If you have an oil change monitor, how low do you go before you change your oil? I have some Honda's and take it down to about 5% before I change the oil and filter. How about you?
How low do you go?
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Depends on the minimus oil specs requirements. If a dino, you can go beyond mm with a good syn.
Ill prob change my oil when the OLM is around 10-15% on my malibu.
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With the GM system in my truck I change at 10%
and with the Civic I plan to change it at 15%
and with the Civic I plan to change it at 15%
25% on the Cruze since that OLM was shown to be optimistic in that model year. 15% on our Honda so the light goes out.
Seems I heard something like that in "Grease."
5000 miles. I crawl underneath and do a complete chassis lube on my HD pickup at that interval anyway, so changing the oil is just something minor to include at the same time. The OLM means nothing to me but a curiosity.
I have an 06 GM ecotec engine. I usually go to minus 50. Last OCI was at minus 100 or double the OLM. UOA came back fine but I found a lot of carbon in the oil filter so I won't do that again. In my opinion the OLM is very conservative.
Originally Posted By: WobblyElvis
In my opinion the OLM is very conservative.
I agree. The owners manual for my Impala states to change the oil within 600 miles once you get the change oil message. I usually try to take it down to almost zero, but a lot depends on what is happening in my life at the time.
I'm always amused with people that think the OLM is just a toy. I guess GM engineers are smart enough to design the car, the brakes, the various safety systems, but not smart enough to design a computer algorithm to tell you when to change the oil? LOL!
In my opinion the OLM is very conservative.
I agree. The owners manual for my Impala states to change the oil within 600 miles once you get the change oil message. I usually try to take it down to almost zero, but a lot depends on what is happening in my life at the time.
I'm always amused with people that think the OLM is just a toy. I guess GM engineers are smart enough to design the car, the brakes, the various safety systems, but not smart enough to design a computer algorithm to tell you when to change the oil? LOL!
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Originally Posted By: oldmaninsc
Originally Posted By: WobblyElvis
In my opinion the OLM is very conservative.
I agree. The owners manual for my Impala states to change the oil within 600 miles once you get the change oil message. I usually try to take it down to almost zero, but a lot depends on what is happening in my life at the time.
I'm always amused with people that think the OLM is just a toy. I guess GM engineers are smart enough to design the car, the brakes, the various safety systems, but not smart enough to design a computer algorithm to tell you when to change the oil? LOL!
GM engineers did not engineer into the calculations the use of bypass filtration, synthetic oil, or test lab analysis. I'm using all the above and I ignore the OLM. Which do you think "GM engineers" would give precedence to, test lab analysis or their own OLM?
Amazon sells a patented product to check the condition of your oil: http://www.amazon.com/Lubricheck-Motor-O...ords=oil+tester I bought one; at the very bottom of the instructions, if you question results, it refers you to a testing lab.
Yes, the OLM is programmed to be conservative, but it is NOT intended to take precedence over lab analysis.
Originally Posted By: WobblyElvis
In my opinion the OLM is very conservative.
I agree. The owners manual for my Impala states to change the oil within 600 miles once you get the change oil message. I usually try to take it down to almost zero, but a lot depends on what is happening in my life at the time.
I'm always amused with people that think the OLM is just a toy. I guess GM engineers are smart enough to design the car, the brakes, the various safety systems, but not smart enough to design a computer algorithm to tell you when to change the oil? LOL!
GM engineers did not engineer into the calculations the use of bypass filtration, synthetic oil, or test lab analysis. I'm using all the above and I ignore the OLM. Which do you think "GM engineers" would give precedence to, test lab analysis or their own OLM?
Amazon sells a patented product to check the condition of your oil: http://www.amazon.com/Lubricheck-Motor-O...ords=oil+tester I bought one; at the very bottom of the instructions, if you question results, it refers you to a testing lab.
Yes, the OLM is programmed to be conservative, but it is NOT intended to take precedence over lab analysis.
I went all the way to minus few hundreds mile with factory fill in my 2000 MB E430. After that I changed oil when the oil monitor went down to 500-1000 miles from 10k miles.
The actual mileage most of the time was more than 10k miles, as high as 13k miles.
The actual mileage most of the time was more than 10k miles, as high as 13k miles.
Originally Posted By: oldmaninsc
Originally Posted By: WobblyElvis
In my opinion the OLM is very conservative.
I agree. The owners manual for my Impala states to change the oil within 600 miles once you get the change oil message. I usually try to take it down to almost zero, but a lot depends on what is happening in my life at the time.
I'm always amused with people that think the OLM is just a toy. I guess GM engineers are smart enough to design the car, the brakes, the various safety systems, but not smart enough to design a computer algorithm to tell you when to change the oil? LOL!
Yup! OLM is made conservative for non-BITOGers who need a dumb gauge to yell at them, then wait three weeks before taking action.
Originally Posted By: WobblyElvis
In my opinion the OLM is very conservative.
I agree. The owners manual for my Impala states to change the oil within 600 miles once you get the change oil message. I usually try to take it down to almost zero, but a lot depends on what is happening in my life at the time.
I'm always amused with people that think the OLM is just a toy. I guess GM engineers are smart enough to design the car, the brakes, the various safety systems, but not smart enough to design a computer algorithm to tell you when to change the oil? LOL!
Yup! OLM is made conservative for non-BITOGers who need a dumb gauge to yell at them, then wait three weeks before taking action.
Change at 1%-5% every time.
Originally Posted By: TiredTrucker
5000 miles. I crawl underneath and do a complete chassis lube on my HD pickup at that interval anyway, so changing the oil is just something minor to include at the same time. The OLM means nothing to me but a curiosity.
Same here, do 5K oil changes and just reset the OLM to 100
5000 miles. I crawl underneath and do a complete chassis lube on my HD pickup at that interval anyway, so changing the oil is just something minor to include at the same time. The OLM means nothing to me but a curiosity.
Same here, do 5K oil changes and just reset the OLM to 100
The early toyota ones go off at 5000 regardless of what you do.
I still change at 5k miles. I have a compulsion.
I still change at 5k miles. I have a compulsion.
Originally Posted By: TiredTrucker
5000 miles. I crawl underneath and do a complete chassis lube on my HD pickup at that interval anyway, so changing the oil is just something minor to include at the same time. The OLM means nothing to me but a curiosity.
Bingo!
5000 miles. I crawl underneath and do a complete chassis lube on my HD pickup at that interval anyway, so changing the oil is just something minor to include at the same time. The OLM means nothing to me but a curiosity.
Bingo!
Extended intervals, forget about monitors.
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