My car has come up with "service required" a couple of months before 12 months - if that makes sense. Its probably done about 5.5k miles since last service and it's do a couple of thousand more before the next. Is it an oil dilution problem, I do do a lot of short journeys. If so I'm thinking a quick oil change is the fix, so where would I get the cheapest suitable oil - and am I barking up the right tree ? Geoff

Check out Opie oils.
They do a service pack, which for your car consists of 2 x 5 litres of oil and a replacement filter element.
They offer several brands at various prices, but personally I always opt for the Shell AFL .

They offer a 10% discount for forum members, but often have other 15% discount offers also.
Mike. G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic56162...tty+affair

Someone posted this recently. I’ve bought the same stuff for my next oil change.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mannol-Fully-Sy...635-2958-0