's Polo TDi - £15 for 5L. The VW TDi's need a very high spec oil so I assume it's more than up to the job in a C180 but it doesn't seem to have a Mercedes certification - what's the industry standard equivalent? The Platinum spec is SAE 5W-40 API SL/CF ACEA A3/B4/C3 VW 502 00 / 505 00 / 505 01 Ford WSS M2C-917A

Quantum Platinum says it's for fixed service intervals but I can't imagine why it wouldn't be just fine for normal use.

Quantum Longlife III 5w30 is for variable intervals and is suitable for cars with DPF so must be low ash. It would surely be good enough to be MB229.51.

Their wed page is here, but it's a flash page - I couldn't open it in Firefox: http://www.thetradepartsspecialists.co.uk/flash/quantum/quantumOils.html

My impression is that the MB approval is a branding thing, rather than a detailed technical specification. VW diesels are known for needing particular types of oil, whereas MB's don't have any such issues.