what's everyone paying for oil changes?

[shudog]

my previous vehicle had Hemi V8 and held 8 quarts and I usually paid about $50-$60 for an oil change depending on if I had a discount.

 

Wondering what everyone else is paying?  Might do the GMC dealer for first one but it's not very close.

 

Thanks

[reeseb]

About $100 at the Chevy dealer here is St Paul. I won't go back, however. Last time they showed me a ridiculous picture of 'my' cabin filter and told be it had to be replaced. It had leaves in it and dirt and all kinds of stuff. I got home and pulled my filter and it was fine. My truck a 16k miles on it at the time. 

[Bikerjon]

1 hour ago, shudog said:

my previous vehicle had Hemi V8 and held 8 quarts and I usually paid about $50-$60 for an oil change depending on if I had a discount.

 

Wondering what everyone else is paying?  Might do the GMC dealer for first one but it's not very close.

 

Thanks

Your first one should be free from GM. Otherwise $90.00 w/coupon or $100.00 without. It sucks but I cant stand changing my own oil anymore after 40+ years as a mechanic.

[Haufski762]

Where are you finding coupons?

 

I looked up the oil and filter was about 80$ if I bought it and did it myself.

 

Dealership said 120 to change mine.

[CamGTP]

I know around here is basically $100 for Valvoline to do it and the other local service shops are nearly the same if not more.

 

The best way to do oil changes on these trucks is to buy bay boxes of oil. Napa sells a 6 gallon box for $146 plus tax, that makes it $6 a quart roughly. And if you buy it online, half the time they have $20 off purchases over $120 or some sort of percentage off that makes it even cheaper.

 

With my math that is ~$6 x 8 = $48 plus a $12 Wix Gold Filter, only about $60 to do it yourself if your so inclined to do so.

[shudog]

6 hours ago, Haufski762 said:

Where are you finding coupons?

 

I looked up the oil and filter was about 80$ if I bought it and did it myself.

 

Dealership said 120 to change mine.

oh my lord that's outrageous!!!!

 

I get coupons in the mail from GMC dealer, my wife & I both have GMC's maybe that's why, she seems to get them more than me...

[dieselfan1]

F the dealer or those quick change places.

I do it myself so I know it's done right.

I do what Cam does.

Here's a deal.

12qt box of Mobil 1 0w20 at Walmart is $59, mobil 1 filter  $11.

At around $5 per qt. x 8 = $40

It's around $51 to do it myself and it's done right.

No brainer

[shudog]

Here's screenshot from local GMC dealer closest to my work.  $90 for oil change plus tax.  What the heck is Dexos?

 

[KARNUT]

I love it when people say I do it myself because it’s easy. I did it myself self up until I was 40. I had access to a shop and a 500 gallon disposal tank. At that time we were running used oil in our diesel trucks. The normal subdivision dwellers it isn’t so easy. Especially if you live on any incline. Most people don’t even park their cars in their garage. And most garages don’t really have enough room to work on a truck. Then there’s the trip to dispose the oil. You’re dedicating at least a half of day, realistically. My valvoline quick lube takes about 15 minutes. I see the work done. I get a coupon that covers the labor. When I get my vehicle inspected there, the oil change is half off. Now that’s a no brainer. If I want to double check the filter it takes seconds once I get home. Again no brainer. Cost 60-80$

[ember1205]

27 minutes ago, KARNUT said:

I love it when people say I do it myself because it’s easy. I did it myself self up until I was 40. I had access to a shop and a 500 gallon disposal tank. At that time we were running used oil in our diesel trucks. The normal subdivision dwellers it isn’t so easy. Especially if you live on any incline. Most people don’t even park their cars in their garage. And most garages don’t really have enough room to work on a truck. Then there’s the trip to dispose the oil. You’re dedicating at least a half of day, realistically. My valvoline quick lube takes about 15 minutes. I see the work done. I get a coupon that covers the labor. When I get my vehicle inspected there, the oil change is half off. Now that’s a no brainer. If I want to double check the filter it takes seconds once I get home. Again no brainer. Cost 60-80$

 

For you, that is all very valid. But it won't be for everyone. If I'm already -at- Costco, I can grab a couple boxes of the 0W-20 dexos1 Kirkland oil along with a couple of the 5W-30 dexos1 for the Camaro. The oil change itself is actually pretty easy, and I know it's done correctly with all appropriate parts replaced every time because I do it myself. I get to choose the specific oil filter I want to use as well.

 

As for the disposal, I simply pour it from my 12q drain pan back into 2.5q jugs that the stuff comes in. My private mechanic is happy to let me drop full jugs off at his shop for him to recycle for me, or any place that sells oil here is basically required to take the used stuff back - so you drop it off whenever you're going somewhere that's convenient.

