Quote from: panther427 on June 12, 2014, 03:04:15 PM
Has any one done a royal purple oil change. I got a good deal on some. Took it to the dealer I bought the car from which is not close by.. the passenger door window tint needed fixed and they offer free oil changes with a new car. So free labour for my oil change.
I'm curious if I got scammed. Right after they parked the car I checked the oil dip stick and looked into the oil cap.. doesn't look purple at all.. Second oil change. Car has 8700 miles first was done around 3000 miles.
This is the reason I have simple tools ($10 15qt. sealable oil container, $5 oil wrench, ratchet + sockets) as I know some shops will in fact take your premium oil (Mobil1, Pennzoil Ultra, Royal Purple, etc.), set it aside and use their oil that they have in stock. Consumer never finds out as the oil they put in should be adequate, though the shop just scored some premium oil.
If you really suspect this, I would get a oil analysis (Blackstone Labs is one company) and they can tell you what is in the oil/possibly if it is Royal Purple or not. Then if you find out it is in fact not Royal Purple, I would go down to the dealer with the lab results and have a day with the service manager.