Oil change indicator June 14, 2023, 02:16:33 pm How does the engine sensor detect when an oil change is due? I have driven @ 500 miles since my last oil change and yesterday an instruction appeared on my dash saying that I needed an oil change. My last change was on 10/30/22. I did reset after changing the oil at that time. Dale from Downey.
Re: Oil change indicator Reply #1 – June 14, 2023, 06:59:08 pm Hi Dale; I don't know, but I suspect that it counts miles from the last time you changed it. Older dumber systems just had it show up caused by increments measured by odometer. So you would just have it appear at say 5000 mile increments regardless of when the actual oil change was done. I found one Youtube in a 2014 250 truck, where the oil change could be set to appear at 70, 80, or 90% of oil life, (early), to give you advance warning that an oil change was going to become pending. Maybe somehow your system was set to 'early', and it is just telling you 'way too far in advance' of an impending need. RonB 1 Likes
Re: Oil change indicator Reply #2 – June 14, 2023, 07:30:47 pm HiCould be the settings may have been incorrectly set after the oil change.Easy solution - I think you can just reset it: If you are changing every 3,000 miles - set the oil percentage at 80% until the next oil change.Cheers!Tony R (aka codefour) 1 Likes
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