oil change light Q
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oil change light Q i just bought my firebird a couple weeks ago it had a sticker in the window saying next oil change 53,000 it has 48,000, when i start the car the change oil light comes on but goes away within a minute or two..should i just go ahead and change it or is the light supposed to stay on? this is a stupid question i know!
i just bought my firebird a couple weeks ago it had a sticker in the window saying next oil change 53,000 it has 48,000, when i start the car the change oil light comes on but goes away within a minute or two..should i just go ahead and change it or is the light supposed to stay on? this is a stupid question i know!
Well generally If it's reset when it's changed, it won't come back on till it needs another change. Now if the car has had a recent oil change and the light isn't reset, the light will continue to come on at start up. I prefer the every 3000 miles myself, I don't go off the light. To turn it off, turn the car to "on", but do not start and hold the Trip Reset till the change oil light blinks. Then it won't come back on till the Computer thinks its time, but you can reset this whenever you want. I do it every oil change so that it doesn't come on.
And yes the norm is when the light comes on, it'll stay on for about a minute or so, then turn off. Once reset it will only light during the Gauge check when you turn the key to on.
And yes the norm is when the light comes on, it'll stay on for about a minute or so, then turn off. Once reset it will only light during the Gauge check when you turn the key to on.
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This works on mine too.
As for the whole light thing, I would never leave my oil changes up to that. It supposedly evaluates driving conditions/style etc and bases the frequency for changes off that...I've had 6 or 7 vehicles with this set-up and no two were close to the same (I don't usually think to reset mine at change time). I've had a couple that came on every 6-10,000 miles, and I had one truck that the light only came on twice in the 50,000-plus miles I put on it...and I wasn't exactly taking it easy on the truck.
Just my opinion, but pick a change interval and stick with it. New car, unknown oil change history, just change it now...it's cheap.
As for the whole light thing, I would never leave my oil changes up to that. It supposedly evaluates driving conditions/style etc and bases the frequency for changes off that...I've had 6 or 7 vehicles with this set-up and no two were close to the same (I don't usually think to reset mine at change time). I've had a couple that came on every 6-10,000 miles, and I had one truck that the light only came on twice in the 50,000-plus miles I put on it...and I wasn't exactly taking it easy on the truck.
Just my opinion, but pick a change interval and stick with it. New car, unknown oil change history, just change it now...it's cheap.
