Oil Level Monitor

[vdubpower]

i have a 2006 denali suv, and the oil monitor reads a percentage of oil

 

is this the amount of oil left in the engine, or how does it mean??

 

mine is at 10% right now, running fine... but im sur e i am due for a service, the last one was one yr ago, probably 8000 miles

thanks

[redvett]

On GMT800 trucks there is a Oil Life Monitor and a low oil level light. The OLM has a calculated table that records operation of the engine, RPM's, oil temp, engine load,engine cold start cycles etc. and counts down the percentage of oil life. Its very accurate.

 

i have a 2006 denali suv, and the oil monitor reads a percentage of oil

 

is this the amount of oil left in the engine, or how does it mean??

 

mine is at 10% right now, running fine... but im sur e i am due for a service, the last one was one yr ago, probably 8000 miles

thanks

[07YukonDenali]

i have a 2006 denali suv, and the oil monitor reads a percentage of oil

 

is this the amount of oil left in the engine, or how does it mean??

 

mine is at 10% right now, running fine... but im sur e i am due for a service, the last one was one yr ago, probably 8000 miles

thanks

 

Change your oil!

[07YukonDenali]

i have a 2006 denali suv, and the oil monitor reads a percentage of oil

 

is this the amount of oil left in the engine, or how does it mean??

 

mine is at 10% right now, running fine... but im sur e i am due for a service, the last one was one yr ago, probably 8000 miles

thanks

 

Change your oil!

[redvett]

Read you owners manual it states that you must change oil at least once a year or when the OLM goes on, most people change earlier than 0% including my self. My 2000 Silverado service truck has 279000 + miles and never been opened and always use the OLM for changes.

[vdubpower]

thanks for the replys

 

the display that is showing is the one u can scroll thru the onboard cpu, i went back and checked and it is called the oil LIFE %

 

i guess it didnt make sense to me if that meant that was the volume of oil left, or just that it thinkts that after so many miles/months that a change is needed

 

regardles i will change the oil soon, 5 w 30 right

[redvett]

Info on the GM OLM.

 

GM OIL LIFE SYSTEM...HOW DOES IT REALLY WORK

This is taken from the May 2003 GM Techlink publication

How often should engine oil be changed? 3,000 miles, 5,000 miles, 7,500 miles, 10,000 miles? Actually, all of these are correct, depending on operating conditions. Oil life is affected by many factors other than just miles driven. The type of driving, temperature, and engine load all play a part.

That’s why GM has developed the GM Oil Life System, an electronic watchdog that keeps track of all these variables and notifies the driver when it’s time to change oil. This system has become standard equipment on nearly all GM products since 2000.

Briefly, the Oil Life System is programmed with a certain number of engine revolutions. As the engine runs, this number is reduced until it reaches zero, and the Oil Life light or message comes on. But there’s more. Operating the engine under low or high temperatures, and under high load conditions subtracts (penalizes) extra revolutions, so the light comes on sooner. Changing engine oil according to actual need rather than an inflexible schedule provides several benefits.

First is simplified determination about when to change oil. No more decisions about normal conditions vs. severe conditions. Second is reduced operating costs for GM’s customers, who now have to change oil only when it’s needed. Third is minimizing the amount of used oil that must be disposed of. And fourth, engines will always be running with sufficiently fresh oil, for long life.

Traditionally, the vehicle maintenance schedule has been based on miles or time, while the oil change interval is now based on the GM Oil Life System.

When the change engine oil light or message comes on, it means that service is required on the vehicle. I should be serviced as soon as possible within the next 600 miles. It is possible that, under the best conditions, the engine oil life system may not indicate that vehicle service is necessary for over a year. However, engine oil and filter must be changed at least once per year, and at this time the system must be reset.

[vdubpower]

ok cool, so the key is getting it reset too, u cant just do an oil change and filter change and not reset it, or else it will propbably continue to think the same oil is in there...

 

as for now ill just take it to a dealer and get it down, hopefully down the road ill do it myself

 

 

now i have to deal with my tpms,, last night one said 5psi in LR, but i checked it manually and was still at 33....

[Chris]

to reset the OLM, tuen key to "ON" position, tap accelerator pedal 3 times within 5 seconds and a message will appear

[Beer Belly]

On my '06 Silverado, you scroll to the oil life monitor, then press, and hold the arrow button on your steering wheel controls to reset it.

[SouthCo]

the oil life monitor is a suggested oil change interval in my opinion. the system doesn't actually sample the oil itself. to reset the oil life monitor on all of mine, 03 tahoe, 05 yukon denali xl and 2010 sierra you turn the key to on (engine still off) and push the accelerator all the way down 3x. I change the oil on all of them by 5k miles and use mobil 1 or pennziol platinum 5w30.