Oil Service
Ok, the warning came on ... Can't see what the big deal is to change the oil. So off to my favorite, Kwick Fit ...
They did the change, but I noticed the guy on the diagnostics terminal so I popped round. He was saying I think this has worked. I got on the MMI and showed him the service setting, reset nicely no problem. Switched to the Oil level .. Oh dear, overfilled. So fair dues, he immediately shut down the engine, tried to suck some oil out, no go as their oil sucker pipe was too big. drained some oil down through the sump plug and topped it back up. Everything A OK. Apparently their manual says 8.2L but in reality it should be 7.5L with a top up. So watch out for that one. Anyway ...total bill for the oil change = £53 So I'm happy with that. |
Kwik Fit for a oil change on a D4?
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Better than £300+ from Audi. |
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I would not KW with a BMX. |
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Edit: Not specific to D4 but this is example service checklist for older Audi's on Longlife service intervals. Now it's all online and computer prints out joblist depending on model, previous service history and mileage, time since last service. Quote:
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If you want to save money, go for it, but not KwikFit and their like, at least find a decent indy, I wouldn't let them anywhere near any of my cars, not ever. |
Two true Kwik Fit stories:
1. Some time ago I took my D2 to a local indy for a few jobs, including a wheel alignment check. When I picked it up, the 'alignment' had resulted in a car that didn't feel right and a steering wheel that was miles off 'straight'. When challenged, the indy confessed that their alignment machine was faulty, so they'd sent the car to the local Kwik Fit! The indy sorted it properly on their, now working, machine and gave me a refund. 2. Many, many moons ago, I drove a Triumph Spitfire and got a puncture. So I swapped it for the spare and took the punctured wheel into Kwik Fit for repair. Picked it up a day later and went to put it back on the car as the 'spare' was a little lacking in tread. It didn't fit! Clearly, they'd mixed my wheel up with one from another car. They assured me they knew which car had got my wheel and they'd get it swapped. But after 2 months of fobbing me off with one excuse after another, I insisted that they bought me a new wheel and tyre - which they eventually did. But I always wondered about the poor sod who had my Spitfire wheel as a spare in his boot. He probably got a puncture one dark, wet night, went to put the spare on and it didn't fit! The moral of this story is "You can't get better than a Kwik Fit f**k-up". |
My summer toy is a Porsche Boxster 987 3.2S, the perceived wisdom to stop the engines going 'bang' is to double up on oil changes. It's relatively common practice for us to use Kwik Fit for this as they usually use Mobil 1 fully synthetic and an OEM filter, all for 25-33% of the price of an OPC.
Kwik Fit use an oil change as a loss leader to get you in the door in the hope of getting other, more profitable,work whilst you are there). I wouldn't use them for a proper service, however, for an oil change, it's a no brainer. I hang around whilst they do it though. :) |
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However, both my local indy and local OPC would both price match - an oil service at Solihull OPC for the same price as KwikFit, now that was a no brainer! There have also been instances reported on boxa.net about KF messing up Boxster services, overfilling being quite common, but also doubts whether it is actually Mobil 1 being used |
That's (good) news to me about an OPC price matching on an oil change.
Re the Mobil One, I've absolutely no doubt that that's what my local Kwik Fit used on mine. You got a link to Boxa for that one? |
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