darKness2

I just changed my oil a few weeks (400 miles) ago and put in some Mobil 1 synthetic. On my way to lunch today my change oil light came on.... should I be concerned about this? The old oil was pretty thick and black but I had drained it all out. Should I just drain and add more oil and not worry about it? And will the change oil light go off automatically? Thanks

Sweet 90

Oh dear God!
There are a ton of threads on here about resetting your oil light, or read your manual. You have nothing to worry about.

darKness2

Hahah I suppose I should have just waited until I got home instead of rushing to my phones browser... I haven't had the light come on before, that's all .....I'm retarded

AUTO90VETTE

No worries! The site is precisely for these retard......I mean "special" moments of greatness!

aminnich

You have to manually reset it when you change your oil. New to the vette or just rarely drive it? Turn the key on, but don't start it. Within 5 seconds push and release the eng/met button twice, then hold the gauges button in until the change oil message quits flashinng (about 10 flashes).
ps - Hope you changed the blinker fluid.

This has been a special moment of greatness.

Sweet 90

Damn, I always forget to tell them that

joesgulfstream

You are anything but retarded !! remember one thing Corvettes are ours, they are born and breed in the USA no were else. To anybody else they are a foreign Sports Car.

darKness2

Yes I'm fairly new to the vette and I seriously love the thing. It just seemed strange to me that the change oil light would come on AFTER I had just recently changed my oil. Guess i'll have to go pick up a few quarts of blinker fluid next

RollaMo-LT4

There really isn't any kind of oil testing device on these cars.

It's all calculated by the computer, using a formula based on oil temperature and engine revolutions.
You have to manually reset this oil life monitor every time you change the oil, otherwise the light will come on when you don't expect it.

Brand new 2011 GM cars are not any different, and you have to reset the monitor after an oil change.

PLRX

what filter did you use?

SQUIRMIN VERMIN 84

"Rubrication Master 1000" by China-Bright.... Five-pak for $2.99 at Harbor Freight. One out of five chance of not blowing off at 70 MPH.....

darKness2

Hahah, nahhh i used an AC Delco filter. No fram for me. Me no rikey a-chineee product. The Delco's are probably made in China anyways actually, is anything NOT made there?

anciano

These guys love to screw with noobs -- don't pay any attention to that "blinker fluid" nonsense. The blinkers are vacuum-operated. Just check the vacuum hoses and you'll be all right.

EurekaVette

Corvettes are the exception, but they are still GM products and GM does some weird stuff.

Sweet 90

Huh?? WTH??

96LT4

My standard answer....RTFM.

sailorsteve

Also, be sure to lube the muffler bearings.

darKness2

Ohhhhh so the blinkers are vacuum operated, I was under the impression that there were small gnomes inside the bulbs that created flashing lights with their magical wands..... thanks for clearing that up

And I think he was referring to the fact that Corvettes are not Chinese made (for now)

Vette Jockey

RollaMo-LT4

Exception to what? Please explain what you mean.