Oil Change

msmyth18

Hello all!

I usually do my own maintenance on my car, oil filters sparks etc.

However the standard oil change usually costs about £16-£22 for decent oil and about £5-£8 for a filter.

I recently found out that national the car tyre people are doing them from £18.90

For my car its £26.10 and thats with Castrol Magnatec- Usually costs about £26 for 4L of that alone! And it saves a messy oil patch on the drive and 1 hour or so of graft yourself.

Those with massive engines can have up to 7L under the offer

Just thought i would let you all know!

patman99

What brand of oil are they using?.

ritesh

Yes, I agree whilst some national places can do these basic changes at a very competitive price but as the above post says, "What type of oil are they using?"

At least by doing it yourself you can be 100% sure of the quality of materials being used.

flang

ritesh wrote: »

Yes, I agree whilst some national places can do these basic changes at a very competitive price but as the above post says, "What type of oil are they using?"

At least by doing it yourself you can be 100% sure of the quality of materials being used.

And at least by doing it yourself you know that the job has been done properly

newbie007_2

I too use national for oil changes, also for £26.10 for fiesta, 5w - 30 full synthetic castrol magnatec.

Go to their site and put in your car reg and they will come up with the oil type and price for your car. http://www.national.co.uk/oil-vehicle-search.aspx

roddydogs

He tells you in the first post what Oil CASTROL MAGNATEC.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And then they send you a £5 off voucher each year.And they use Unipart filters

sassy_one

Might be useful for me on my V6.

I need 4.5 litres of motor oil - think I might take a look at this offer

Thank you for posting OP

I was paying £35 at RapidFit Ford but this is even cheaper

ess0two

sassy-one wrote: »

Might be useful for me on my V6.

I need 4.5 litres of motor oil - think I might take a look at this offer

Thank you for posting OP

I was paying £35 at RapidFit Ford but this is even cheaper

4.5 litres !!! more like 6.5 litres,way off the mark.

msmyth18

Yes as mentioned it is the castrol magnatec! Well for my vehicle as newbie007 fiesta it is, as he mentioned check it out on their website and see! Its a garage and i cannot imagine they can mess up an oil change that badly, and if they do they're insured to put it right!

sassy_one

ess0two wrote: »

4.5 litres !!! more like 6.5 litres,way off the mark.

Not as it states in my Haynes Manual - states V6 = 4.5 litres, think I should know after owning one for 3 years!

sassy_one

msmyth18 wrote: »

Yes as mentioned it is the castrol magnatec! Well for my vehicle as newbie007 fiesta it is, as he mentioned check it out on their website and see! Its a garage and i cannot imagine they can mess up an oil change that badly, and if they do they're insured to put it right!

I'm off to them later this month for my oil and filter change again, will let you know how good they are