1badtantrum

Changed the oil in between the ~10000 mile estimated oil service life indicator. I was thinking that I would NOT reset the oil life indicator and just have the dealer do it when it was ready. Should I reset the oil life monitor? If you don't reset it is there a possibility of a CEL?

pewter99

why would you not reset it? As for the 10K oil estimated thing...what did the DIC say % of oil life remaining was? No way you are gonna get 10K anyway...

1badtantrum

I was planning on just doing the 1/2 way oil change myself and letting the dealer do the service by the monitor/diagnostic. I didn't want to reset in between since the car and OnStar would alert me/dealer to the regular schedule oil change.

I didn't want to go here thus exposing my '****' ways. Was just hoping for a yeah dummy reset it it will cause a CEL if you dont... % oil life remaining was (take it easy on me, just **** but mean well) 78% . Now for the feeble attempt at defense.
I have questioned forums, local Hendrick guys, corvette club members and the dealer to gather opinions and yes they are like *** holes everyone has at least one. The mostly unanimous common thought was 1-there is some type of assembly lube in the initial build that must be there for break in and 2-changing the oil more frequently in general will not harm the engine in anyway but may waste money
I can sleep better changing the oil (possibly wasting money) and having a cold marqarita. I want to track the car and just got over the 1500 mile point where the GM says it's OK to track the vehicle. I just had to change the oil.
If you don't reset the oil life monitor will it harm/break the system? Will it set off a CEL?

BobJ

Just change it every 5,000 and reset it. If you don't reset the oil life monitor when it gets to 0% it's going to remind you on the DIC every time you start it.

I just do mine on every 5,000 on the odo (5, 10, 15, 20k) and check it once or twice in between.

jbp8653

Changed mine yesterday. DIC gave warning at 6988 miles! 10 1/2 quarts of Mobile 1 not exactly cheap

CanadaGrant

I'm kind of goofy (old school) when it comes to oil changes. On a new vehicle, I change the oil and filter at about 500 miles and do it again at about 1500. This gets rid of all the flashing and debris from the manufacturing of the block and break in wear on the internal parts.
After that, I change every 3000 miles. I know it's excessive, but that's just my way.

AFVETTE

In addition to using the Oil Life Monitor (reset at every oil change) I also use Trip B to record the miles associated with that change. Both get ZEROED when the oil is changed.

Both bits of info make me more comfortable in my maintenance routines.

Cheers

Tom

pewter99

how many quarts?
capacity is only 8
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1551493885-post5.html

CanadaGrant

Mobile 1 is cheap. Your Corvette isn't...

jlutherva

8 qts for the 2006 - 2008, 10.5 qts for the 2009 - 2010. Z w/ the LPE tank use 11 qts.

Jim

jbp8653

09 gets 10.5 qts.

jbp8653

Roger that! I know, I support 2 of them

JoesC5

Early 08's had 8 qt capacity, late(after early March build) 08's had 8.5 qt capacity. There were also two different owners manuals(reflecting the change in oil capacity) for the 08's.

EdsC6Z06

Don't wait for the monitor to tell you to change the oil. Don't be afraid to reset the oil life and no it won't set a CEL/SES light no matter how dirty the oil gets. Mobil 1 isn't cheap, but neither are Z06's! Change it sooner than later.

1badtantrum

Thanks for the replies!
Incidentally, I reset the oil life monitor and pulled the negative lead off battery. The CEL went off and I did cycle through 5 ignition cycles with some trips I made today. I also added a Halltech CAI that could have affected the MAF sensor and set the CEL. I should have had the code read to see what the problem was....Not sure how many ignition cycles the memory stores CEL data....we'll see tomorrow if it stores 6

pewter99

well sumbeotch..learn something new everyday

CanadaGrant

About 40. Depends on what the code is. Unlike a C5, you need a CAN enabled code reader/canceler to do the job or wait for it to clear itself but I would think 40 cycles would be reasonable.

glass slipper

People are regularly getting 10K+ miles when following the DIC, my daughter's '99 coupe does it almost everytime. It's not unusual for the C6s to get 12K miles...looks like you get to learn two things today.

glass slipper

Can you imagine what all that "debris" is doing to your engine in the first 500 miles??? If it's that significant, you should change it at 5 miles. If it was really a factor, GM would have made the DIC flash the oil change message at 500 miles yet they don't...and they still warranty the engine to 100K miles. The 3000 mile oil change is from the '60s, we went to 7500 mile changes in the '80s and 10K miles in the '90s. There are 15K mile intervals presently and very soon we'll be at 30K mile intervals...at what point are you going to join us in the 21st century? Or are you going to continue the 3000 mile interval while everybody else is going 30K?

The engines/engine controls and oils we have today are light years ahead of the '60s. Another quantum leap ahead will be made later this year when the 2011 models are released...the GM4718M Corvette spec will become obsolete as GM specs a new oil for all of their engines worldwide. Technology marches on with or without you.

Seriously though, it's your car and of course you can do it your way. I just wanted to show another side to those reading this thread. And actually, 40K mile oil change intervals aren't that far off.

One last tidbit of info: if all GM vehicle owners followed the OLM, over 100 million gallons of oil would be saved annually. Note that is gallons (not quarts) and it's annually.

yellowvette837

That is amazing about your daughter's '99 coupe.

BTW He has a 99 with 105,000 miles on it and it had never gotten near 10K between oil changed.
My 02 had 101,000 miles on it and it had never gotten near 10K between oil changes either.