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Service charges are now stupid.

Hi Guys, this is an interesting discussion and I think some dealers are clearly looking to sell some extra workshop hours 🤔 When I asked my local OPC who serviced my 981 about 4.0 GTS service requirements, was also told by the service dept that a 12month oil change was needed as car had a Petrol Particle Filter. However the OPC I purchased an ex demo from, told me only needs oil change if light comes on and that happens if car doing short journeys and filter is getting blocked which could be sorted by a blast on motorway. My car now 13 months old 6500 miles and no warning light.
 
MrDemon said:
PS my local indy would do it for £260 but I don't get a biscuit.
What is also daft as to get a REAL oil change it takes at least 3 full flushes
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Yes it is correct that a service fill is different to if it were a brand new engine, however, not sure where the '3 full flushes' comes from?

The amount of oil required will partially be informed by how long the garage are going to leave it draining. Overnight will be different to however long an OPC are probably going to leave it. But even then, there will still be bits of oil in parts of the engine you won't get out.

Interestingly I saw a video from AmmoNYC earlier where he took his 992 GT3 into OPC and asked whether people do engine oil flushes and the mechanic basically said no one ever does that
 
adrianb said:
Hi Guys, this is an interesting discussion and I think some dealers are clearly looking to sell some extra workshop hours 🤔 When I asked my local OPC who serviced my 981 about 4.0 GTS service requirements, was also told by the service dept that a 12month oil change was needed as car had a Petrol Particle Filter. However the OPC I purchased an ex demo from, told me only needs oil change if light comes on and that happens if car doing short journeys and filter is getting blocked which could be sorted by a blast on motorway. My car now 13 months old 6500 miles and no warning light.
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Adrian,

If you’ve not been following this thread it‘s worth a read, although the problem appears to be restricted to the early 718 F-4T cars ATM and not the 4.0L cars. The main issue is that owners haven’t had the warning light to indicate that the GPF is becoming blocked so that that they can perform the regeneration procedure, and it’s possible that something similar could occur on the naturally aspirated cars.

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