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Old 11-22-2010, 01:20 PM
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no this isnt gona be how do i turn that off. just curious how many of u guys do go by the computer and change the oil when the dash tells u to. i watched mine and since the last oilchange it waited to 7500 miles before the light came back on. i always change mine at 5000, but was curious if any of u guys follow the dash.
 
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Old 11-22-2010, 02:42 PM
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IIRC turn the switch on and depress the throttle slowly 3 times. if that dosent work, post a reply and I'll look up the specs
 
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Old 11-22-2010, 04:38 PM
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is that the normal answer for when u guys see "change oil soon" in the header????


reread my question.
 
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Old 11-22-2010, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by DieselCrawler
is that the normal answer for when u guys see "change oil soon" in the header????


reread my question.
LMFAO


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Old 11-22-2010, 05:37 PM
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rofl,
Can you tell i dont read the whole post? hahaha
Well after reading the whole message, the OE oil life figuring is pretty advanced and uses more than mileage and "supposidly" takes into account the RPM's in so on. Now thats what my Alldata says but who knows!

sorry for not reading the whole message!
 
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Old 11-22-2010, 06:02 PM
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it is ok, just thought it was funny.


i figured it calculated in rpms, idle time, run time, and if in tow haul or not.
 
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Old 11-22-2010, 07:35 PM
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I change my filter every 10k and oil 20k miles. But I'm using Amsoil. Before I went by the light about 7-8K.
 
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Old 11-22-2010, 07:48 PM
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i go by the computer.
 
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Old 11-22-2010, 08:11 PM
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I went by the computer on my previous lbz and it usually ran 10-12,000 on an oil change for me.
 
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Old 11-22-2010, 09:13 PM
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I change my oil and filter every 5 thousand, I use rotella. I do not know how often it is on the computer.
 


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