Oil Life Computer (reset to 100%?)
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Oil Life Computer (reset to 100%?)
I changed the oil in my wife's 07 Exp (XLT 4x4) w/ Mobil1 5w20. I started it up & went into the computer to reset the oil life indicator. When I reset it, it only went to 90%. I expected 100%... I tried it a few more times & could only get it to go to 90%. Any ideas why? The book says it should go to 100%.
Thoughts?
-robert
Thoughts?
-robert
#2
Originally Posted by rmeredit
I changed the oil in my wife's 07 Exp (XLT 4x4) w/ Mobil1 5w20. I started it up & went into the computer to reset the oil life indicator. When I reset it, it only went to 90%. I expected 100%... I tried it a few more times & could only get it to go to 90%. Any ideas why? The book says it should go to 100%.
Thoughts?
-robert
Thoughts?
-robert
#3
Navigate to the oil life display and reset it like you would after an oil change, once reset pushing the button again should de-increment the oil life by 10%, repeatedly pressing this will eventually get you cycled back around to 100%. This will set your default starting oil life, as I understand it 100% = 5000 mile oil changes, yours seems to be set on 4500 mile oil changes, 60% would be 3000 mile changes. There is no oil sensor, at least not one that measures the condition of the oil, instead the oil life is based on a calculation that takes mileage and time into account, it may also incorporate more factors but I can’t be sure. Again, this is as I understand it.