Just drove 650 miles and my oil life % didn't change

[avalonandl]

Weird, even went through a regen. Seems like its stuck at 18%.... Going to get an oil change this week. Have 19,xxx miles and was changed last december.

[Delta Hotel]

Yeah....It's due.

[Silver16]

738 miles 91% 11mpg

Weird, even went through a regen. Seems like its stuck at 18%.... Going to get an oil change this week. Have 19,xxx miles and was changed last december.

Did you reset the oil life after the change?

[dasimmon]

def due

[avalonandl]

I reset it (or dealer did in Decmeber). I plan on getting it done later this week.

[Micah LoPresto]

That's a lotta miles. I never listen to the oil life percent

 

 

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[avalonandl]

Well it just went to 17%. I looked at my last oil change sheet and its only been 5500 miles so I should be good until it gets to 12% or so.

 

Dealer service guy said driving on the highway is actually easienst on the engine and was not suprised it didn't change. He said hook a trailer to it and the % will drop quickly...

[COHauler]

Well it just went to 17%. I looked at my last oil change sheet and its only been 5500 miles so I should be good until it gets to 12% or so.

 

Dealer service guy said driving on the highway is actually easienst on the engine and was not suprised it didn't change. He said hook a trailer to it and the % will drop quickly...

Mine went from 95% to 84% this past week towing around 1000 miles. I will be surprised if I get 5000 miles out of this oil change.

[avalonandl]

The math says you should get 7000 miles. Remember towing is harder on the drivetrain

[redwngr]

Mine went from 95% to 84% this past week towing around 1000 miles. I will be surprised if I get 5000 miles out of this oil change.

Which is of course why there is an oil life monitor instead of just a mileage or time recommendation.

[COHauler]

Which is of course why there is an oil life monitor instead of just a mileage or time recommendation.

Yepper. I would trust that more so than the typical mileage.

 

So I was told to change oil at 20%. From some of the threads I'm seeing people have been going down further. What are you all doing?

[WIarcheryhunter]

I am running full synthetic and changing every 4000 to 5000 miles. I am ignoring the oil monitor. My monitor said 47% after 4800 miles of driving last time and the oil looked dirty enough to me. I do my own oil change, and pay less then $9 a gallon for full synthetic Dexos 1.