 

As for garage space - unless you're changing the oil in the dead of winter, pulling the truck in just far enough to get the front end onto the cement is plenty far enough. For the Camaro, I actually back the car in and then run the front wheels up on small ramps - they offset the slope of the garage floor so it's quite level.

[KARNUT]

1 minute ago, ember1205 said:

 

For you, that is all very valid. But it won't be for everyone. If I'm already -at- Costco, I can grab a couple boxes of the 0W-20 dexos1 Kirkland oil along with a couple of the 5W-30 dexos1 for the Camaro. The oil change itself is actually pretty easy, and I know it's done correctly with all appropriate parts replaced every time because I do it myself. I get to choose the specific oil filter I want to use as well.

 

As for the disposal, I simply pour it from my 12q drain pan back into 2.5q jugs that the stuff comes in. My private mechanic is happy to let me drop full jugs off at his shop for him to recycle for me, or any place that sells oil here is basically required to take the used stuff back - so you drop it off whenever you're going somewhere that's convenient.

 

As for garage space - unless you're changing the oil in the dead of winter, pulling the truck in just far enough to get the front end onto the cement is plenty far enough. For the Camaro, I actually back the car in and then run the front wheels up on small ramps - they offset the slope of the garage floor so it's quite level.

Like me you’re in tune with your vehicles. Most people don’t even look at their tires. Up to my 40s I believe the noise. All dealers are crooked. Oil change places are engine destroyers. Like anything in life it’s your responsible to do your due diligence. I use the same shop, gas station, grocery store, car dealerships, oil change service because of reliable service. When you get older you learn to hand off some labor intensive work and stick with reliable proven services.  Sometimes you even save money because these services recognize your repeated visits with coupons. I point that out for consideration. 

[ember1205]

4 minutes ago, KARNUT said:

Like me you’re in tune with your vehicles. Most people don’t even look at their tires. Up to my 40s I believe the noise. All dealers are crooked. Oil change places are engine destroyers. Like anything in life it’s your responsible to do your due diligence. I use the same shop, gas station, grocery store, car dealerships, oil change service because of reliable service. When you get older you learn to hand off some labor intensive work and stick with reliable proven services.  Sometimes you even save money because these services recognize your repeated visits with coupons. I point that out for consideration. 

 

All very fair. And, full transparency, I pay for oil changes at times as well... Perfect example: Wife's car needs a transmission fluid change. FAR simpler to have my mechanic do it than try tackling it myself - partly because he has all of the appropriate tools to measure the amount of fluid coming out to ensure that the correct amount goes back in. While it's there and up in the air, I'll leave him a filter and fresh motor oil to tackle that as well.

[KARNUT]

3 minutes ago, ember1205 said:

 

All very fair. And, full transparency, I pay for oil changes at times as well... Perfect example: Wife's car needs a transmission fluid change. FAR simpler to have my mechanic do it than try tackling it myself - partly because he has all of the appropriate tools to measure the amount of fluid coming out to ensure that the correct amount goes back in. While it's there and up in the air, I'll leave him a filter and fresh motor oil to tackle that as well.

Funny you mention that I’m 68 and still do some work on my vehicles. My Odyssey needed the transmission fluid changed. To do it right it takes 3 times to get the procedure done right. The drain plug is near the front bumper, couldn’t be easier. No jacking up, just reach under. Drain into a trimmed gallon jug measure put in the same amount. Couldn’t be easier. My avalanche I sucked the transmission fluid out of the dipstick tube. So I still do some stuff, it has to be easy. 

[ember1205]

1 minute ago, KARNUT said:

Funny you mention that I’m 68 and still do some work on my vehicles. My Odyssey needed the transmission fluid changed. To do it right it takes 3 times to get the procedure done right. The drain plug is near the front bumper, couldn’t be easier. No jacking up, just reach under. Drain into a trimmed gallon jug measure put in the same amount. Couldn’t be easier. My avalanche I sucked the transmission fluid out of the dipstick tube. So I still do some stuff, it has to be easy. 

Honda/Acura uses a straight drain and fill process, and you have to do three full iterations to get "almost all" of the dirty fluid out and replaced with clean fluid. They also have something like a 50-60k mileage interval for doing that. We're considering swapping away from the longer interval and three flushes and moving to a 30k interval with a single flush.

 

Oddly, we aren't getting past about 40k without the vehicle starting to show some 'surging' because the transmission is slipping. 

[shudog]

I don't want to mess with oil changes myself.  My garage floor is spotless but I still don't want to buy oil, get on the floor, and return jugs of oil...  but I also have a threshold and $90 for an oil change is probably the break point.  My last vehicle took 8 quarts and a filter.  I used standard 5w30 oil and it was generally $65.  Not sure why the new truck would be any more than that.  I also did oil changes every 8k miles.  Which was recommended in the manual and fine for basic commuting.  Now the GMC says every 5k?