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Old May 1, 2003 | 02:20 PM
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2 weeks ago, I got the LOW OIL LEVEL come up on the DIC. I checked the oil and it was a little less than half way on the ok marks. I added a half a quart to it and checked it and looked fine. Now everytime I start it up the LOW OIL LEVEL shows up. I hit reset everytime. Is there some place I have to tell it that's it's ok now? Thanks Doug :crazy:
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Old May 2, 2003 | 12:07 AM
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2 weeks ago, I got the LOW OIL LEVEL come up on the DIC. I checked the oil and it was a little less than half way on the ok marks. I added a half a quart to it and checked it and looked fine. Now everytime I start it up the LOW OIL LEVEL shows up. I hit reset everytime. Is there some place I have to tell it that's it's ok now? Thanks Doug :crazy:
For some reason once the low oil level indication has been tripped it will stay on long after the condition no longer exisits. Try disconnecting either terminal of the battery for an hour or so and see if that corrects the problem. That is what I had to do.

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Old May 2, 2003 | 12:40 AM
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Funny this came up. My sister's just did the same thing the other week and she couldn't get the message to go away. I will tell her to try disconnecting the battery.
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Old May 2, 2003 | 02:50 PM
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It is programmed to stay in memory for a certain number of ignition cycles. It will go away, but you can always kill the memory by pulling the neg cable. :yesnod: :rolleyes:
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Old May 3, 2003 | 07:21 AM
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Thanks, I'll give the battery pull a try. :)
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