$425 Oil Change
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I just moved to Austin TX and was hoping I would finally have a good experience at a Jag dealer. I made an appointment to get an oil change at Sewell Jaguar and when I arrived the service advisor quoted me $425 dollars for an oil change saying that was the standard price but might be a bit cheaper because my car is older. Every other dealership I've taken my car to for an oil change charges around $250. If Sewell is charging $425 for an oil change I don't want to even know what they would charge if something major went wrong. Does anyone know of a good independent Jag shop in the Austin area?
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Buy a $10 extraction pump and seven quarts of oil. Suck the old oil out through the extraction tube inside the valve cover cap. Pour in new oil. It takes about ten minutes total, and you do NOT have to go underneath the car.
The filter is on top near the front. Take off the cover, replace the $12 filter and reinstall the cap. Total INCLUDING the pump which you will use every time, about $70.
The filter is on top near the front. Take off the cover, replace the $12 filter and reinstall the cap. Total INCLUDING the pump which you will use every time, about $70.
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Buy a $10 extraction pump and seven quarts of oil. Suck the old oil out through the extraction tube inside the valve cover cap. Pour in new oil. It takes about ten minutes total, and you do NOT have to go underneath the car.
The filter is on top near the front. Take off the cover, replace the $12 filter and reinstall the cap. Total INCLUDING the pump which you will use every time, about $70.
The filter is on top near the front. Take off the cover, replace the $12 filter and reinstall the cap. Total INCLUDING the pump which you will use every time, about $70.
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Are you using the dipstick tube itself as the extraction tube or inserting a plastic tube down inside the dipstick tube? The former technique works well on engines which are designed for that approach whereas the latter usually works well on other designs but you usually need a fair amount of tube adjustment during the process to extract all the old oil.
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On my sailboat Yanmar inboards, I push a 6mm diameter tube right over the outside of the dipstick tubes as the engines have a metal dipstick tube which goes right down to the bottom of the sump and is designed to be used as the oil suction tube. It also has the advantage that the dipstick tube is much bigger diameter than a plastic tube which would fit down inside it so the oil flow is much higher and the sump empties completely in a minute.
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Please reply in this thread and create a new thread specifically for 4.2L models. Let us know if you can suck out the oil with the vaccum hose tightly fitted over the dipstick tube. Thanks.
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I prefer to drain, even on the new motors. With the filter on the bottom on the 4.2, you’re already there. I reckon you could do both and not have as much oil to drain and perhaps a bit less messy. With regular intervals and full synthetic oils, the only benefit to oil changes is removing contaminants, and gravity’s the most thorough, IMO.
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I lived in Austin for a year and had the displeasure of visiting that dealership a few times. They are undoubtedly the worst dealership I've ever dealt with across any brand. They're condescending, rude, and suck at their jobs.
They damaged my F-Type on multiple occasions, admitted to it, and replaced parts they damaged after me catching them in their lie.
They suck.
They damaged my F-Type on multiple occasions, admitted to it, and replaced parts they damaged after me catching them in their lie.
They suck.
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I lived in Austin for a year and had the displeasure of visiting that dealership a few times. They are undoubtedly the worst dealership I've ever dealt with across any brand. They're condescending, rude, and suck at their jobs.
They damaged my F-Type on multiple occasions, admitted to it, and replaced parts they damaged after me catching them in their lie.
They suck.
They damaged my F-Type on multiple occasions, admitted to it, and replaced parts they damaged after me catching them in their lie.
They suck.
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Extraction makes more sense on the 5.0 because the filter is also right on top
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But the OP has a 5 litre which at the main dealer uses JLR overpriced proprietary oil.
A proper Mityvac extractor’s about $120, the correct oil from Pennzoil Ultra Platinum’s $60 for 9.5 litres and a genuine filter’s $30 (tried multiple aftermarket filters and none fit correctly or leaked). Just did my oil again last night as I have for years. Takes about 15 minutes with setup and cleanup and saves a trip
to the main dealer.
A proper Mityvac extractor’s about $120, the correct oil from Pennzoil Ultra Platinum’s $60 for 9.5 litres and a genuine filter’s $30 (tried multiple aftermarket filters and none fit correctly or leaked). Just did my oil again last night as I have for years. Takes about 15 minutes with setup and cleanup and saves a trip
to the main dealer.
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