My dealership is giving me free oil changes

[daman]

Originally Posted By: LT4 Vette
If the dealership could find bulk 10w40 or 20w50 very cheap.....of course they will use it as a replacement for 5w20/5w30.

Wouldn't that be nice.

 

[Audi Junkie]

Shops might use heavy oil for the same reason they overfill, they think they are doing the customer a favour so it will not burn off. Keyword="think".

 

[NHHEMI]

Originally Posted By: Razl
Is the bulk oil's weight marked on the drum or would I have to take their word for it?


At the dealer I worked at they had a big tank( like gas stations have for gas but obviously not as big )out in the compressor addition. No tags or info on it other than a bulk oil and flammable/hazardous material sticker. As a customer you would not have been alllowed in there for safety reasons and it was enclosed at the rear of the bldg so you couldn't see it.

All the mechanic stations had hoses with a spigot they could draw from( once I set the amount and turned it on from Parts ). It wasn't always the same brand of oil but at least it was always the same weight( 10W-30 ). Sometimes it was Kendall, sometimes Amalie, sometimes it was a no name( just told "bulk" ). Once a month or so the diustributor came down with a tanker and topped us off. We never knew what brand unless we asked.

 

[SkiTechPro]

Back in the day, in the motorcycle industry, the bulk oil in our shop was "Spectro 10w40", It was delivered by Spectro in their own 55gal barrels, by the area rep in his own van (no shipping).

We had customers that insisted that we were selling something else because it was 50% less than the bottled oil from Spectro (delivered by UPS) sold in our service department!

 

[BennyL]

Originally Posted By: NHSilverado
Originally Posted By: Razl
Is the bulk oil's weight marked on the drum or would I have to take their word for it?


At the dealer I worked at they had a big tank( like gas stations have for gas but obviously not as big )out in the compressor addition. No tags or info on it other than a bulk oil and flammable/hazardous material sticker. As a customer you would not have been alllowed in there for safety reasons and it was enclosed at the rear of the bldg so you couldn't see it.

All the mechanic stations had hoses with a spigot they could draw from( once I set the amount and turned it on from Parts ). It wasn't always the same brand of oil but at least it was always the same weight( 10W-30 ). Sometimes it was Kendall, sometimes Amalie, sometimes it was a no name( just told "bulk" ). Once a month or so the diustributor came down with a tanker and topped us off. We never knew what brand unless we asked.


i'm tellin you guys... free may be free, but as far as i'm concerned, $1 to $3 per quart of synthetic is close enough to free, and its WORLDS apart. you guys down in the states constantly have the opportunity to purchase and stock up on at that price... so COME ON!