Oil change light?
#1
Oil change light?
Will the Oil Change light reset itself if the battery is disconnected. I ask because I disconnected the battery when working on my car. I dont know if the OCI reset...anyone know?
#6
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There are no sensors testing your oil for quaility, metals, or any other test actually being run on the oil itself. It is just tracking start cycles, run times, temperature, and a few other things. Your oil could be mud or it could be water as far as the oil light program goes, it can't tell the difference.
Relying on this light is in my opinion a really bad strategy for determining oil change intervals.
#7
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Its not that bad, but what you do need to do is check and top it off as needed. New cars oil life lasts around 8000 miles if you just putter it around and don't beat on it. Couple that with a 100k mile powertrain warranty and that means GM engineers are pretty sure its ok to go that long. Again, as long as you check and top it off as needed.