Oil life monitor?

[The Cyber Orange Guy.]

So the EB is doing the same as the hybrid now - at least the Fordpass app is showing the same thing.

1K distance remaining for every 10% OLM.
So around 8600 total.
I'll bet that estimated remaining distance changes at some point - curious if at 50%.
Was there an app update in May - that's when mine changed to 1k/10%. 1st year of usage, not.

But if it was only mileage based algorithm - then about 2000 miles for 34% of used oil life - means 100% would be 5882 miles to reach 0.

If only time based - you said 3 months or 120 days for 34% used - means 100% would be 353 days to reach 0.

So is your annual mileage more on track for almost 6K miles, or 8600 miles?

Gentle miles, no tow/hauling, extended idling, ect?
No winter yet either, that could change things.

Hi, mine is 2022 and is just shy of 32k, at the beginning I was basically a taxy between my mom and my daughter, but she's driving now, so I drive way less, now days I think 6-8k miles is a good guesstimate. I drive on city 80%+ of the time, 5-20 minutes ride, no heavy footer, barely hit the highway if ever, no tow, no hauling, but yes sometimes I could be waiting on the truck longer than I would like. Mpg is 18.5 on the last 5000+ miles, and 17.6mpg on the last 2500+ miles . Btw temperature here is pretty much 90's degrees all year long.

hope that give you a better idea of my daily use.

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I don't doubt that, but there is a zone between "cold" (120F) and full operating temp. Maybe my understanding that it's sub-optimal for motor oil to be operating below full operating temp from short trips and / or cold ambient temps is outdated though.

Material cost of an oil change for me is $25-30, so if I lose 25% life from that to do some testing, I'm not going to lose any sleep over throwing away chipotle burrito money vs. making sure my ~$8K (?) replacement cost engine is happy.

FWIW the pour point of Motorcraft 0W20 oil is -58°F. General rule of thumb is another +20°F on top of that, so -38°F, oil will protect your engine without issue.

At 120°F, your oil will absolutely flow and have zero issues with protecting your engine on every restart.