What would you do if you accidentally got a free oil change?

khj24 · 10-17-2020, 05:07 PM

Long story short I went to get an alignment and they thought I wanted an oil change or got it mixed up. They used Mobil 1 5W-40 full synthetic which is a good choice for my climate, but I do not know what filter they used. I was about halfway through my usual interval on castrol 0w-40 formerly LL-01. I have no idea what 5W-40 that is from Mobil 1, maybe the "formula M spec" Would you change it to be safe or just leave it and enjoy the free oil change?

Edit: I at least changed the filter to a Mann one I had laying around.

Randy Johnson · 10-17-2020, 05:44 PM

So you didn’t get an alignment? I do my own oil changes so alignment would be more important to me. Plus I use better oil and a man filter. I’d be bitching.

khj24 · 10-17-2020, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Randy Johnson

So you didn't get an alignment? I do my own oil changes so alignment would be more important to me. Plus I use better oil and a man filter. I'd be bitching.

No they did the alignment and the oil change was free. The only thing that really sucks is I lost my oil I usually send off for analysis.

davidr3 · 10-18-2020, 01:25 PM

Keep it, swap the filter like you said you did. That's what I would do, they're a shop and oil changes on these cars really isn't rocket science. Does suck that you can't send it off for analysis but either way you did an early swap which won't hurt.

Pray for Mojo · 10-18-2020, 02:21 PM

Since it isn't the correct spec oil I would run it for 3-5k and then change it. It looks like the put the Benz oil in. You could compare the specs of it and a 5W-40 LL01 and see, it's probably comparable.

khj24 · 10-19-2020, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Pray for Mojo

Since it isn't the correct spec oil I would run it for 3-5k and then change it. It looks like the put the Benz oil in. You could compare the specs of it and a 5W-40 LL01 and see, it's probably comparable.

That's about how much the car does in a year, so it wouldn't be anything different. The specs look pretty similar, not like I care about LL-01 for expired warranty reasons. It was nice to see the filter torqued down properly, and just checked the drain plug and same thing- no ugga duggas detected.

Randy Johnson · 10-20-2020, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by khj24

No they did the alignment and the oil change was free. The only thing that really sucks is I lost my oil I usually send off for analysis.

Cool! Free oil change!!!

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10-17-2020, 05:07 PM	#1
khj24 Lieutenant 221 Rep 445 Posts Drives: 2015 m235i Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: 713 iTrader: (3)	Long story short I went to get an alignment and they thought I wanted an oil change or got it mixed up. They used Mobil 1 5W-40 full synthetic which is a good choice for my climate, but I do not know what filter they used. I was about halfway through my usual interval on castrol 0w-40 formerly LL-01. I have no idea what 5W-40 that is from Mobil 1, maybe the "formula M spec" Would you change it to be safe or just leave it and enjoy the free oil change? Edit: I at least changed the filter to a Mann one I had laying around.
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Randy Johnson M340i 392 Rep 967 Posts Drives: BMW M340i Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: South FLA iTrader: (1) Garage List 2021 BMW M340i [10.00]	So you didn’t get an alignment? I do my own oil changes so alignment would be more important to me. Plus I use better oil and a man filter. I’d be bitching.
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10-18-2020, 01:25 PM	#4
davidr3 Captain 448 Rep 909 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: May 2019 Location: Riverside iTrader: (1)	Keep it, swap the filter like you said you did. That's what I would do, they're a shop and oil changes on these cars really isn't rocket science. Does suck that you can't send it off for analysis but either way you did an early swap which won't hurt.
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10-18-2020, 02:21 PM	#5
Pray for Mojo Major 430 Rep 1,115 Posts Drives: 2014 M235i & 2018 X3 M40i Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Calgary iTrader: (0)	Since it isn't the correct spec oil I would run it for 3-5k and then change it. It looks like the put the Benz oil in. You could compare the specs of it and a 5W-40 LL01 and see, it's probably comparable.
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