maverick451

maverick451

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Hi guys, I was just wondering how much you should normally expect to pay for a yearly service an a 300tdi?

I recently had mine done at a small 4x4 specialists (thinking it was cheaper) and was charged over £450 which to me seems a hell of alot considering the amount we pay on our other cars.

I was charged 4 1/2 hours labour plus all sundries etc.
 
You just got an oil and filter change ? or brakes as well and other stuff ?


My usual service costs around £108 inc labour but I don't need new air filters as I use K&N so its just a simple clean by me when I get it back

Scrap that original £60 I was thinking of something else it was £108
 
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It depends on what was done.
Was the gearbox/transfer box/diffs/swivels oil level checked ? topped up ? replaced ? did they use full synthetic oil ? part synthetic oil ? remember it takes about 6 1/2 liters of oil. Was it genuine landrover air/oil/diesel filter ?
Did they check adjust the wheel bearing/swivels ?
It really depends what they did as to why they charged the Labour hours.
I service my own landy (300tdi) i can spend a few hours every year checking adjusting these things.

When i put my car in to Arnold Clark for a service it is usually about £100 for there standard service and quiet a bit more for there manufactures service
 
described as 12000 mile service, Oil and air filter changed, new engine oil, no work on brakes, im not an expert so cant remember the exact terms he used but basically he did say they oiled and checked everything.

I was expecting to pay about 250-300
 
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i had a mate a few years ago who when he bought his first and only landy a disco decided to put it to the main dealer for a interim service.... he shat himself when they want just over £750 i was laughing away. ended up he got an oil and filter change done at kwik fit and sold it the following year
 
You've been raped. To give it a good service yourself, including all oils (engine, gearbox, transfer box, axles, power steering etc.), new air, oil, fuel filter and brake pads should not come to any more than £80-£85 in parts and fluids. It should only take a competent garage two hours at most to do that sort of stuff, an hour and a half if you're not getting the brakes touched ~£150, so about £250 for the lot. Obviously it would be a lot cheaper to do it yourself, you might even enjoy it!

-Tom
 
Avoid dealers for day to day servicing from my own working experience working for dealerships. However if your vehicle under warranty make sure it is serviced through the dealership to avoid warranty concerns
To give you an idea as to what makes up the cost in labour rate oil price and the such like i will give you a break down on how it is charge.
$2 equals about 1 pound.

oil charge rates:
oil bought at between $4-6 per lt on sold at $18-20 plus vat
most parts will have at least between 30% upto 200% gp on them
Labour is always sold at over 80%gp and unless you are a good customer
time will almost always be rounded up.
Depending what contracts the dealership has arranged with oil supplies and the such like
items like brake cleaner will be charged to your vehicle when brake are replaced even if only a squirt is used. There are many other things that get applied to the bill to collect about another $30 of waste levies consumables etc
It all ads up to large bills and to many it sounds like a rip off. It often needs to be so expensive just to keep the doors open.
Where dealerships come into their own and are hard to beat on is diagnostics. No one knows the latest vehicles and i would say up to about 10year old vehicles better than them and often works out cheaper to have dealerships carry out that type of work.
 
As the others said it depends on what they did to warrant a price that size. As with all services on cars you will be paying for time which includes a spanner monkey watching oil drain out your car for about 10 mins etc. Check your receipt for the items that they did and if you feel you have been charged excessively then go back and challenge them about it. Being honest there probably isn't much recourse to be had as they should have told you the price at the start and you probably signed a disclaimer when you dropped off the landy to say that you agree to all of the costs incurred whilst work was being undertaken. If you don't mind getting your hands dirty then have a crack at it yourself next time. It can be daunting to have a go if you have never done any work on a car before but there are lots of places to learn the basics ( local 4x4 clubs, night classes at colleges or forum members that might be nearby that could give you a few pointers) everyone has paid through the nose for work at a garage at some point so don't feel too bad.
 
Doing the research will pay off dividends. The initail cost will be quite high for me because I will have to buy all the right tools and manual(s) but after that..........By the looks of things from some of the fellas in here, you don't need a university degree to service an engine :))
 
Bonemachine said:
Doing the research will pay off dividends. The initail cost will be quite high for me because I will have to buy all the right tools and manual(s) but after that..........By the looks of things from some of the fellas in here, you don't need a university degree to service an engine :))
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What's a university degree?

Was listening to the Three Degrees yesterday as I was cursing a rounded nut that wouldn't move!! :D

Just get yourself a set of fairly basic tools and a pair of dirty hands and save yourself a fortune ... from which you can buy yourself some more tools!

OSD
 
Filters and oil is £70, or there abouts, a decent socket set (when on offer) is £100, 3 hours or so of your own labour is free. Spend a bit of time reading stuff on here, take your time, and believe me you will wonder what you were worrying about. Bonus is you'll have saved a fortune and you'll have a new socket set into the bargain. Any problems ask on here (after searching of course;)) and you will get all the help you could ever need.:cool::cool::cool:
 
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