Oil needs changing light came on

[Gpp]

So,why after 15,000 miles does a light come on to tell me oil needs changing!i change it every 3,000 miles!

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[d7602002]

Did you reset the oil life monitor? That's all I can think of.

 

[MakinDoForNow]

So,why after 15,000 miles does a light come on to tell me oil needs changing!i change it every 3,000 miles!

You have to go into settings and tell the truck that you have changed the oil.

 

[The Real Maverick]

Wait.... yours has a light???

 

[The Real Maverick]

So,why after 15,000 miles does a light come on to tell me oil needs changing!i change it every 3,000 miles!

Goes to show, you are changing your oil WAAAAAY too frequently though.

 

[MakinDoForNow]

Goes to show, you are changing your oil WAAAAAY too frequently though.

I'm gonna go with his year is up!

 

[HeyBales]

Because at some oil change 9K ago you used someone different and they failed to reset the counter.

ETA: and for the result you had, you used them again, confirming they are unaware of the reset.
Thanks MDFN!

 

[MakinDoForNow]

Because at some oil change 9K ago you used someone different and they failed to reset the counter.

Hmmm? So it remembers the one he missed the reset on. Do we have to reset twice one for the current change and one for the skipped one?

 

[Snox801]

3k is way to early and as stated someone didn’t reset the olm. You can say any mileage you want is when to change. All mileage is not the same on oil.

I’ve posted several blackstone oil analysis and everyone comes back saying I have at least 2k miles more life left once my monitor is down to 0 percent.
Let science and testing guide you. Not some number you think is the magic one

 

[Gpp]

Ok,so every 3000 miles to some people is way to soon.one problem thoughive been servicing my cars since early 60,s and oil gets changed every 3000 miles and thats not changingjust want to know how to keep the light from coming back on!

 

[Cherokee]

Ok,so every 3000 miles to some people is way to soon.one problem thoughive been servicing my cars since early 60,s and oil gets changed every 3000 miles and thats not changingjust want to know how to keep the light from coming back on!

Back In the early sixties the oil additive package were not nearly as advanced. and the machining process when making engines was not nearly as accurate.
Me :
2008 Tacoma 2.7 Liter work truck always hauling loads all day. Even a trailer for more than 100,000 miles In the Central Florida heat and humidity, 80-90,000 miles a year.
Mobil 1 Full syn changed at 10,000 mile Intervals. Did you read that ?

528,000 trouble free miles.

Your wasting money.

That Taco was one of several. One of my fellow drivers, same truck same long service life on Jiffy Lubes cheapest roach oil. His actually ran better than mine at 530,000 miles when he traded it for a new one.
He didn't get much trade in, Imagine that !

I think It's In your owners manual, or find it yourself by going through the menu's. Mines behind the steering wheel, in that screen. But mines the Ecoboost flavor, a 2024.
It's a simple reset of the Oil monitoring system.

 

[Mr Pibb]

Hmmm? So it remembers the one he missed the reset on. Do we have to reset twice one for the current change and one for the skipped one?

It isn't that complicated, you just reset oil life any time you change the oil.

 

[oysterville]

Ok,so every 3000 miles to some people is way to soon.one problem thoughive been servicing my cars since early 60,s and oil gets changed every 3000 miles and thats not changingjust want to know how to keep the light from coming back on!

Reset it.

And you should also spray the inside of the carburetor with a cleaner while you're at it. Cuz cars haven't changed since the 60s.

 

[Bob The Builder]

Ok,so every 3000 miles to some people is way to soon.one problem thoughive been servicing my cars since early 60,s and oil gets changed every 3000 miles and thats not changingjust want to know how to keep the light from coming back on!

I drive about 3500 miles a year. The Oil Life Monitor will go to zero at around the 1 year anniversary of my oil change. Obviously my oil change schedule is calendar driven not miles driven.

Those that say 3000 miles is too soon always fail to mention that it is too soon for them, not necessarily too soon for some of us. Some of us old timers still believe that even at today's inflated costs, oil changes are the cheapest preventative maintenance one can do to their vehicle. We tend to be funny like that.

I would never tell someone their oil change schedule is wrong. None of my business in the way they run their business. Not my money. Not my worry. I have enough trouble taking care of myself at 76 years of age.

 

[Leuf]

I drive about 3500 miles a year. The Oil Life Monitor will go to zero at around the 1 year anniversary of my oil change. Obviously my oil change schedule is calendar driven not miles driven.

I drive even less than you and at one year I was at 1500 miles and the oil life monitor was around 45% but I changed it anyway. If anyone gives you grief just tell them about me

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