Should I go for Halfords service? Long life or 10k, which one to go for?

[Denispearl]

Hello.

Just was looking fr the service and came across to that offer: http://www.halfordsautocentres.com/...7_1434274702_2c8d503a9977d9c9047b7a38a55f57f0

Would you recommend halfords or no? I was thinking about Interim service of course.

One, more. Should I opt for a long life service of every 10k one?

I do around 1200 a month so far.

Car is 108k 1.9tdi 130 B6 A4.

Any ideas suggestions?

 

[Gazwould]

Don't use Halfruds, they'll probably use gearbox oil instead of LongLife 507.00 5W30.

Change it every 6 - 9 months.

 

[Denispearl]

Thanks.

I was thinking about buying the oil myself and then giving it to Halfords. Is it possible?

I also was thinking about changing oil, filter myself, but then - i wont have a service stamp. Any ideas how to save some money on service and get its all nicely documented for the history?

Many thanks

 

[Gazwould]

Older car, DIY, and write in service book yourself.

 

[Denispearl]

Thanks. You recon it wont put buyers away?

 

[Gazwould]

Not at all.

 

[Denispearl]

thanks

 

[Denispearl]

Sorry, that is a different question, but closely related.

How could I DIY oil and filter change on the driveway, without any special lifting equipment and how many liters of oil would I need to get for my 1.9 tdi ?

Many thanks

 

[Gazwould]

Oil extractor.

4.something , bang in 4 L then top up .

 

[Denispearl]

cheers mate. Will check this oit

 

[VagCabby]

Trolly jack, Axel stands. Use a bucket to drain the oil into then put the old oil into the used oil container than take to the dump!

 

[Denispearl]

Trolly jack, Axel stands. Use a bucket to drain the oil into then put the old oil into the used oil container than take to the dump!

cool mate, looks like a deal thanks

 

[VagCabby]

B&Q do a bucket for £1

 

[Chrismawa]

I got one of these Pela 6000

Makes an oil change very quick and easy!

 

[Mike.M]

As above the oil extractors work so well and make the oil change a lot easier......well it makes my life doing two cars a lot easier every six months.

 

[martin1984]

keep away from halfords took my car in as had a noise only for them to say i need both front wheel bearings doing at the cost of £349 each which is £50 more than my audi dealer and also turns out the noise was tyre noise (not bearigs) as i had changed my wheels from back to front and there was flats spots on the tyres.