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[2am Omega]

Kwik Fit offer an oil and filter change for my 97R 2.5 Petrol for about £28 using Mobil semi synthetic oil. Seems good value, but no engine flush, just drain.

Do other garages offer a competitive service?

This is not much more than the cost of materials. Is there a catch? Is there any reason to do a DIY job?

[RobG]

Kwik Fit offer an oil and filter change for my 97R 2.5 Petrol for about £28 using Mobil semi synthetic oil. Seems good value, but no engine flush, just drain.

Do other garages offer a competitive service?

This is not much more than the cost of materials. Is there a catch? Is there any reason to do a DIY job?[/quote]
You know it`s been done right

[hotel21]

For less than half that price you could do it yourself with genuine VX oil on Trade Club (semi synth) and a genuine filter....  

[si vaux]

or hope it's been done right. Friend of mine had a mare with our local kiwk fit. Not sure of the details. Could just of been unlucky.

[dbug]

Kwik Fit will probably break something up

Get yerself a Trade Club card - Vx oil approx £35 for 4 x 5 lits semi synth, filter approx £1.25 - DIY oil change will cost you less than £12

[si vaux]

at that price how do I get a card? Will be changing oil once a week at that price. LOL

[dbug]

Got mine by joining AutobahnStormers - cost £20.  Card arrived very quickly.

http://www.autobahnstormers.org/

[si vaux]

cheers will try that tomoz. Where and who gives discounts with it?

[Andy B]

cheers will try that tomoz. Where and who gives discounts with it?

Most Vauxhall dealers, some need a little persuasion though.

[Mr Skrunts]

       
Search Results       
Search results 5 matches found for Service + Oil filters
Omega       Part Number       Retail Price       Normal Trade       Trade Club
Oil filters
2.0/2.5/3.0       93156954       £4.27       £2.01       £1.24

Semi synthetic 10W40
5 litre part number 93165216
Offer price for four cans £34.47


As Debug says.

Tradeclub Prices highlighted and plus Vat

[Mr Skrunts]

Enough for 3 full oil changes, ( 3 x 5.75 litres + 3 x filters) and 2.75 litres spare for the grand sum of £43.92

[jb]

k fit good at over tightning the sump plugs..........

[alexandjen]

Kwik Fit offer an oil and filter change for my 97R 2.5 Petrol for about £28 using Mobil semi synthetic oil. Seems good value, but no engine flush, just drain.

Do other garages offer a competitive service?

This is not much more than the cost of materials. Is there a catch? Is there any reason to do a DIY job?

I got them to do an oil and filter change on an old Escort I owned some years ago.......................got home wondered why there was oil dripping from under the car...............they had left the filler cap off, oil all over the engine bay

[tunnie]

costs me just over a tenner for an oil change, using GM oil and filter.

DIY, you know its done right then  

[Entwood]

Oil flushes are NOT recommended for older engines ...cause more problems than they solve ..

http://www.carbibles.com/engineoil_bible.html

Flushing oils

These are special compound oils that are very, very thin. They almost have the consistency of tap water when cold as well as hot. Typically they are 0W/20 oils. Don't ever drive with these oils in the engine - it won't last. (Caveat : some hybrid vehicles now require 0W20, so if you're a hybrid driver, check your owner's manual). Their purpose is for cleaning out all the gunk which builds up inside an engine. Note that Mobil1 0W40 is okay, because the '40' denotes that it's actually thick enough at temperature to work. 0W20 just doesn't get that viscous! To use them, drain your engine of all it's oil, but leave the old oil filter in place. Next fill it up with flushing oil and run it at a fast idle for about 20 minutes. Finally, drain all this off (and marvel at the crap that comes out with it), replace the oil filter, refill with a good synthetic oil and voila! Clean engine.
Of course, like most things nowadays, there's a condition attached when using flushing oils. In an old engine you really don't want to remove all the deposits. Some of these deposits help seal rings, lifters and even some of the flanges between the heads, covers, pan and the block, where the gaskets are thin. I have heard of engines with over 280,000km that worked fine, but when flushed it failed in a month because the blow-by past the scraper ring(now really clean)contaminated the oil and screwed the rod bearings.

IMHO it can also loosen hardened deposits which then get trapped in small oilways so leading to local oil starvation, and subsequently a damaged engine.

I would rather do a series of normal oil changes at short intervals .. around 1000-2000 miles ... but thats just an old-fashioned approach ...

HTH

[Martin_1962]

I would worry about over tightening of the oil filter cover

[Andy B]

I would worry about over tightening of the oil filter cover

Use a torque wrench ....... or just a slight 'nip' up with the T-bar/spanner is sufficient. You've already made it oil tight when you've tightened it up enough that the 'O' is within the housing, you just don't want it to shake loose.