[baroudeur]

At a boot sale yesterday and found a guy selling Shell Helix Ultra C3 oil in 5 litre (sealed)  containers at £5 each or £20 for five.  This reminded me about a question I kept meaning to ask.

After my first service I was invoiced for 5.3 litres of engine oil.  This agrees with the Owner's manual which states 5.3 litres.
However, the oil is way above the full mark on the dipstick.
I previously had a  Hyundai Terracan where the same problem occurred and it was only after repeated pressure that the dealer -  via Hyundai U.K. - admitted that only 5 litres were required for refilling after an oil change and that the 5.3 litres was a dry engine fill.  Subsequently a service bulletin was issued.
It seems the same problem may be applicable to the i30.  Anyone noticed this as I cannot believe it is just my car??

A bit hangs about inside after a drain. I think 5 litres is about right for a refill.

[rustynutz]

For my 15,000k service they only used 5 litres, but for some reason the 30,000 & 45,000k services required 5.3......

[Asterix]

That's certainly a good price for that oil.. 

5 litres does the job for mine too...

[eye30]

At a boot sale yesterday and found a guy selling Shell Helix Ultra C3 oil in 5 litre (sealed)  containers at £5 each or £20 for five.  This reminded me about a question I kept meaning to ask.

I've seen that retailing at £50.00 per 5l.

Just checked out ebay and you can get it for £42.00

Seems too cheap so I wonder if it is the genuine stuff or a cheap one with the shell sticker on

[baroudeur]

At a boot sale yesterday and found a guy selling Shell Helix Ultra C3 oil in 5 litre (sealed)  containers at £5 each or £20 for five.  This reminded me about a question I kept meaning to ask.

I've seen that retailing at £50.00 per 5l.

Just checked out ebay and you can get it for £42.00

Seems too cheap so I wonder if it is the genuine stuff or a cheap one with the shell sticker on

You are a cynic!  There were only 5 x 5 litre containers all sealed with the correct Shell labelling front and back so I doubt they were fakes.
I didn't buy them although tempted as I have an inclusive service contract. 

It's whether dealers are refilling with 5 or 5.3 litres at a service that I seek.

[Hati]

I can confirm 5 liters only, even with the filter changed. Done it twice now (inter-service intervals), both times 5 liters brought the oil level on the dipstick just short of the full mark.

[Dazzler]

Ours only ever took 5 litres (they always gave me the extra 1 litre bottle back unopened

[Phil №❶]

Checked Ruby's last night after returning from her service, level spot on. Supplied 2 x 5 lt, must check to see if they opened the 2nd one later.

[i30niko]

At a boot sale yesterday and found a guy selling Shell Helix Ultra C3 oil in 5 litre (sealed)  containers at £5 each or £20 for five.  This reminded me about a question I kept meaning to ask.

After my first service I was invoiced for 5.3 litres of engine oil.  This agrees with the Owner's manual which states 5.3 litres.
However, the oil is way above the full mark on the dipstick.
I previously had a  Hyundai Terracan where the same problem occurred and it was only after repeated pressure that the dealer -  via Hyundai U.K. - admitted that only 5 litres were required for refilling after an oil change and that the 5.3 litres was a dry engine fill.  Subsequently a service bulletin was issued.
It seems the same problem may be applicable to the i30.  Anyone noticed this as I cannot believe it is just my car??

I changed the oil for the first 7,500km intermediate service the other day. I poored out of the pan around 4.6L....You can never poor out ALL The oil - there is always a few mL that remain inside.

Anyway I put a 5L container and it is just below the FULL mark now.

So 5.3L is excessive in my opinion. I think it is a marketing trick to charge you for extra oil!

[Doggie 1]

And I thought I was cynical 

[baroudeur]

So 5.3L is excessive in my opinion. I think it is a marketing trick to charge you for extra oil!

I think it is a straightforward error of quoting the dry fill quantity of 5.3 litres instead of the oil/filter change quantity of 5 litres.

A bigger con is the charge for washer fluid when the car goes in with an already full container.  When queried my dealer said they use a factory supplied service kit which includes the washer fluid.  When I then  pointed out that if  the fluid was  not used should be given to me I was told it comes from  a bulk supply container!