Average oil change prices? - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

kalvin · 9th December 2005, 03:22

I"m new here and wondering how much you guys are paying for oil changes and how often and where? Thanks

KBK · 9th December 2005, 03:26

Oone of the cheaper ways to do it, if you have any 'car sense' at all, is to proccure the oil filter and the oil yourself, and instruct a mechanic you know on how to lift the car properly, and do the oil swap. Or, conversely, find a mechanic in the area who knows BMW's.

Last choice on the list: Have it done at a BMW dealer, about $90-120. (I was quoted $160 cdn. No thanks, I politely declined)

There are about 3-4 regulars on here from that area, so someone will chime in and 'splain who to have do it at a reasonable cost, and with some knowledge of the vehicle. Just a few more minutes..I'd suspect. They are all just getting home from work....

Vossen10 · 9th December 2005, 07:40

I believe I paid $90ish for my last oil service, in Atlanta at a dealer, I get it done every 3-5k miles.

ard · 9th December 2005, 09:14

Do it myself in 15 minutes. Much less annoying than having to speak with the dealer...

igorkb · 9th December 2005, 16:10

I just do it myself between dealer service using oil extractor, just for the cost of Castrol TWS and new oil filter.

Igor

Beamer_usa · 9th December 2005, 16:26

$150 local $tealer, 5k intervals. Recently started doing it myself, after local $tealer screwed up my last oil service

kosmo · 9th December 2005, 21:23

$90 Dallas dealer.

7sport · 10th December 2005, 05:46

$73 for oil filter and 8 quarts of 5W-30 BMW oil from the dealer (only need 7 of those quarts for the change though). Filter was actually cheaper from the dealer than it was form auto zone.

Shopping around from non-bmw dealers will probably save youe $20+, but my car was in for service so I had them throw the oil and filters in the trunk.

Regular oil changes I have done at the dealer under maintenance plan, but I do one myself between scheduled changes. 15,000 or so miles is a long time before changing the oil or filter. Seems that oil change intervals increased right about the time dealers started offering full maintenance. Coincidence????