Oil change at national tyres ? Bmw E60
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charging you £35+ to undo one 17mm bolt and unscrew an oil filter, do it yourself, this is the basic of basics of car maintenance.
To be fair, a 5 litre bottle of that oil is the best part of £30 and that engine must need 6 or 7 litres. Even being optimistic and saying you can get 7 litres for £40 means that coupled with £10 or so for the oil filter (filter even for my E90 320d is £12 on ECP), their price is actually quite reasonable.
Unless of course it is possible to get that oil and the filter massively cheaper, in which case I retract my statement
Unless of course it is possible to get that oil and the filter massively cheaper, in which case I retract my statement
Soldato
As long as you can trust them to put the said oil in and not just some cheap crap.
Caporegime
This, when I was last in national tyres having a brake disc changed they said they'd change the oil in my 530 with manufacturer recommended oil or its equivalent which put me off.
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Unless of course it is possible to get that oil and the filter massively cheaper, in which case I retract my statement
That oil is £17 from the rain forest of all places
Soldato
That oil is £17 from the rain forest of all places
Got a link?
The only place i can see it for £17 is some dodgy German marketplace seller with £15 delivery to be added on.
Provided it meets the BMW specification then any oil (providing its the right viscosity for our climate) will do. I can't comment on the E60, but for mine (F30 320d) it is BMW Longlife-04 (LL04). The petrols use LL01 and LL03 I believe.
The reasons that these national chains can afford to have low prices on the oil change isn't because they use the wrong oil, far from it, they buy it in such vast quantities it's far cheaper than we can buy at 5-8 litres at a time.
The reasons that these national chains can afford to have low prices on the oil change isn't because they use the wrong oil, far from it, they buy it in such vast quantities it's far cheaper than we can buy at 5-8 litres at a time.
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Soldato
That oil is LL-04 and is what's in my 120D, if you feel you can trust their work then why not.
I sat through a load of pages of reviews in German looking for a decent alternative to the very expensive Castrol edge for my e65 and best I came up with was this:
http://www.hunt4spares.co.uk/mannol...engine-motor-oil-vw-505015050050200-514-p.asp
20 litres for sub £60. Meets ll-04.
Reviewed well in lab tests. I have mine on the way now
http://www.hunt4spares.co.uk/mannol...engine-motor-oil-vw-505015050050200-514-p.asp
20 litres for sub £60. Meets ll-04.
Reviewed well in lab tests. I have mine on the way now
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I suppose it's down to the guy at national tyres too depending how good he is for car maintenance, the local one to be has idiots working there so I will be traveling 15 mins down the road and taking it to another branch of I use them ,
Thanks for the replays , I will have a look at that oil it's a great price
Thanks for the replays , I will have a look at that oil it's a great price
I sat through a load of pages of reviews in German looking for a decent alternative to the very expensive Castrol edge for my e65 and best I came up with was this:
http://www.hunt4spares.co.uk/mannol...engine-motor-oil-vw-505015050050200-514-p.asp
20 litres for sub £60. Meets ll-04.
Reviewed well in lab tests. I have mine on the way now
Good to know, thanks. I was going to take mine to National and I was a bit concerned about the quality of the oil and filter they use, probably the cheapest filter they can buy and whatever oil they have out back. For just a bit more cost I can do 3 oil changes with this, and I know what oil and filter were used and it was done thoroughly.
