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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 11:34 AM
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I was outta town and told the woman to get an oil change for the c6 done. Cars been garaged for 5 weeks I come back to see oil life remaining 1% . Damn :$&&)&)&........

It's Sunday, my dealership is closed, they all are and Ive not done it for a c6 myself. Can I drive it for about 30 miles or am I risking it.

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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 12:24 PM
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It's fine, just do it as soon as you can.
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Originally Posted by RicK T
It's fine, just do it as soon as you can.
PHEW!

lol ... no worries i called in sick to work today pre emptive i ll do it first thing in the am.
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 04:00 PM
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Is it possible that the oil was changed but they forgot to reset the indicator?

If not, driving it another 30 miles should be no problem, just so long as there is actually oil in the engine.
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