30K service = an "expensive oil change"?

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09-04-2010, 11:14 PM

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Thanks you all!!!

Just got my 30k service done today.
-5 qt + 1 qt Mobil 1 5W-30 from Wal-mart - $25.
-Bosch Premium oil filter - $6.
-4 qt Nissan ATF + 3 qt Castrol differential fluid from Beshoff - $90
-Labors - $70.

Total: $191

I already changed all the air filters last month.

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09-10-2010, 12:10 AM

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Thanks you all!!!

-4 qt Nissan ATF

ATF = Automatic Transmission Fluid?

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09-10-2010, 12:56 AM

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yup .

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09-10-2010, 09:54 AM

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hmm why and how did you change the ATF? I thought the unit was sealed?

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09-10-2010, 11:40 AM

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5at is not sealed, only the 7at's

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01-30-2011, 06:21 PM

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Thanks for this post. I am still disgusted with the quote I got for my 30k service from my dealer (somewhere north of $500). I will probably let the garage down the street do the service on my 6mt.