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terry · 2nd January 2007, 21:25

I've had a look in the manual for oil capacities, and the diesel has a much greater oil capacity at 5.9litres than the 1.8 petrol at 3.7litres (oil required when oil and filter are changed).
Using Halfords prices for Castrol Edge at £43 for 4 litres, I reckon the petrol needs £40 of oil, the diesel £64 worth.

(Another thread on which oil is here:
Which Oil in your 2.2 CTDi?)

I still can't see why the diesel is so much more expensive to service than the petrol. OK so there is £25 worth of oil, and the time it takes to pour in the extra 2 litres of oil (say 5 minutes at £60/hour equals £5 labour) to make £30 plus vat.

Next time I'm at the dealer I'll ask.

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terry Supporter Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 24th September 2006 Location: Cambridge Posts: 335 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I've had a look in the manual for oil capacities, and the diesel has a much greater oil capacity at 5.9litres than the 1.8 petrol at 3.7litres (oil required when oil and filter are changed). Using Halfords prices for Castrol Edge at £43 for 4 litres, I reckon the petrol needs £40 of oil, the diesel £64 worth. (Another thread on which oil is here: Which Oil in your 2.2 CTDi?) I still can't see why the diesel is so much more expensive to service than the petrol. OK so there is £25 worth of oil, and the time it takes to pour in the extra 2 litres of oil (say 5 minutes at £60/hour equals £5 labour) to make £30 plus vat. Next time I'm at the dealer I'll ask.