jaimeleger

My Z51 is now year old, 900 miles and the change oil/service light is on. Is due to time because I only have 900 miles on the car?

jaimeleger

Maybe it's the cold

Glen e

Its been a year, owners manual says change it

owc6

There is plenty of anecdotal evidence that it takes time into consideration when displaying oil life. It should be changed once a year, so it would make sense to read 0% no matter how few miles you have driven it.

VETJAZZ

and maybe DRIVE IT!!

Steve_R

Seriously. Why have a car like that and literally never drive it?

jaimeleger

Appreciate the advice. Ty

Larry/car

You confirmed our thinking that the oil life monitor took calendar time into consideration in addition to mileage, which ever comes first.

zare191

jaimeleger

Yeah why a i like the forum

Larry/car

I didn't say this; the oil life monitor is easy to reset, if you want to continue operation without changing the oil (and no warning) just reset the system. Happy motoring!

jaimeleger

I don't have a manual lol. I'll look into it. Ty

WelderGuy

Let's see...900 miles at an average of 50mph equals 18 hours into a depreciation of approximately $8000 plus ownership costs (gas, interest, taxes, insurance) of $3000 gives you a operating cost of about $610 per hour.

PARANORMAL

I think it would be foolish to reset it and keep driving the car when you have 4 free oil changes available to you from Chevy. It has been a year, change it.

Patman

Because you're under warranty, the one year time period is a good idea however I can virtually guarantee you that if you have an oil analysis done on that 900 mile oil it will show that it's nowhere close to the end of it's life. On a car that isn't driven that often, you can easily go 2 or even 3 years or more safely, as long as when you do drive the car you get the oil fully warmed up, and aren't using it for very short trips.

jaimeleger

[QUOTE=Patman;1588277055]Because you're under warranty, the one year time period is a good idea however I can virtually guarantee you that if you have an oil analysis done on that 900 mile oil it will show that it's nowhere close to the end of it's life. On a car that isn't driven that often, you can easily go 2 or even 3 years or more safely, as long as when you do drive the car you get the oil fully warmed up, and aren't using it for very short trips.

Was helpful. Found the manual online.

jaimeleger

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jaimeleger

If I was worried about money I prob wouldn't have a $70K toy. But thanks

Glen e

Great answer.....

KenHorse

My C7 is 9 months old, over 15K miles, 2 complete Xpel installations and 3 oil changes.

I guess I just live wrong