Big bill

Just booked Focus in for Powershift oil change

17 pound a litre and 6 litres + oil filter

Well into three figures 200+

Dave

£17 per L seems expensive but wouldn't surprise me.

If that's actually how much it costs them then at main dealer prices wouldn't surprise me

http://www.fordpartsuk.com/shop/ford_bo-dc_powershift_transmission_oil_1ltr_f_1490763_c_1045.htm
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Oil filter at max of £10
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Labour

Is this on the service schedule or is it a choice? If it's choice go to a local mechanic.

Sounds like a normal sized service bill to me?

Wow really? Audi S-Tronic/Multitronic is only £175 for oil, filter and labour :s

Gearbox oil can be really expensive. I rung around a few places when I got mine done and the cheapest quote I got was £450. Could probably have got it done for a lot less with slightly different oil which would probably have been fine but I wasn't willing to take the risk.

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/

Fantastic for oils!
Filters from ECP.
The original post really does suggest just engine oil even 6L of shell helix wont be anywhere near 17.50/L.

Or are we tlakign gearbox and everything too?

OK?

Title should be "average sized bill for routine maintenance"

£200?

£30 bottle of oil and £5 oil filter?

thats a fair whack of "labour"

~Divine~Wind~ said:

£30 bottle of oil and £5 oil filter?

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If you can get the ~6 litres of oil that the Powershift gearbox needs for £30 then please do share a link Because the cheapest I've seen it is about £13 p/l (think that was at OpieOils.co.uk).

~Divine~Wind~ said:

£30 bottle of oil

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http://www.fordpartsuk.com/shop/ford_bo-dc_powershift_transmission_oil_1ltr_f_1490763_c_1045.htm

£79.02 + VAT

I did a lot of reading on Fordtalk and other forums to see what is involved - consensus of opinion is it's not a undo gearbox sump nut -drain -take off filter and fill -- seems it might be needed to be plugged into diagnostics as well.

If it had been easy it would have been over my inspection pit and done it myself

Anyway better to spend a bit now on routine maintenance than risk one of these gearbox's packing up.

I have the yearly service coming up in a few months so thought I would also split bill up a bit.

dave

JRS said:

If you can get the ~6 litres of oil that the Powershift gearbox needs for £30 then please do share a link Because the cheapest I've seen it is about £13 p/l (think that was at OpieOils.co.uk).

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6 litres for the gearbox?
Like I said above thougth it was the engine oil from that volume

Not up on fords or nowt but I'd have a look on the owners clubs and the likes to see if thers any non ford oil that is just as good maybe?

It's not a 'simple' oil change, it's quite an involved procedure. It's only every 3 years too, not the end of the world.

Yeah the way the thread read I thought it was the "annual oil change" service

Sorry for the confusion for some posters - should have explained earlier that this isn't a yearly oil change- Anyone with a Powershift or DSG box will have understood but as said above the oil change is every three years or I think 40k miles - fortunately.

Yeah my DSG box was around the £200 mark. thank god its only every four years

Why are people complaining? Don't like it? Don't buy a ****ing automatic.

Do people seriously not look at the maintenance costs of a vehicle before buying it? It's like speccing an unusual tyre size and then being mad when you need new rubber, look into it first.

Hyburnate said:

Why are people complaining? Don't like it? Don't buy a ****ing automatic.

Do people seriously not look at the maintenance costs of a vehicle before buying it? It's like speccing an unusual tyre size and then being mad when you need new rubber, look into it first.

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I am not complaining - I am only stating a fact - Ford do not list gearbox oil as a set service - it's up to the owner and I rang dealer and asked for it as I knew it was a major service that needs doing.

Dave