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01-23-2010, 09:26 AM | #3 |
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The stuff to do the change is about $90 at Tischer. You figure it is marked up at the dealer so about $130 for parts. Plus they will probably bill an hour of labor "book time" at $120/hr. Yeah $250 sounds about right to me. Not that I think it is reasonable, but seems about par.
$108 seems like a steal if they really used the 10w-60 M oil. |
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01-23-2010, 03:36 PM | #4 |
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I'd like to know where, in the Seattle area, you get your S54 engine oil/filter change done for $108.64. That's a steal. I do my own oil changes now but at that price I'll drive to your shop in Federal Way.
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01-23-2010, 05:53 PM | #5 |
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Northwest BMW (aka BMW Tacoma/Fife) was where I went. I ended up buying a couple "liters" of oil and the filter, and total it came out to around $80-90 (i'll look for the receipt). I don't know if the oil change itself was discounted, but the oil I bought afterwards was with a BMWCCA card...
*note: I went to NW BMW through a recommendation from another bmwcca/z4mc owner who had his oil changed for the same amount as i did. |
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01-24-2010, 03:09 PM | #8 |
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Don't let dealer over-fill your oil. Overfilling=bad.
I've had 'reputable' BMW dealers overfill the engine oil before, twice in fact.
The S54 takes 5.8 US quarts/5.5 liters - NOT six quarts or 6L. Also cost me ~$240.00 I suspect they gave my car to some junior tech when it was brought in for "just an oil change". I have taken to checking the dipstick level before I leave the dealership. It's a drag to have to micro-manage supposedly competent mechanics, but their past bad results have demonstrated the need for such. My mantra now with dealers is "Trust [a little] but Verify [often]". good luck. RC |
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http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Conte...ngineOils.aspx
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01-26-2010, 11:51 PM | #10 |
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Wow umm, you probably got a 5w-30 change... seriously need to check on that.
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01-27-2010, 12:00 AM | #11 |
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I bought the castrol from the dealership for an interservice change and the oil itself I think came out to around $100. Brought it to an indy shop to have everything changed for another $40.
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I took it back and made them remove about a whole liter. They weren't happy about it, but they couldn't really say much when I showed them the support bulletin stating that overfilling the S54 risks damaging the engine. I think it happens so commonly because the S54 takes less oil then other BMW I6 motors (i.e. M54, N52) I think those take 6.5 qts IIRC, so the mechanics are used to grabbing 7 bottles of oil for each oil change of a 6 cylinder car... |
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02-05-2010, 11:37 AM | #13 |
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go and get synthetic oil from bmw parts. find regular oil change service shop, give them 20$ for oil change and thats it. Thats what i do in NY.
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