Reasonable stealer quote for oil change...

[Black X5]

Thanks all. Will pursue with dealer and feedback. Do however have Oil service, rear pads and Road tax to sort in the next couple of months!

[Waka]

[quote=""storminmike""][quote=""Waka""]Thanks for the replies guys and sorry for the slight tread hijack

It was definitely LL04
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/car-a ... &0&cc5_247
but it hasn't been delivered yet.

25% off and 10% cashback and I couldn't resist...so I ordered 16 litres! [/quote]

How did you get the 10% cashback?

Is it one of these cashback things like topcash or quidco....never used em....they scare me ....do they work [/quote]

I used topcashback, they usually pay more than quidco and don't charge an annual fee. I had about £250 from them last year. It's just free money as far as I'm concerned, all for clicking on a link!

Anyway, the oil turned up yesterday and the bottles have 'filling' dates stamped on them from the various dates in 2011. Googling suggests that Castrol recommend using the stuff within 2 years of the filling date!

I know it's not mineral oil, but how old do they think that stuff is?!

I guess Castrol (and others) have put some funky additives in which seem to have a pretty short shelf life, either that or they're just trying to get people to throw the stuff away after 2 years!

[storminmike]

[quote=""Waka""][quote=""storminmike""][quote=""Waka""]Thanks for the replies guys and sorry for the slight tread hijack

It was definitely LL04
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/car-a ... &0&cc5_247
but it hasn't been delivered yet.

25% off and 10% cashback and I couldn't resist...so I ordered 16 litres! [/quote]

How did you get the 10% cashback?

Is it one of these cashback things like topcash or quidco....never used em....they scare me ....do they work [/quote]

I used topcashback, they usually pay more than quidco and don't charge an annual fee. I had about £250 from them last year. It's just free money as far as I'm concerned, all for clicking on a link!

Anyway, the oil turned up yesterday and the bottles have 'filling' dates stamped on them from the various dates in 2011. Googling suggests that Castrol recommend using the stuff within 2 years of the filling date!

I know it's not mineral oil, but how old do they think that stuff is?!

I guess Castrol (and others) have put some funky additives in which seem to have a pretty short shelf life, either that or they're just trying to get people to throw the stuff away after 2 years![/quote]


I'll have a look at quidco then....thanks