Oil Life Indicator - 1,000 miles and still 100%?

jcbesq · 04-17-2011, 03:23 AM

is this normal?

in2steam · 04-17-2011, 04:37 AM

yes
I average 14K on my oil changes doing it at roughly 5-10%.
The dealer would not even touch it until it got below 15% on the first oil change.
Chris

Purplegate · 04-17-2011, 09:52 AM

IMO on the 15%. When I got the car, I asked the dealer if I could make the first oil change earlier. He refused and said not before 15%.

You should see it dropping to 90% soon, it's about 10% per 1200 miles for me.

MacNoob · 04-17-2011, 02:06 PM

My '10 LX called for the first change at 10,000km (6,000 miles). Looks like it will wait a lot longer for the second change!

in2steam · 04-17-2011, 09:49 PM

Its all computed inside the computer, based upon how long the engine is running, speed, idle etc. So results will very, I do 80% highway at 60 MPH so I would expect someone who is in the city to have shorter intervals. I have had a variance of about 3000 miles on them, of course one time I let it get below zero and that is very annoying. It will beep at you every couple miles.

Chris

freddy the mug · 04-17-2011, 10:20 PM

If the beeping annoys you reset it.
I have been running all my vehicles 12k to 16k miles between synthetic oil changes and expect to do the same with my 2010 Insight

in2steam · 04-18-2011, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freddy the mug

If the beeping annoys you reset it.
I have been running all my vehicles 12k to 16k miles between synthetic oil changes and expect to do the same with my 2010 Insight

Hard to do that while taking the 60 mile drive to the dealer...

chris