Oil change cost - how much?

[Bronco21Maybe]

I usually end up around $150, including oil change, tire air, cabin filter, new wipers, topping off bug wash, and the friendly advice that it's time to change all my other fluids prematurely.

Sponsored

 

[Baja Bronco]

I change the oil myself, and use amsoil. Cost me about 95.

Me too!

 

[inlifefindadventure]

Castrol GTX Full Synthetic (if it's good enough for John Force, it's good enough for me), $38.99 CDN when on sale, Mobil 1 Filter $18.99 and a nice Saturday morning blasting April Wine!!!

April Wine?! Tell me your Canadian, without telling me your Canadian, lol. From the same era but opposite ends of the country, throw on some Prism, specifically Armageddon and see if you can get the oil change done between the opening sounds of the jets scrambling and the closing notes. If you need more time, throw on Rush's 2112. It doesn't get much longer than that.

On the USA side, Paradise by the Dashboard Light and Don Mclean's American Pie come to mind as lengthy tunes.

 

[BlueWaffle]

128 bucks at my local independent with semi synth.. Also includes a tire rotation, a top off of the washer juice, quick inspection of some safety items, and checking/setting tire pressure.

 

[mdainsd]

99$ at the dealer. Top all the fluids, rotate the tires, saftey inspection, hand wash and interior vacuum.

 

[Kesker]

Oil Change and Tire rotation $85 ish Wayne County Ford

 

[MilesTeg]

How much do you pay for an oil change? Went to my local dealership and it was $104. I guess it is time to find somewhere else to change it.

$40 + 30 minutes of my time for a full synth change + ford filter.

Last time I paid an independent full service mechanic shop to do a full synth oil change they charged $80 for the synthetic oil I asked for, and then put a POS chinesium filter that retails for $1.50 in it. Overall cost something like $130. That was for my F-150, but same quantity of oil and same filter spec. Only did it due to health issues preventing me front crawling under the truck.

The last time, many many years ago, that I used a quick lube place, they failed to put my air filter back in after trying to get me to pay for a new one despite me having replaced the filter the last change, hah.

I will never take any car to a shop for any service I can perform ever again as long as I am physically capable of doing it.

 

[Motovita]

$40 + 30 minutes of my time for a full synth change + ford filter.

Last time I paid an independent full service mechanic shop to do a full synth oil change they charged $80 for the synthetic oil I asked for, and then put a POS chinesium filter that retails for $1.50 in it. Overall cost something like $130. That was for my F-150, but same quantity of oil and same filter spec. Only did it due to health issues preventing me front crawling under the truck.

The last time, many many years ago, that I used a quick lube place, they failed to put my air filter back in after trying to get me to pay for a new one despite me having replaced the filter the last change, hah.

I will never take any car to a shop for any service I can perform ever again as long as I am physically capable of doing it.

I had the same thing happen with the air filter once. When the wifes car was getting it's free oil change they called me and said it need both air filters for $60. or so, I told them to go ahead but to save the old filters for me to look at, of course all I got was "oh sorry dude, we forgot to save them". Now any time i take any vehicle into any shop I make the service writer write in ALL CAPS "DO NOT CHECK AIR FILTER" on the order.

 

[The Green Flash]

I've been a "change my own oil" guy for the past 30 years. With new Bronco, I figured I might want to have oil changes and all the maintenance records 'on the record', so called the dealership almost a year ago to schedule a trip down to Auburn, CA. They quoted me ~$90, and asked me when, and then... would I like them to come to me.

Wait... whut? How much would *that* cost??? The same. $90. Sure, why not?

How on earth can they make anything by sending a guy out to my place to do all that? Guy came out, did a 32 point (or whatever) inspection - checked brake pad thickness, tire tread life left, battery health, air filter, on board diagnostic, oil filter, motorcraft full synthetic... all in for $90.

This winter, I called them back - asked for the same. This time, two guys did the works - full synthetic oil and oil filter change again, check tread life and air pressure, rotated tires - asking me which tire I wanted moved to which corner(!), checked battery health, brake pad life, replaced air filter... hauled off the old oil... EVERYTHING. Just $90. How they can stay in business for that, who knows?

Oil and filter and a new oil plug was going to cost me close to $50-$60. For the hour or so to do the work, and have them haul off the old oil versus me having to go down to the recycler (add another half hour of my time), I'll gladly pay someone else $40 and not have to rotate my own tires.

