Engine hour meter has a pie graph

ftwhite · October 28, 2020

I searched as best I could, and found lots of people talking about engine hours and what they mean, but I can't find an answer for how to read the gauge. On the control panel, it shows a number for the hours, and inside the engine graphic is a pie gauge that is filling in. But how long does it take, and what does it signify when it fills in? At 1570hrs, it shows about 2/3 full. So at 4500hrs do I change the oil? Rebuild it? Watch it reset and fill up again? The manual says nothing.

mookdoc6 · October 28, 2020

5 minutes ago, ftwhite said:

I searched as best I could, and found lots of people talking about engine hours and what they mean, but I can't find an answer for how to read the gauge. On the control panel, it shows a number for the hours, and inside the engine graphic is a pie gauge that is filling in. But how long does it take, and what does it signify when it fills in? At 1570hrs, it shows about 2/3 full. So at 4500hrs do I change the oil? Rebuild it? Watch it reset and fill up again? The manual says nothing.

Huh? It's just a symbol that can be used to anybody with a Head/brain and eyeballs to realize this is tracking engine operation by time? Hence the the time gizmo inside engine.

ftwhite · October 28, 2020

Thanks. So I know when a clock rolls over you get a new day (or half day). When, as you say this obvious graphic rolls over, what do you get?

Or, are you saying the graphic doesn't move....I hadn't seen it that way. I guess I need to get head/brain at the parts store next time.

JimCost2014 · October 28, 2020

time gizmo,

Think you need to use a more laymen's term to describe what you are talking about, that sounds way to technical for most of us....

davester · October 28, 2020

If they wanted to get real fancy, it's possible that the pie chart could indicate the oil life percentage.

m3n00b · October 28, 2020

Troll thread?

btj_z71 · October 28, 2020

7 hours ago, ftwhite said:

I searched as best I could, and found lots of people talking about engine hours and what they mean, but I can't find an answer for how to read the gauge. On the control panel, it shows a number for the hours, and inside the engine graphic is a pie gauge that is filling in. But how long does it take, and what does it signify when it fills in? At 1570hrs, it shows about 2/3 full. So at 4500hrs do I change the oil? Rebuild it? Watch it reset and fill up again? The manual says nothing.

It is simply a static graphic. It does not change. The gauge in the graphic is static as well and does not represent anything. No action needed.

UnlimitedMatt · October 28, 2020

7 hours ago, btj_z71 said:

It is simply a static graphic. It does not change. The gauge in the graphic is static as well and does not represent anything. No action needed.

Wait a minute, are you telling me my engine doesn't have large pie chart inside of it????

btj_z71 · October 28, 2020

Just search for "Silverado Engine Hours". I attached a screenshot to save you all some time.

I understand the graphic used on those models was misleading. My 2014 had the same on it. From purchases at 8k miles to when I sold it with 99k miles, the graphic never changed.

ftwhite · October 28, 2020

Odd to me that there is not much consistency to their use of these gauge "icons". Some move, some don't. For example, the Fuel gauge icon actually moves as you get close to empty, the Oil Life monitor shows a clock, even though the oil life is a finite gauge (it runs out), and the transmission temp is a icon that looks very static (too me). Seems like engine hours should use the clock icon from oil life (it never runs out), and oil life should use the pie gauge from engine hours.

But maybe I spent too much time thinking about this