Does the oil life monitor.....
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Does the oil life monitor.....
does the oil life monitor take in account the life expectency of synthethic,and adjusts itself for this? because Im swithching next week to mobil 1
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does the oil life monitor take in account the life expectency of synthethic,and adjusts itself for this? because Im swithching next week to mobil 1
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Originally Posted by g5mike
does the oil life monitor take in account the life expectency of synthethic,and adjusts itself for this? because Im swithching next week to mobil 1
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It comes on around 10% and says "CHANGE OIL" or something of that nature on the DIC
Edit: Also I've never let my car get that low before changing the oil anyways so I've never actually seen the message
Edit: Also I've never let my car get that low before changing the oil anyways so I've never actually seen the message
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I only referenced Mobil 1 because the 2.4L uses it, I believe. If not, then g5mike's monitor is calibrated for regular mineral oil. Either way, it will still tell him to change it sooner than he has to with synthetic.
That "3,000 mile" oil change is a farce. It is put out there by oil manufacturers, dealerships, and repair facilities just to bring people in sooner for oil changes and upsell whatever else they can. It was kinda ballsy of GM to put the monitor on more vehicles like ours because it tends to **** off oil manufacturers, dealerships, and repair facilities. If the monitor was not accurate for the oil it was calibrated for, GM would not put it on their cars for fear of many lawsuits about how people's engines blew or ceased because the monitor did not tell them to change the oil in time.
That "3,000 mile" oil change is a farce. It is put out there by oil manufacturers, dealerships, and repair facilities just to bring people in sooner for oil changes and upsell whatever else they can. It was kinda ballsy of GM to put the monitor on more vehicles like ours because it tends to **** off oil manufacturers, dealerships, and repair facilities. If the monitor was not accurate for the oil it was calibrated for, GM would not put it on their cars for fear of many lawsuits about how people's engines blew or ceased because the monitor did not tell them to change the oil in time.
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The meter is an "adaptive oil life system" that works on oil viscosity readings based on flow rate, oil temperature and thickness while the engine is running. Over the oils life it loses its ability to properly lubricate and becomes thinner when heated which in turn changes the viscosity of the oil thus allowing the meter to determine the oils ability to properly lubricate.
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Either way, it will still tell him to change it sooner than he has to with synthetic.
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Originally Posted by phxSS
I change mine about every 7k miles (10% oil life)
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Originally Posted by phxSS
I change mine about every 7k miles (10% oil life)
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Repost so people stop changing their oil at 3000 miles
The meter is an "adaptive oil life system" that works on oil viscosity readings based on flow rate, oil temperature and thickness while the engine is running. Over the oils life it loses its ability to properly lubricate and becomes thinner when heated which in turn changes the viscosity of the oil thus allowing the meter to determine the oils ability to properly lubricate.
The meter is an "adaptive oil life system" that works on oil viscosity readings based on flow rate, oil temperature and thickness while the engine is running. Over the oils life it loses its ability to properly lubricate and becomes thinner when heated which in turn changes the viscosity of the oil thus allowing the meter to determine the oils ability to properly lubricate.
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From what I've seen, the DIC displays CHANGE OIL SOON at 5%. I feel kind of stupid for going more than 5k miles too, but at that point the oil life monitor is still reading a percentage in the 30's, so that's what I go by.
Incedentally, does anyone know what the base models come with inside them?
I always used to get Pennzoil for my first couple of oil changes, but then I was told by a Jiffy Lube techie that Pennz gums up your engine really badly (of course he then tried to sell me the most expensive oil they had).
Incedentally, does anyone know what the base models come with inside them?
I always used to get Pennzoil for my first couple of oil changes, but then I was told by a Jiffy Lube techie that Pennz gums up your engine really badly (of course he then tried to sell me the most expensive oil they had).
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Originally Posted by Li'l Black Bullett
I always used to get Pennzoil for my first couple of oil changes, but then I was told by a Jiffy Lube techie that Pennz gums up your engine really badly (of course he then tried to sell me the most expensive oil they had).
I used Pennzoil in my Beretta for over 300,000 miles and the engine was spotless inside - no gum, varnish, sludge, etc. I have pics to prove it.