Oil life question
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Oil life question
2007 Civic LX
What gives? I had the oil changed in January (full synthetic) at 30,900 miles. Now it is June and 36,500 miles. So it has been 5 months and 5600 miles, but the oil life indicates that my oil life is at 40%. Does that seem right? I thought that the car could not tell the difference between regular and synthetic oil (for calculation purposes) and that oil change was at 5000 miles?
What gives? I had the oil changed in January (full synthetic) at 30,900 miles. Now it is June and 36,500 miles. So it has been 5 months and 5600 miles, but the oil life indicates that my oil life is at 40%. Does that seem right? I thought that the car could not tell the difference between regular and synthetic oil (for calculation purposes) and that oil change was at 5000 miles?
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Re: Oil life question
that seems about right. im not sure how the new calculator works, but the 5k is only for conventional. also i think it takes into account your driving style but im not sure on that. youre good waiting couple more months.
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Keep in mind that the display is not accurate .... 40% life could be 49.99% to 40.00% .
Suddenly the next time you start the car it could be down to 30%. It is just the way they programmed the output to display the numbers.
Suddenly the next time you start the car it could be down to 30%. It is just the way they programmed the output to display the numbers.
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The indicator actually measures engine revolutions. The more cold idling the sooner you'll replace the oil. It doesn't tell the difference in the oil itself or have moisture sensors.
Wish I could find that source document but it was from Honda's web site.
Wish I could find that source document but it was from Honda's web site.
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