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i have had my si for 7 months and have only put 3500 miles on it (d.d. eg) my oil change light is not on, so should i wait till the 5k like the owners manual says or am i just stupid for waiting

ok flame on also i couldnt find a actual thread like this

 

I believe the oil change light is based in the oil life% indicator.
I think it goes on when you reach a certain percentage I think.
Correct me if I'm wrong

 

the percentage is at 30 % is that the life of the oil or is that go by mileage?

 

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30% indicates the remaining life. I believe the light come on at 20% or something close. If you want to be safe, just change it now. The 5,000 miles in the manual, is the longest you should go before an oil change. I change mine every 3,000 regardless of the oil light or the percentage.

You are pretty much done with the break-in period. Time to put some synthetic in that bad boy.

 

I have around 1400 miles is 70% normal at this point.

 

does the oil light reset itself i havent gone that indepth in the manual

 

gotta press and hold the select button while it displays the oil life % for few secs until it reads back to 100%.
Then you're set. It does not reset by itself.

 

thanks all my question are answered and striker your avator just got licked

 

Your oil light actually comes on when the indicator gets to 15%, and will remain until you reset. Instructions are in the manual.

 

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Like the guy somewhere up there ^ said, mine also came on at 20%.

 

ive got 2500 miles and still at 70%

maybe im driving too much like a grandma &gt;&lt;;

 

how does the percentages work?

 

isnt it 5000 miles or 5 months whichever comes first?Also i mean if the oil life reads 20% and u still havent hit 5000 miles u got to go change it.

 

I changed my oil at 3,000 and it was black as hell, the oil indicator wasn't even low either. I would much rather do my oil changes at 3,000 then to go by that damn thing.

 

yeah its always best to just to yank the dipstick out and check for your self.

 

1900 miles and stilll at 80%

 

the oil life reader calculates the ammount of life for your oil by reading the revolutions of your engine as you drive it.
Some guys will floor it making the engine have more revolutions which will make their oil life drop at a lesser mileage than yours.
But then again the si is meant to be redlined...

 

my car has Si has 3250 miles right now. the oil meter says 20% life remaining. i still dont know if im gonna throw synthetic in or not... ugg.... and the lil book says 5k miles too when you change your oil... it kinda contradicts itself.... should i change it now or wait longer? if so synthetic or not???

 

and the oil light is NOT on yet.

 

I've installed a magnetic oil pan cap/screw to pick up the engine scraps at 10k miles oil change -_- I can't remember where I bought it

 

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It changes at 15%. But the indicator only changes at 10% increments.

 

The oil life indicator calculates the oil life by counting the revolution your engine has performed. In other words, the oil life indicator is just a panel instrument to tell you the recommended time to start changing your oil. It does not indicate in any way that there's only 20% or 30% of oil in the engine and you need to add more. It's a safety issue for people who don't know when to change their oil. Get what im saying yo?

 

I didn't care to go by the %. I went in around 4200mi. I just went when I thought it was a good time. After that, I changed to Mobil 1 FS at ~6900mi and will change again at 10Kmi.

 

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Heavy foot?

I"m approaching 5k miles and just barley hit 20%.

Maintenance minder calculates OIL LIFE(not level) just as others have mentioned : according to revolutions of crank, how high oil temps get, and inputs from a few other sensors. It is there for a reason - to avoid excess use of oil. All of you people changing your oil before the oil life % gets to 10-5% are simply dumping perfectly good oil out of your motor and spending extra money/wasting oil before you really need to. Go by the maint. minder and not by mileage

 

Heavy foot :D Drive it like you stole it

I have to put these Tc's to shame like i said before. THIS tc FOLLOWED me 12 blocks intill i hit the high way and tried to race me today!! he got pawned like every other Tc. 7,800 Rpms are there for a reason Tre_ but im changing the subject. yes today my oil tin light came on today. if the car has that on im not waiting till 10% im going with sythetic oil tomorrow. people say its a risk switching this early..... nahhh.