 

[MilesTeg]

How they can stay in business for that, who knows?

Exploitation of both labor and customers. You're just the outlier of their business model.

 

[totaljustice]

April Wine?! Tell me your Canadian, without telling me your Canadian, lol. From the same era but opposite ends of the country, throw on some Prism, specifically Armageddon and see if you can get the oil change done between the opening sounds of the jets scrambling and the closing notes. If you need more time, throw on Rush's 2112. It doesn't get much longer than that.

On the USA side, Paradise by the Dashboard Light and Don Mclean's American Pie come to mind as lengthy tunes.

Armageddon is one of my favourite songs and to me, April Wine is the standard by which all others are measured!!!

 

[rdg04578]

"Kirkland Signature Full Synthetic 5W-30 motor oil aligns with the Ford WSS-M2C961-A1 specification, as it meets the required API SP and ILSAC GF-6A standards"

Based on what I know about cheaper oils they meet the basic requirements but it is clear they do not meet Ford's WSS-M2C961-A1 spec--because if they did it would state so. Now is that a problem --probably not but if I had a warranty claim I would not want to be in a fight with ford on whether or not it is caused due to using oil not meeting specification. I would also take note of the word "Backward Compatibility" which I high lighted in red-- makes you wonder. Not saying it's an issue but for me I would prefer to not be in that position should I have an issue.

This is straight from the Kirkland Oil site specifications:

Both Kirkland Signature™ Full Syn 0w-20 dexos1™ Gen3 and Full Syn 5w-30 High Mileage Motor Oils are designed for gasoline-fueled and flex-fuel passenger cars, light trucks and sport utility vehicles including gasoline-electric hybrids, especially those operating under severe conditions. Formulated to protect turbochargers and emission control catalysts. Formulated for use in vehicles operating on ethanol-containing fuels up to E85. The Full Syn 5w-30 High Mileage has special seal swelling additives that help restore and rejuvenate aging engine seals which help prevent oil leaks in older engines.

Kirkland Signature™ Motor Oils are:

• API SP Approved & ILSSAC GF-6A Approved
• 100% Full Synthetic
• Backward compatibility to previous API and ILSAC categories

Kirkland Signature™ 0w-20 Full Synthetic dexos1™ Gen3 Meets these Specifications:

• Chrysler MS-6395,
• Ford WSS M2C947-A, WSS-M2C947-B1, WSS M2C962-A1
• GM 4718M and GM 6094M

Kirkland Signature™ 5w-30 Full Synthetic High Mileage Meets these Specifications:

• Chrysler MS-6395
• Ford WSS M2C946-B1, M2C946-A, M2C929-A,
• GM 4718M and GM 6094M

 

[Kevin Scarbel]

I did do the research, Costco's buying power allows them them to sell premium motor oil at a reasonable cost. It's on par with the other top brands, no need to pay extra for advertising and sponsorships.

No. It's on par with the low-end bulk oil dealers have switched to.
You get what you pay for.

 

[Roger123]

I've been a "change my own oil" guy for the past 30 years. With new Bronco, I figured I might want to have oil changes and all the maintenance records 'on the record', so called the dealership almost a year ago to schedule a trip down to Auburn, CA. They quoted me ~$90, and asked me when, and then... would I like them to come to me.

Wait... whut? How much would *that* cost??? The same. $90. Sure, why not?

How on earth can they make anything by sending a guy out to my place to do all that? Guy came out, did a 32 point (or whatever) inspection - checked brake pad thickness, tire tread life left, battery health, air filter, on board diagnostic, oil filter, motorcraft full synthetic... all in for $90.

This winter, I called them back - asked for the same. This time, two guys did the works - full synthetic oil and oil filter change again, check tread life and air pressure, rotated tires - asking me which tire I wanted moved to which corner(!), checked battery health, brake pad life, replaced air filter... hauled off the old oil... EVERYTHING. Just $90. How they can stay in business for that, who knows?

Oil and filter and a new oil plug was going to cost me close to $50-$60. For the hour or so to do the work, and have them haul off the old oil versus me having to go down to the recycler (add another half hour of my time), I'll gladly pay someone else $40 and not have to rotate my own tires.

I had our dealer come out and do that once. It's only a few miles for them but two people in the truck and they were here for 30-45 min. Some sort of loss leader to try and get people used to it maybe??

Sponsored