[Reece]

So the brake fluid light has popped back up, do people have this done? Bar 1 indy specialist before my ownership its all bmwsh and i want to keep it that way.

On bmw-service its £45 which is steep as it probably uses £5 worth of oil.

Also does anyone know how much they knock of an engine oil service if you supply your own oil?

[Brian mc21]

That's cheap. On my 320d my local dealer was £80. Ended up getting it done with an oil service for £200.

[Reece]

Originally Posted by Brian mc21

That's cheap. On my 320d my local dealer was 80. Ended up getting it done with an oil service for 200.

The engine oil service with microfilter is £179 but wondering how much i can shave off that buying my own oil, i done my last oil change myself but want to keep the stamps rolling in the book

[Shaun_1990]

Personally, I would take to a bmw Indy, will know a bmw like back of their hand & be a fraction of the cost for the exact same thing, as long as oem parts are used would be fine.

[old grey steve]

Originally Posted by Reece

So the brake fluid light has popped back up, do people have this done? Bar 1 indy specialist before my ownership its all bmwsh and i want to keep it that way.

On bmw-service its £45 which is steep as it probably uses £5 worth of oil.

£45 is damn cheap, I'm assuming that is plus VAT, but brake fluid is usually bought in bulk so materiel cost wise it will be cheap, cheaper than you have stated, labour wise think about it the car comes in goes up in the ramp the bleed takes place(which takes a bit of time though like us the main dealer will have a half decent brake bleeding system which minimises the labour input) then the cars system is reset via diagnostic. Considering main dealer rates are high(£100+VAT with ease) the princely sum of £45 is damn cheap and to me it's a loss leader i.e. to get cars/people through the door as the network is losing customers to Indy's like us plus on the premiss of a 'great value for money brake fluid service' they'll be able to fish for more work and I know that goes on as for a main dealership the time spent profit made doesn't stack up.

[Reece]

Originally Posted by old grey steve

45 is damn cheap, I'm assuming that is plus VAT, but brake fluid is usually bought in bulk so materiel cost wise it will be cheap, cheaper than you have stated, labour wise think about it the car comes in goes up in the ramp the bleed takes place(which takes a bit of time though like us the main dealer will have a half decent brake bleeding system which minimises the labour input) then the cars system is reset via diagnostic. Considering main dealer rates are high(100+VAT with ease) the princely sum of 45 is damn cheap and to me it's a loss leader i.e. to get cars/people through the door as the network is losing customers to Indy's like us plus on the premiss of a 'great value for money brake fluid service' they'll be able to fish for more work and I know that goes on as for a main dealership the time spent profit made doesn't stack up.

No doubt they will try telling me if needs this that and the other, il ring PMW who are a specialised indy near me the bloke who owns it used to be head tech at chelmsford bmw so knows his stuff.

Think i like going in to the dealer as i get to look at cars i can only dream about haha