No engine oil, No car wash??

[Tanlc]

Hi,

 

Is it a normal practice in workshop that if you bring your own parts, like engine oil, oil filter, etc for them to change and they charge labour for that, they won't do a complimentary car wash/vacuum?

 

They said free car wash if I used their engine oil.

[Speddevil]

That differ from various workshop practices. Not standardised. Dun think the carwash is the factor for car servicing

[Robo]

hmmm... car wash or not doesnt matter right??? can wash yourself if not bring to car wash.

 

normally i bring my own stuff to the workshop i frequent.. oil, oil filter, and plugs.

 

den normally he charge me $20 bucks for labour. not exactly the cheapest but he gets the job done well

[Tanlc]

How about the engine bay wash? Definitely I can't do that myself

[Robo]

why not??? i do it myself... its not that hard bro.. there is always first time.

[Tkseah]

If u only pay for labor to change stuff that u bring... then i think no free extras like complimentary car wash lor..

 

But when i take CDGE basic service package and bring own oil.. will get $10 off the mineral oil package price and still have complimentary car wash..

[Blackyv]

depends, not every workshop is equal...and sometimes, free one might not be good one.... for my previous vios, when i bring it back to BM for the initial free service, i make sure they do not do the car wash ...., reason being, they wash ur car with swirl/ scratches as bonus.....

[Tanlc]

How? I saw some cars have engine bay wash at the workshop. They used water jet to spray over the engine bay -> turn out clean.

 

How to have water jet in our HDB carwash bay?

[Fcw75]

Which workshop? RV?

Edited November 27, 2008 by Fcw75

[Robo]

no need jet spray one lahz.. really...

 

just s simple cloth and car wash solution with water can liao. give it a wipe down. make sure u dont splash water on part where by is not water proof.. like throttle body, distributor. normally i wipe down.. den use wax and wipe those metallic areas. turns out equally good.

 

call me @nal.. i try not to let people wash my car, engine bay and pump petrol for me. i diy all. the sense of satisfaction is better!

[Mcf777]

yes. for major servicing, RV will also jet-spray the engine bay.

 

Actually, it's quite easy. just buy a water hose and DIY at the MSCP washing bay.

I sprayed it weekly. my understanding is that not all cars are allow to wash engine

[Fcw75]

They always wash the engine bay for me coz I regular there.

 

My cars, lorry, pickup all wash engine bay. No problem one. Just make sure use the air gun to blow dry the engine bay after that.

 

Sometime I wash the engine bay myself at my factory coz I have the jet spray and compressed air too.