Ther price of dealer supplied oil

You know they have to make a profit but Wow! You do not have to wonder why people do their own services. Maybe you got a gold key ring with the service :-). Have fun on your trip. Cheers Tony

castrol fmx 10w40 $7.40 per litre when adelaide hills toyota service my prado. i do the 5000k services and they do the 10,000 ones.

Its not only the price of the oil you have to watch but how many ltrs they charge you.Sent a car in for a service notice they charged me for 5.5ltr the car only took 4.5ltrs according to the service manual.When I queried it they said oh sorry the computer automaticly charges it out.I said well someone has to put it in the computer.
So if you multiply every service they do over a year add an extra ltr to each one, not a bad profit on top of there already profit.

Cheers
Glyn

Willem

Buy your oil from the local distributor (if still available).

Regards

Kim

G/Day Willem
Following on re: the drama with the Sump Plug a couple of weeks back, did they double check it for you? at that price you don't want to spill any lol lol.

Cheers
Daza

This week I bought a 20 litre drum of Mobil1 5W30 @ $261 from the local Distributor. (he said I'll give you "trade price") whatever that is these days !!)

Cheaper to buy in 20 litre packs I was told. What is everybody else paying for 20 litre drums of Mobil1 5W30 ?

Last oil change I used 2 x Mobil1 5W50 5 litre packs from SC @ around $58 ea ???? (Can't buy Mobil1 5W30 from SC).

Malcolm

As soon as you give them the keys mate they have you by the short and curlies.

The garage servicing my Prado was charging $7 per litre for engine oil but the last 10k service (oil and filters) cost $550. For some time, I reckoned they were charging excessively and decided to do all servicing myself (was doing alternate 5k oil/filter change).

I copied the service items and km intervals from my Prado’s handbook into an Excel spreadsheet to make it easier to monitor. However I then started to compare what my former garage had done (from their invoices) to the Toyota service requirements. I found significant discrepancies: e.g. change transmission & diff oils at 40k intervals. 70k has elapsed since last change, so 30k overdue. I’ve just bought dif & gearbox oils for $85, garage had charged me $180.

I’ll accept a reasonable margin from garages on parts & fluids but won’t accept them not following Toyota’s service plan (which is not excessive). From here on, my service book might not have dealer stamps but I’ll know it’s been done properly.

Peter

Shoot, fully synthetic for the motorbike now costs over a hundred bucks for 4 litres and gets changed every 6k km. That hurts.

Not to mention av. rear tyre life of 5k km and $300 to replace.

The cost of boys' toys :-{

Sounds like you got a good deal. My Suzuki diesel cost $172 for engine oil and $35 disposal fees at the dealer service. I think it under 6 litres that is required. The last time I go to that dealer and I will be asking the price of oils first next time.This dealer quoted a price for the service plus oils and environmental charges and get you to sign a form to that effect on delivery for the service. Never thought they would be that blatant.

Neil

Willem I paid $99 for 20l of Castrol 10/30 professional oil from the local Castrol agent. Though I will be buying Penrite next time.
The other thing the irks me about dealers is they usually only have two 200l drums of oil, one for petrol and one for diesel. You pay top dollar for quality and get rubbish. Disclaimer cannot speak for all dealers.
Cheers Pete

dealers charge a minimum of $130 per hour and 60% mark up on materials . .5 /litre equates to 1 liter there are no half litres

What you guys are forgetting is that dealers selling oil are like restaurants selling bottled wine - normal wholesale to retail markup, then add another 150%!!

Hi Guys, my 5 cents worth.

I buy my oil in bulk and paid $98 for 20 litres Caltex Delo Gold 15w40.
and get 1 and 3/4 oil changes from a 20 litre drum. You can buy bulk oils at most truck stops in the Metro area.

My advice is get a Gregory's Manual for your model and buy your own oils and do your own servicing. Gregory's does a very good job of walking your through each and every service and this way you will save yourself heaps on labour costs.

If you have a look at your service schedule you will see that there is a lot of 'check this or that', you are paying for all these 'checks'.

Another big problem is that with store bought services they tend to have arbitrary milages where they chance certain items like fan belts and hoses etc.

You do not have to be a rocket scientist to tell if your fan belt does or does not need changing. You should always be carrying spare hoses and belts at all times anyway. If in doubt, then change.

The only item that I change at the arbitrary mileage is the cam shaft belt as on my troopy it is a semi enclosed item and sometime that I would not like to replace out on the track should it break. Everything else you should do your self. This also helps you to get to know your truck more intimately.

Regards

I have learned the hard way after being ripped off by ****Masters ! I use Penrite HPR Gas 20W60 Costs $38 per six litres . Between $10and $13 for the oil filter, and do the job at home over the weekend. Sod the dealers and the franchise thieves out there. Have my own grease gun so do that at home at the same time as I do the engine oil change.

Hello Willem,
I wrote to the local Toyota dealership complaining about the high cost of the oil ( around $12 per litre) and was invited to bring my own to the garage when the vehicle was next serviced; which I did. I bought a 20-litre drum for $125 at the local AutoPro shop.

I also complained about having to pay for the disposal of the used oil which I know is sold to a recycler.

I also complained about paying $70 per hour for labour and was advised that with oncosts the figure was not unreasonable.

I threatened to take my business elsewhere. I was advised that I would receive a 10% discount on every service at the local dealership during the remainder of my ownership of the vehicle.

I suggest you approach the manager of the local business and point out your dissatisfaction and ask for a better deal ! If they won't come to the party, go elsewhere for the next service.

Cheers,
Netnut