Thread: $600 for an oil change?

Originally Posted by 300winmag

$1800 for an Aston Martin is bloody cheap then

Just do it on you driveway at home and save some $$$

Originally Posted by Southcity

I have a Toyota hilux and just booked in for 45k service ( $1290 quoted). Getting pricy alright.

Glad I signed the service contract with toyota from 2021. My recent 75k service still cost around $350 last week.

Originally Posted by blip

What brand of oil?

A good trick when doing an oil change if the oil filter is too tight to turn just bang a screwdriver through one side and out the other and then turn enough so you can unscrew the bloody thing.

The mechanics won't give you good tips like that, works on everything from an Austin Cabridge to a Rolls Royce

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

A good trick when doing an oil change if the oil filter is too tight to turn just bang a screwdriver through one side and out the other and then turn enough so you can unscrew the bloody thing.

The mechanics won't give you good tips like that, works on everything from an Austin Cabridge to a Rolls Royce

leather trouser belt around the filer works every time.

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

A good trick when doing an oil change if the oil filter is too tight to turn just bang a screwdriver through one side and out the other and then turn enough so you can unscrew the bloody thing.

The mechanics won't give you good tips like that, works on everything from an Austin Cabridge to a Rolls Royce

Worked well for my old valiant,sharpened a screw driver just fore that job only.

Proper clamping filter remover seems to work

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

A good trick when doing an oil change if the oil filter is too tight to turn just bang a screwdriver through one side and out the other and then turn enough so you can unscrew the bloody thing.

The mechanics won't give you good tips like that, works on everything from an Austin Cabridge to a Rolls Royce

That doesn't work so well when you're tring to tighten it

Originally Posted by No good names left

That doesn't work so well when you're tring to tighten it

Smear a dop of oil on both threads and use some stilsons if you have to.

Mechanics just hand tighten them

Originally Posted by blip

You think mechanics are bad how about builders, they just cut wood up and hit nails in.

Grabbing my popcorn and waiting for the chippies to arrive......

I do basic services myself, Since the mechanic I used at the time did an oil change with the wrong grade oil. I buy top shelf synthetic and decent filters and have saved thousands of dollars over the past 6 years.

Originally Posted by No good names left

That doesn't work so well when you're tring to tighten it

You would be right there

Ha, just come in from outside, changed oil/filter and winter tyres for Summer tyres, on the RAV-4, last oil change and tyre swap, on this vehicle, as 100 days till flying/ departing for NZ,
oil changes seam expensive in NZ, I do them myself, Heavy duty Mechanic, oil free for me here, buy oil by the pallet load, for work vehicles.
I know I was shocked, by oil price in NZ, when I change oil in my old vehicles. down there.

Ha, just come in from outside, changed oil/filter and winter tyres for Summer tyres, on the RAV-4, last oil change and tyre swap, on this vehicle, as 100 days till flying/ departing for NZ,
oil changes seam expensive in NZ, I do them myself, Heavy duty Mechanic, oil free for me here, buy oil by the pallet load, for work vehicles.
I know I was shocked, by oil price in NZ, when I change oil in my old vehicles. down there.