oil change cost using own oil
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oil change cost using own oil
i got a killer deal on the factory recommended 5/40 plus a rebate so i bought a bunch.
almost a year has passed since i got my car and thus, it needs an oil change. i am SO picky with my cars that i usually do my own oil changes - i hate anyone touching my stuff - but i have something i need to bring it in for anyway re: warranty so i wanted to just get it done at the dealer. i'm going to ask around to find a tech in the Delaware Valley at a Merc dealer who has a reputation for being careful.
anyway, how much should i expect to pay for an oil change if i'm supplying the oil?
also, if you know of a good technician i can ask for at a dealer in the southern NJ/ SEPA area, let me know.
almost a year has passed since i got my car and thus, it needs an oil change. i am SO picky with my cars that i usually do my own oil changes - i hate anyone touching my stuff - but i have something i need to bring it in for anyway re: warranty so i wanted to just get it done at the dealer. i'm going to ask around to find a tech in the Delaware Valley at a Merc dealer who has a reputation for being careful.
anyway, how much should i expect to pay for an oil change if i'm supplying the oil?
also, if you know of a good technician i can ask for at a dealer in the southern NJ/ SEPA area, let me know.
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I just had my first service A done at the dealer (with my own Mobil1 0W40) and the total invoiced time was 1.1 hours (they also did a bunch of checks and reset the service indicator). The filter and the two seal rings were about $25.
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Dealership here charges $139.95/hr (that's Canadian $ - now about $0.90 US) so the labour was $153.95. Chris's number sounds right.
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No lol. You don't have to bring your car to the dealer to get robbed of your hard earned money. You can do every aspect of the service at home or where every you choose, as long as you have evidence that the maintenance was completed, aka receipts for supplies.
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Oh I see. I got no problem doing my own oil changes, it is the little stuff im worried I could miss that they might want to nail me for.
Also for people doing their own oil change, do you guys take it to 15k kms? that seems so high. I wouldn't go over 10k kms for my car.
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just use oem filters. the aftermarket ones are junk and come apart and clog stuff. which tends to not be warrantable 
people provide there on oil or other parts all the time. Usually parts will charge 8-9$/qt so you can save some $$$$ there forsure.
people provide there on oil or other parts all the time. Usually parts will charge 8-9$/qt so you can save some $$$$ there forsure.
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Oh I see. I got no problem doing my own oil changes, it is the little stuff im worried I could miss that they might want to nail me for.
Also for people doing their own oil change, do you guys take it to 15k kms? that seems so high. I wouldn't go over 10k kms for my car.
Also for people doing their own oil change, do you guys take it to 15k kms? that seems so high. I wouldn't go over 10k kms for my car.
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I do my own mid interval oil changes using a mityvac. cost like 90$ though and my dealer charges 150 I think for oil change only.
By the way, how do you remove the oil filter without oil spilling all over the place? When I was doing mine no matter how empty i felt i drained it, when I opened the filter the oil spilled all over the place
By the way, how do you remove the oil filter without oil spilling all over the place? When I was doing mine no matter how empty i felt i drained it, when I opened the filter the oil spilled all over the place
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I do my own mid interval oil changes using a mityvac. cost like 90$ though and my dealer charges 150 I think for oil change only.
By the way, how do you remove the oil filter without oil spilling all over the place? When I was doing mine no matter how empty i felt i drained it, when I opened the filter the oil spilled all over the place
By the way, how do you remove the oil filter without oil spilling all over the place? When I was doing mine no matter how empty i felt i drained it, when I opened the filter the oil spilled all over the place
will try that next time
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I'm doing mine at Mr.Lube where my friend is manager. Bought the OEM oil filter & my own oil... 30$ labor & bingo.
What I like is they dont have to jack up my car since they have a pit. My car is low with skirts, so jacking it up it tricky.
I stopped going to the stealer cuz I caught them using the mityvac on my car cuz they got lazy lifting my car, and they still charged me full price.
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Ya jiffy lube is sweet. I usually bring it there too, for $30 can't go wrong. I leave the plastic cover off under the engine for some more air flow, it makes oil changes easy now. Only thing is the blower snout blocks the oil filter cover, so I have to do that on my own.
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That may be true in the US - probably as a result of the Magnuson-Moss Act - but NOT in other places of the world, including Canada. Maintenance needs to be carried out by a factory-approved service center (not necessarily the dealer, mind you - there are indie shops that are authorized but they charge pretty much the same) or you're SOL if/when it comes to warranty issues that can be attributed to "improper maintenance".
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I know for a fact that the distributor cost for a bottle of Mobil1 0W40 in Canada is around $8. If you buy a barrel (like they do at my Porsche shop) the cost per liter goes down to about $3.
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welp, i just wanted to update this and say that it cost me $94 after taxes and fees. i brought my own oil - they supplied everything else.
dealer was Mercedes Benz of Atlantic City.
like i said, the whole reason for throwing them the business in the first place (instead of just changing it myself) was because i've been there three times for warranty stuff so i figured i'd play fair and give them a little biz. anyway, they ran a pneumatic test on the upper lumbar and it passed, so the next step is to bring it back and have them manually check the deflate time and then go from there.
dealer was Mercedes Benz of Atlantic City.
like i said, the whole reason for throwing them the business in the first place (instead of just changing it myself) was because i've been there three times for warranty stuff so i figured i'd play fair and give them a little biz. anyway, they ran a pneumatic test on the upper lumbar and it passed, so the next step is to bring it back and have them manually check the deflate time and then go from there.
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welp, i just wanted to update this and say that it cost me $94 after taxes and fees. i brought my own oil - they supplied everything else.
dealer was Mercedes Benz of Atlantic City.
like i said, the whole reason for throwing them the business in the first place (instead of just changing it myself) was because i've been there three times for warranty stuff so i figured i'd play fair and give them a little biz. anyway, they ran a pneumatic test on the upper lumbar and it passed, so the next step is to bring it back and have them manually check the deflate time and then go from there.
dealer was Mercedes Benz of Atlantic City.
like i said, the whole reason for throwing them the business in the first place (instead of just changing it myself) was because i've been there three times for warranty stuff so i figured i'd play fair and give them a little biz. anyway, they ran a pneumatic test on the upper lumbar and it passed, so the next step is to bring it back and have them manually check the deflate time and then go from there.
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