Best Deals for Oil Change in Ontario?

[michainred]

Where are the best deals right now.

The best one I could find was at Active Green and Ross regularily 24.95 for 15.95 go to their website and under coupons look at the newspaper ad. Print and cut out coupon.

[Audiogenic]

Costco

[weedb0y]

Costco

how much is it?

[virgoan]

Costco

how often do we have to change the oil? because i am changing it every 8k now with Toyota's...

[plymouthhater]

Walmart $23

OK for my beater but I certainly wouldn't take a good vehicle to their butchers

[mannyb]

how often do we have to change the oil? because i am changing it every 8k now with Toyota's...

Each vehicle is different. Check your owner's manual.

[snguy82]

I wouldnt leave old oil in for more than 5K. Unless, its synthetic. My car is old, so oil change every 4k.

anyone know how much shops charge to change the oil if you bring in ur own oil (i.e. Synthetic)?

[neospice]

For oil changes I take my beater to the dealer... about $30+tax... For my weekend driver, synthetic oil changes on my own. Gotta remember that an oil change is probably the most important maintenance activity on a vehicle. Much better to spend a couple dollars extra than go to wal-mart.

[Bullseye]

how often do we have to change the oil? because i am changing it every 8k now with Toyota's...

Toyota says 8K in the manuals, but I do 5k changes regardless. I like to keep my vehicles for a long time, why cheap out on such a small expense that is so critical to long term reliability?

[gman]

My car dealership. Time is money. I hate to wait. Drop off the car in the morning. Shuttle me to the office. Pick me up in the office. Pay. Drive home.
The cost is about $30 to $35 + tax.

[mannyb]

Toyota says 8K in the manuals, but I do 5k changes regardless. I like to keep my vehicles for a long time, why cheap out on such a small expense that is so critical to long term reliability?

Good for you. But it's not a question of being cheap. I believe in following the mfg's schedule. After all it is their research & development & their engineers who developed their maintainenance schedules.
If your argument were true, why not change your oil every 4K kms or even 3K kms?

[sshe11]

I goto the dealership, supply my own oil and filter ...

[mannyb]

I goto the dealership, supply my own oil and filter ...

How much does your dealer charge for labour?

[Bullseye]

Good for you. But it's not a question of being cheap. I believe in following the mfg's schedule. After all it is their research & development & their engineers who developed their maintainenance schedules.
If your argument were true, why not change your oil every 4K kms or even 3K kms?

The R&D gives the recommendations based on 'normal' conditions, but most of Canada is considered a harsh climate by vehicles standards, so their recommendations are not applicable anyways. 5K might not be enough, or may be too often, but I know it's better than every 8k.

[mannyb]

The R&D gives the recommendations based on 'normal' conditions, but most of Canada is considered a harsh climate by vehicles standards, so their recommendations are not applicable anyways. 5K might not be enough, or may be too often, but I know it's better than every 8k.

To some extent it is better to change oil more often. However, the law of diminishing returns also applies. If I change my oil every 2.5K kms instead of 5K kms, is it twice as good for my car?

For Canada I also concur that you should follow the "Severe" schedule instead of the "Normal" maintenance schedule. With my 2001 Infiniti G20t, the Severe schedules indicates to change your oil every 6K kms and the normal schedule indicates every 12K kms. I change it every 6K kms or every 3 months. Which ever comes first.

One of the reasons why you're seeing longer oil change intervals in recent cars are the advances in modern engineering, i.e., better engines, better oils, better filters, oil monitoring systems, etc.