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EFLine Enthusiast

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UPDATE!

 

the dealership called and left a message yesterday saying that it has been "fixed" that sure enough, there was not enough oil in there to even reach the dip stick, so they went ahead and did an oil change.

 

Last oil change was on 6/3/16 so not that long ago.

 

There was no reason provided as to why the oil was down so much

 

Quite concerning to me actually :(

kp52 Enthusiast

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UPDATE!

 

the dealership called and left a message yesterday saying that it has been "fixed" that sure enough, there was not enough oil in there to even reach the dip stick, so they went ahead and did an oil change.

 

Last oil change was on 6/3/16 so not that long ago.

 

There was no reason provided as to why the oil was down so much

 

Quite concerning to me actually :(

 

You said in your first post you checked the oil and it was OK.

 

It has to be around 2 quarts down before the low oil light will come on, luckily with an 8 quart capacity unless you were doing some hard cornering or off roading you didnt hurt anything.

 

Unfortunately at this point you dont know if the dealer underfilled it or it used that much oil. Most dealers have 'fast lube' lanes now and they dont use very qualified techs to change oil, pretty much jiffy-lube qualified, ALWAYS check the oil when you get it back and keep an eye out for leaks. Two quarts in 4000 miles is a lot but not unheard of, but when it comes down to it GM will try to tell you 1 qt per 1000 miles is acceptable. Get it changed, check it when you get it back to make sure you are starting full and check it every 1000 miles or so to see where you are at.

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You said in your first post you checked the oil and it was OK.

 

It has to be around 2 quarts down before the low oil light will come on, luckily with an 8 quart capacity unless you were doing some hard cornering or off roading you didnt hurt anything.

 

Unfortunately at this point you dont know if the dealer underfilled it or it used that much oil. Most dealers have 'fast lube' lanes now and they dont use very qualified techs to change oil, pretty much jiffy-lube qualified, ALWAYS check the oil when you get it back and keep an eye out for leaks. Two quarts in 4000 miles is a lot but not unheard of, but when it comes down to it GM will try to tell you 1 qt per 1000 miles is acceptable. Get it changed, check it when you get it back to make sure you are starting full and check it every 1000 miles or so to see where you are at.

Yeah, I did check it, twice and looked to be ok. However when they called me they said it was so low it wouldnt register.

 

You are correct that this place does a fast lube, definitely going to check the level when i get it back though. Good idea!

Dnt Senior Enthusiast

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I had a "warning" from my dealerships service "ADVISOR" When I was in on Wednesday getting my new GM Borla exhaust put on and we talked about the oil change interval he said that some of these new ones are having a oil consumption problem and if you go by the DIC interval (8 or 10000 miles) you better be checking the oil level. anyway i had 3000 miles on the truck so had them go ahead with the oil change. Interesting to me that they recommend on the corvettes wit the 6.2 engine to do the first oil change at 500 miles but not on the trucks? same engine block! Anyway my ole pappy told me to check my oil level every time that I fuel up, I try to follow ole pappys advice and thinking that you guys should too? Are you people driving like 5000 miles and never even popping the hood? LOL

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GMMediumDutyMQ Enthusiast

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if you go by the DIC interval (8 or 10000 miles)

Funny, my OLM usually tells me it's about time to change when I get in the 5500-5800 mile neighborhood.

But yes, regular dipstick inspection is a must...

Dnt Senior Enthusiast

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I think I have figured out what is happening. I was talking to a friend who bought a 2015 (approx 5ft 6in tall friend) he quickly explained to me that he could not reach the dipstick and had no intention of EVER checking the oil cuz he would need a ladder...........GM is obviously discriminating against SHORT PEOPLE this is a serious problem man and needs to be dealt with firmly. Randy Newman figured this out years ago! Have you seen like the signs at the amusement park rides that indicate a minimum height to ride? Well there may be a minimum height to own a GM full size truck soon hahahahaha

 

Cowpie Senior Enthusiast

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Sad thing is, it is easier to check things and work on my 2013 semi truck than it is to do much of anything but drive my 2015 2500.

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Vortec123 New Member

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Same thing happened to me I had a recent oil change drove it for a week said add engine oil low oil which freaked me out took a look at my walmart receipt and says 5qt plus 1 qt ****ers just added 6qts to my truck and was missing 2 qts 

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