I’ve changed my oil and filter less than 2 months ago and I’m already at 60% oil life. Like I said in my first post I don’t drive long trips...
My car only had 129 miles on it and it said 60% as well. It held at 60% for the next 1500 miles and has been holding at 50% for 1,000 miles. Still hasn’t changed. So I wouldn’t worry about it. It knows what it’s doing. Honestly if you can’t trust a computer to tell you when to change the oil then just do it every 7.5 like everyone else. 5k is a bit early even with oil dilution. Many oils survive up to 15k miles before needing changed.
It’s not that I don’t trust a computer, just wanted to see if anyone else was having the same or a similar issue. But thanks for the advice tho
Ok. It seems that you know more than I do. could you be more specific in your comments and share your thoughts on this issue?
There is a difference between oil consumption and oil life. Oil Consumption is when your engine burns oil in between oil changes, causing the amount of oil in the engine to drop. It is possible that some oil can be consumed in between oil changes, but you will be fine as long as it doesn't drop below safe levels on the dipstick. Ideally, your engine shouldn't consume much or any oil.
My experience is that the percentage of oil life left on the monitor does not decrease in an even fashion. Sometimes it stays at a reading for quite a while, other times it seems to drop much more quickly.
It has absolutely nothing to do with it. The maintenance minder has no idea what kind of oil you're running or if you're even running oil instead of grapefruit juice.
That being said. The last oil change I asked the dealer if he was using a synthetic blend, or a full synthetic. He punched the keyboard a few times and then replied, "it's an Si, so you get full synthetic". "Excellent" I said. Tires and oil are no places to cheap out.
