I dont ask for much but.........

maxmycardagain

I wish to specify what oil is used for my oil change, the garages want to use whatever they buy in in 45 gallon drums, the Castrol i want to my spec is not expensive, im happy to pay any extra or buy my one (£29 5ltrs) and a dealers own oil filter but no.........they dont want to that

 

facade

Take it somewhere else then, or do it yourself for nothing...

Likely they want to bill you £10 a litre for the fleet oil they pay less than £1 a litre for.

Aylesbury_Duck

As above, it's part of their business model.  Find a garage that allows you to supply your own oil.

Paula_Smith

If you don't want to get too dirty - get a suction pump and do it yourself.
Make sure to change the filter and take the old oil to the council tip to dispose of properly.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/FreeTec-Scavenge-Extractor-Submersible-Motorcycles/dp/B076J63NF7?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_4
Other pumps are available.

Mercdriver

Ask one of the Freds to come around and give you a tutorial on how to do it yourself.  They say a novice can do it blindfolded

Jackmydad

Paula_Smith said:

If you don't want to get too dirty - get a suction pump and do it yourself.
Make sure to change the filter and take the old oil to the council tip to dispose of properly.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/FreeTec-Scavenge-Extractor-Submersible-Motorcycles/dp/B076J63NF7?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_4
Other pumps are available.

But do make sure that the particular engine you have doesn't specify draining from the sump plug with the engine hot, as does the Peugeot 1.6 HDI engine whatever it's fitted to. 

DUTR

maxmycardagain said:

I wish to specify what oil is used for my oil change, the garages want to use whatever they buy in in 45 gallon drums, the Castrol i want to my spec is not expensive, im happy to pay any extra or buy my one (£29 5ltrs) and a dealers own oil filter but no.........they dont want to that

 Try a smaller independent, you'll still pay the labour and other minor fees (oil disposal) .

renegadefm

maxmycardagain said:

I wish to specify what oil is used for my oil change, the garages want to use whatever they buy in in 45 gallon drums, the Castrol i want to my spec is not expensive, im happy to pay any extra or buy my one (£29 5ltrs) and a dealers own oil filter but no.........they dont want to that

 

The stuff they use in the 45 gallon drums is fine, your just paying an overblown price for the name Castrol. My mechanic told me that years ago. 

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renegadefm said:

The stuff they use in the 45 gallon drums is fine, your just paying an overblown price for the name Castrol. My mechanic told me that years ago. 

True, but likely the first garage charge the same for the fleet oil as the OP would pay for the special oil that he wants, so he might as well spend his money on the nice label as increase the profit margin of the garage.

We don't know what the car is, it might need a catalyst poisoning zinc anti wear additive for the tappets if it is a classic (old) car.

(Then they'd just use the diesel fleet oil )

onomatopoeia99

facade said:

renegadefm said:

The stuff they use in the 45 gallon drums is fine, your just paying an overblown price for the name Castrol. My mechanic told me that years ago. 

True, but likely the first garage charge the same for the fleet oil as the OP would pay for the special oil that he wants, so he might as well spend his money on the nice label as increase the profit margin of the garage.

We don't know what the car is, it might need a catalyst poisoning zinc anti wear additive for the tappets if it is a classic (old) car.

(Then they'd just use the diesel fleet oil )

Or, since they mentioned Castrol, they might use a castor based oil (R40) which will cause problems if the garage decides to drain the old out and then fill the engine with a mineral or synthetic oil from their 45 gallon drum.  It would certainly NOT be fine to mix even a little bit of R40 with (say) Mobil 1.