How do you know if a shop actually change your oil?

SF_135i · 05-20-2009, 10:03 PM

So I had a respectable Mini/Bimmer shop do my pre maintenance schedule oil change.

Since we do not have a dipstick, how on earth can we check if we have clean new oil?

By the way me change costed 128.00 out the door.

thoughts?

320Devil · 05-20-2009, 10:18 PM

$128! Sorry to hear that, you got a bad deal. Next time go to you local BMW dealer and buy 7 quarts of the BMW performance oil and a OEM oil filter. Granted I was able to use a military discount, but I was able to get 7 qts of oil and the filter for a little over $50. Then take your oil and filter to any Mom and pop oil change shop and since you're bringing your own stuff, anything over $20 is a rip off. Just got my oil changed today for $16 and I stood there and watched the guy do it.

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SF_135i Private First Class 19 Rep 139 Posts Drives: 2008 BSM 135i Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay Area iTrader: (0)	How do you know if a shop actually change your oil? So I had a respectable Mini/Bimmer shop do my pre maintenance schedule oil change. Since we do not have a dipstick, how on earth can we check if we have clean new oil? By the way me change costed 128.00 out the door. thoughts? __________________
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320Devil Private First Class 3 Rep 132 Posts Drives: 08 135i, 17 X5M Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Estero, FL iTrader: (0)	$128! Sorry to hear that, you got a bad deal. Next time go to you local BMW dealer and buy 7 quarts of the BMW performance oil and a OEM oil filter. Granted I was able to use a military discount, but I was able to get 7 qts of oil and the filter for a little over $50. Then take your oil and filter to any Mom and pop oil change shop and since you're bringing your own stuff, anything over $20 is a rip off. Just got my oil changed today for $16 and I stood there and watched the guy do it.
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