Oil Life??
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Oil Life??
Changed the oil on my 97' today, how do I reset oil life %? I held the reset button with it showing just went to 3 blanks then back to previous reading.
Thanks,
Josh
Thanks,
Josh
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You had the engine running when you tried to reset it didn't you? If you do it with the engine off, it'll go to 100% when you hit reset. If you do it with the engine running, it'll show those three blank lines and then go back to the previous reading.
Burning Brakes
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From: Foresters Falls(near Ottawa) Ont
Other option is with the engine off, key on, push the gas pedal down to the floor three times in five seconds. It'll reset to 100%. This works with most G.M.'s.
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Looks like they've provided you with all the info to reset oil life %
I've got a quick-question in relation to this... I'd initially changed my oil back in Jan 07, reset the oil life, etc. When my tranny (A4) was rebuilt in late January, they had to disconnect the battery during the process...
Well this caused my oil life to reset back at 100%... It is now at 79%, but my question is, will the sensor automatically readjust to what the oil quality actually is, or does is go off of how many miles are actually put since last oil change?
Basically I'm trying to find out how accurate I am, should I deduct the 10% it initially used, or should I go off of what's showing on the percentage now?
Thanks in advance!
~Chris
I've got a quick-question in relation to this... I'd initially changed my oil back in Jan 07, reset the oil life, etc. When my tranny (A4) was rebuilt in late January, they had to disconnect the battery during the process...
Well this caused my oil life to reset back at 100%... It is now at 79%, but my question is, will the sensor automatically readjust to what the oil quality actually is, or does is go off of how many miles are actually put since last oil change?
Basically I'm trying to find out how accurate I am, should I deduct the 10% it initially used, or should I go off of what's showing on the percentage now?
Thanks in advance!
~Chris
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Keep holding down the reset button once you get to the three dashes. It should change to 100% in a few seconds.
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Looks like they've provided you with all the info to reset oil life %
I've got a quick-question in relation to this... I'd initially changed my oil back in Jan 07, reset the oil life, etc. When my tranny (A4) was rebuilt in late January, they had to disconnect the battery during the process...
Well this caused my oil life to reset back at 100%... It is now at 79%, but my question is, will the sensor automatically readjust to what the oil quality actually is, or does is go off of how many miles are actually put since last oil change?
Basically I'm trying to find out how accurate I am, should I deduct the 10% it initially used, or should I go off of what's showing on the percentage now?
I've got a quick-question in relation to this... I'd initially changed my oil back in Jan 07, reset the oil life, etc. When my tranny (A4) was rebuilt in late January, they had to disconnect the battery during the process...
Well this caused my oil life to reset back at 100%... It is now at 79%, but my question is, will the sensor automatically readjust to what the oil quality actually is, or does is go off of how many miles are actually put since last oil change?
Basically I'm trying to find out how accurate I am, should I deduct the 10% it initially used, or should I go off of what's showing on the percentage now?
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Foresters Falls(near Ottawa) Ont
Looks like they've provided you with all the info to reset oil life %
I've got a quick-question in relation to this... I'd initially changed my oil back in Jan 07, reset the oil life, etc. When my tranny (A4) was rebuilt in late January, they had to disconnect the battery during the process...
Well this caused my oil life to reset back at 100%... It is now at 79%, but my question is, will the sensor automatically readjust to what the oil quality actually is, or does is go off of how many miles are actually put since last oil change?
Basically I'm trying to find out how accurate I am, should I deduct the 10% it initially used, or should I go off of what's showing on the percentage now?
Thanks in advance!
~Chris
I've got a quick-question in relation to this... I'd initially changed my oil back in Jan 07, reset the oil life, etc. When my tranny (A4) was rebuilt in late January, they had to disconnect the battery during the process...
Well this caused my oil life to reset back at 100%... It is now at 79%, but my question is, will the sensor automatically readjust to what the oil quality actually is, or does is go off of how many miles are actually put since last oil change?
Basically I'm trying to find out how accurate I am, should I deduct the 10% it initially used, or should I go off of what's showing on the percentage now?
Thanks in advance!
~Chris
If you know how many miles you have on the oil, I'd change the oil based on mileage and be on the conservative side.
My two cents .... RonJ .....
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That's what I thought... Thanks for the help! There is no way I will put the 3,000 miles before the next oil change, so I'll plan on changing it when the DIC states 25% oil life. Which will mean I'm actually at about 15% or less...