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I phoned toyota today to order an oil and air filter but the guy I spoke to said if I ordered a service kit (oil,air filter six long life plugs sump plug washer and 5ltrs of Toyota oil) he said he could do it for £88.00 which I think is a good price but i was wondering about the oil would you guys use standard Toyota oil or use a better/higher spec brand.

Also I've been quoted £350 to change the cam belt and auxiliary belt and fresh Toyota 4life antifreeze on my TT auto does this seem about right?

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I'd want to double check the plugs (is your tt standard?) he is going to give you but if they are the correct spec £88 sounds pretty good.

 

If you are stock power the oil will be ok, as you'll need a bit more than 5l I tend to buy better oil elsewhere in bulk 4x5l's. The cambelt charge isn't horrendous, hopefully they will remove and replace your crank pulley ok without using heat!

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£88 is way too cheap for 6l of synthetic oil, filters for oil and air plus a set of tipped plugs. The platinum or iridium plugs alone are usually £7 a pop. Oil around £10/l. It just doesn't work out to the correct parts being quoted.

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Could you let us know please. I called up Toyota last week and they quoted me £360 for a service because they have to do it based on a GT86 and not the 'older cars' service! And one other Jemca refused to touch my car?!

 

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I'd never consider taking my car to a main dealer for a service, ever. All they're good for is ordering OEM parts :D

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Could you let us know please. I called up Toyota last week and they quoted me £360 for a service because they have to do it based on a GT86 and not the 'older cars' service! And one other Jemca refused to touch my car?!

 

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Just find a good local mechanic/garage. Theres nothing special to servicing a Mkiv, I definitely wouldn't be paying Toyotas labour rates.

 

My local village garage does all my cars and is £40 per hour

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Could you let us know please. I called up Toyota last week and they quoted me £360 for a service because they have to do it based on a GT86 and not the 'older cars' service! And one other Jemca refused to touch my car?!

 

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Picked the parts up today six platinum tip denso pk20r11 plugs oil and air filter sump plug washer and 5ltr's of Toyota oil £88.75 you would only have to pay someone a couple of hours labour to fit them,on the down side I was quoted £174.00 for front and rear pads!!

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Picked the parts up today six platinum tip denso pk20r11 plugs oil and air filter sump plug washer and 5ltr's of Toyota oil £88.75 you would only have to pay someone a couple of hours labour to fit them,on the down side I was quoted £174.00 for front and rear pads!!

Cheers mate I will get a quote from my garage for fitting.

Also for pads if you're on a serious budget check out GSF car parts if you have a j-spec a full set comes to £65 and they usually throw around 45% discount on their emailing list so a full set of budget pads would come to roughly £36 from what I've seen. No idea on quality though.

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