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Default Engine Oil top ups (thing of the past maybe?)

On 25/07/2020 14:49, Tricky Dicky wrote:
I was told that with new cars main agents are obliged to put in whatever is in the manual or originally in the car. Wether you believe that is up for discussion, I a friend who had a particular fondness for Triumph Dolomites in the day and had a battle with his local Lookers BL garage who charged by the quart can for oil despite being told by a mechanic that the oil came out of big drum at the back of the garage.

Richard
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All garages used to to that in the days when most cars used the same
type of oil. Local Citroen /peugeot dealer had oil pipes delivering
from a bulk tank round the back, to individual nozzle guns at each
of the 4-post ramps, 6 of them I seem to recollect.

Now almost every model seems to have its own special oil code.

These days they all seems to be running the 'oil flush treatment'
racket, where this wording is printed on the invoice and billed
at anything from 9.99 to 17.99 plus VAT.