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Freeman

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Hey my first service is due for my R33 and I was just wondering how much I'm looking at for a normal 5000k service? I want to use the best of everything, e.g oil, so should I tell the mechanic what oil use or will he put shit stuff in it? Who in Newcastle should I go to?

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Yup tell him which oil to use..

When i did my last service, it cost me 110bucks in total.. Hope that gives some sort of idea, but then again, different mechanic's might change/serivce different things n charge different rates..

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Man $110 will just get an oil and oil filter change. I'd highly recommend learning to do this yourself, because over the life of your line you will save a fortune. It'll cost you $50 instead of $110, and you will prob end up doing it more often (every 5000km hopefully)

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R33S2

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hahahahahahaha!

just scratchin his arse I reakon I wouldnt put crappy oil in my engine, but if its brand new oil and the same type (synthetic and non syn dont mix) a flush never hurts if you can afford it.

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Man $110 will just get an oil and oil filter change. I'd highly recommend learning to do this yourself, because over the life of your line you will save a fortune. It'll cost you $50 instead of $110, and you will prob end up doing it more often (every 5000km hopefully)

Damn right!

I knew nothing about cars until i bought the R33

Downloaded the instructions to do the oil change and haven't looked back.

Best thing about doing it yourself is that you KNOW what actually goes in the engine.

Give it a go, it aint hard.

The next step i learned after that was the sparkies.

Again not too hard.

Both i was a bit aprehensive about because i had never done it before. Now i look back and think I'm a bit stupid for having to download the instruction !! haha

But, you gotta start somewhere.

Now I'm attempting to put my own intercooler in!

....it's a natural progression

:whistling:

Good luck!

dezz Grand Master

dezz

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Damn right!

I knew nothing about cars until i bought the R33

Downloaded the instructions to do the oil change and haven't looked back.

Best thing about doing it yourself is that you KNOW what actually goes in the engine.

Give it a go, it aint hard.

The next step i learned after that was the sparkies.

Again not too hard.

Both i was a bit aprehensive about because i had never done it before. Now i look back and think I'm a bit stupid for having to download the instruction !! haha

But, you gotta start somewhere.

Now I'm attempting to put my own intercooler in!

....it's a natural progression

:sick:

Good luck!

all you guys doin it yourselves with the 33's...how much oil does it take? 4.7l or something?

Bliksem Veteran

Bliksem

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all you guys doin it yourselves with the 33's...how much oil does it take? 4.7l or something?

Yes. around 4.7L

Freeman: I would never pay a mechanic to do it. The job takes 15 mins and is not hard at all.

Take that $110 go to repco you get some oil and a filter, then buy some axel stands and a trolley jack this would be $110 better spent than going to the mechanic.

In the future you'll only be spending $50 each time.

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