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Oil change

Hey!

I have a petrol card from my company so can get the oil for free form any petrol station.

Does anybody knows any petrol station that can do the oil change for me. Or any garage where I can pay them just for the labor and use my oil?

Thanks,
Stavros
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  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    Most garages will do the labour if you supply the parts, if they say no or make excuse just go somewhere else.

    Cost? Well mine was done at a main dealer for £15, I supplied the parts.

    Be wary of Crapfit and Halfrauds type's, they might try to scare you into new tyres/exhaust/brakes.
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  • Premier_2
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    Strider590 wrote: »
    Most garages will do the labour if you supply the parts, if they say no or make excuse just go somewhere else.

    Cost? Well mine was done at a main dealer for £15, I supplied the parts.

    Be wary of Crapfit and Halfrauds type's, they might try to scare you into new tyres/exhaust/brakes.

    I must say that is a cracking price!

    Take for example say a current Mondeo 2.0, well that is timed at 0.5h to change the oil & filter, so a main dealer charging just £30 per hour ... well decide for yourself.
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  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    Premier wrote: »
    I must say that is a cracking price!

    Take for example say a current Mondeo 2.0, well that is timed at 0.5h to change the oil & filter, so a main dealer charging just £30 per hour ... well decide for yourself.

    Mates rates, I have family at the dealership ;)

    But makes no odds, plenty of my friends have done the same at other garages and for the same price.
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  • The job in question shouldn't take no more then 30 minutes for any experienced mechanic. Raise car on ramp, locate drain plug, drain oil, use filter strap to take off old filter, replace filter and ring, open oil cap and top up, start engine. 30 minutes. If they charge you more then £15 for the job, then screw their laziness.
  • gord115
    gord115 Posts: 1,077 Forumite
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    Get really good oil and flog it half price to a mate (£25 maybe) then book car in for oil and filter change at National tyres and just pay the difference.

    http://www.national.co.uk/oil-vehicle-search.aspx
  • rodenal
    rodenal Posts: 831 Forumite
    What you have written makes absolutely no sense to me...
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,974 Forumite
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    Dont the company arrange the cars service schedule? I know with my old companies fuel card scheme you
    could buy oil, But service stations are not the cheapest and one driver got pulled up about the quantity
    of oil being purchased.

    You cannot get labour for oil changes applied to the cards. And i think they would want to know why your booking
    oil changes on it.
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  • gord115
    gord115 Posts: 1,077 Forumite
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    rodenal wrote: »
    What you have written makes absolutely no sense to me...

    Have you tried reading it?
  • Apples2
    Apples2 Posts: 6,442 Forumite
    Wouldnt this be a sackable offense?

    I mean, a.pint of oil is fair enough but a complete oil change including parts too???
  • OP - is this a company car? If so, surely your employer should be paying for the servicing?
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
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