Typical Oil Change Cost

[mountainman]

Originally Posted by ekam

Let me tell you a story.

My local specialist changed oil for me for $120 and I went on the track few weeks after, after a few laps smoke started to come out from the exhaust and I thought I blew my motor.

I had the car towed back to the pit and lucky there was a Porsche mechanic on the spot, after checking the dip stick he claimed whoever did my oil change over-filled it and it spilled over causing huge amount of smoke.

Truth is most shops just get some new kid to do easy stuff like oil change, they use the knowledgeable mechanics for bigger jobs. I never took my Porsche to a shop to get an oil change since.

That is one very important reason that I do my own. I take my time, drain it completely, fill it close to full and then top up a little at a time until it is the correct level and I do it for less than $60. After all, this isn't brain surgery and should be quite easy to do, but I have seen several instances where it was incorrectly done. Do it yourself and you know it is right. I too do at least 6 oil changes per year and the $600 plus that I save on them buys upgrades, etc.