Roger Chatfield 0 Posted March 3, 2014 How do you save £10 when buying a OEM oil filter for your VR6..... simple, don't buy it from Volkswagen... Long story short, I needed a new filter at short notice so I phoned the local sealer as I wanted an OEM filter... £17.95 plus the VAT sir, will be here wednesday... errr I need it today so no thank you. So decided to go to GSF knowing full well that although they have it on the shelf it won't be OEM... £7.50 including VAT.. Got it home and thought, that looks very much like the old VW filter I have just removed.. New 'GSF' filter on left, old 'VW' on right. Top of 'VW' filter.. HENGST E300H... Note the 'VW' logo stamped in the housing. Top of 'GSF' filter.. HENGST E300H... Note NO 'VW' stamp.. Yep, exactly the same filter, basically you are paying VW an extra £10 for a 'VW' stamp and a two day wait. Rog. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clumpy1 11 Posted March 3, 2014 Quality Rog you are turning into the new forum :geek: Your not related to Sean are you?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roger Chatfield 0 Posted March 3, 2014 Your not related to Sean are you?? No, however my best mate is Sean's uncle, which I didn't realise until I joined this forum... It's a small world....lol Rog. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seanl82 23 Posted March 3, 2014 Thought my ears were burning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clumpy1 11 Posted March 3, 2014 Well done on getting one over on the dealer mate :thumbleft: It's a good feeling I was looking for a set of tappet's for the Vectra daily found some on Car Parts Connexion from two dealer's one £7odd the other £8odd per tappet LIST Price £40 thought that sounds good sent an email got reply today from the parts manager they usually retail at £784 can do them for £627 yeah right pal found some on Ebay for £143 genuine oem express courier what a bunch of muppet's. I have sent a reply to the said parts manager asking him to clarify his price. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
delfinis38 1 Posted March 4, 2014 It's worth buying a stock of filters from europarts when on offer. They normally knock them out for about a fiver delivered. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Diamond Hell 0 Posted March 4, 2014 Believe it or not, there is no 'special sauce' added to VW OEM parts - they're mostly just the same stuff with a different stamp on them. :? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GlosterOx 0 Posted March 4, 2014 Just bought 2 of them from GSF, £6.75 each with CCGB discount. Ian. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eugopnosaj 0 Posted March 4, 2014 I bought mine from TPS a few months back...gave me additional discount because he didn't think it was right it being an older car!!...and he thought it looked cool, paid around £7ish iirc... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted March 4, 2014 I never pay full price for dealer parts and neither should anyone else. You're entitled to a discount and some deduct it without asking, others need coaxing. As for the differences between GSF and VW, who has analysed both in a lab to see what microns each filter can go down to, and measured the effective filtration area of both? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Diamond Hell 0 Posted March 4, 2014 As for the differences between GSF and VW, who has analysed both in a lab to see what microns each filter can go down to, and measured the effective filtration area of both? Don't know? Who has? Will those microns and surface areas *really* matter on cars of this age, if they're serviced regularly? Guys at an independent VW parts specialist who dealt with the OEM manufacturers directly and they didn't think there was any difference between the parts supplied to VW vs those supplied 'own brand', but I guess that's just their opinion? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted March 4, 2014 TPS price is around the same - £7.55 but they sometimes do a promotion of 10% off oil filters... 89>95 2.9 VR6 021115562 £14.80 £7.55 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dox 23 Posted March 17, 2014 http://www.autoinform.co.uk/ Click on the Mann filter video, a bit of an eye opener or a cure for insomnia, you decide Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt@OCD 0 Posted March 18, 2014 Why are people 'entitled' to a discount? It's not really a surprise to find that about a filter though, that's how they're all made. Probably a few companies do the same thing for the same part as VW don't buy just from one manufacturer in most cases Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted March 18, 2014 http://www.autoinform.co.uk/ Click on the Mann filter video, a bit of an eye opener or a cure for insomnia, you decide Interesting that - this is why I'd never use a non oem brand filter, heard of Fram oil filters actually exploding and destroying engines! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dox 23 Posted March 18, 2014 The poorly fitted over pressure valve was a bit of an eye opener, effectively the filter would would run partially bypassed from the moment it was fitted. OK, its a bit of a commercial for Mann / scaremongering, but food for thought anyway Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
