What % for an oil change

[ron10]

Originally Posted by TXGooch21

I was told at the dealership where I got my SS that I should never get the oil changed until the car tells me to do so. Get it changed within 600 miles of the car telling you to, and also to rotate your tires EVERY oil change.

you can't rotate the tires on an SS.they are different size tires on front and rear.

[ron10]

Originally Posted by TXGooch21

I asked the dealership the same question about the tires being different sizes but they insisted to rotate them every oil change....thanks for the confirmation to not listen to those guys!

[jtzako]

The whole point of the oil life indicator is to let you know when to change the oil so as not to waste oil. If the car thinks you have 30% left, you may as well keep driving since that is quite a bit of wasted oil life if you change it at that time.

[HDDAN]

Originally Posted by TXGooch21

I was told at the dealership where I got my SS that I should never get the oil changed until the car tells me to do so. Get it changed within 600 miles of the car telling you to, and also to rotate your tires EVERY oil change.

You have a 2SS, you can not rotate your tires. They are different sizes front to back. They are also directional, so they can not be rotated side to side.

[Rogue Leader]

Originally Posted by RCLapCar

On a stagered setup like the RS/SS cars have you can still "rotate" the tires. But all it really is is swaping them left to right, right to left on the front and back. If you drive the car by yourself the left side tires can actually wear out faster then the right side tires because of the extra weight of the driver. So swapping them between the two sides can help even that out a bit.

You would have to weigh a LOT for this to happen, but the average person 150-250 lbs is not going to make enough of a difference for this to matter.

Originally Posted by Rockin the BlueSS

my dealer told me that if it went below 10% it would void engine warranty... not sure how true that is because i could just reset it and i don't think it keeps a register of it...

also i looked at the tires the other day the rears have a direction indicator and an "outside" marking making it a designated specific corner...

Thats not true they were probably just trying to scare you.

Originally Posted by HDDAN

You have a 2SS, you can not rotate your tires. They are different sizes front to back. They are also directional, so they can not be rotated side to side.

I just had my Pirellis swapped back on and while outside/inside is indicated, direction is not, these tires are not directional.

[CamaroSpike23]

Originally Posted by Rockin the BlueSS

my dealer told me that if it went below 10% it would void engine warranty... not sure how true that is because i could just reset it and i don't think it keeps a register of it...

also i looked at the tires the other day the rears have a direction indicator and an "outside" marking making it a designated specific corner...

you can reset the OLM, however, the way it works is based off of oil temp, pressure, viscosity, and miles. and the computer does keep track of it. chances are very likely that just because you reset the OLM, it will just zoom right back down to the lower percentage that it was at before after a few hundred miles based off the readings it gets from the engine.

Originally Posted by Rogue Leader

You would have to weigh a LOT for this to happen, but the average person 150-250 lbs is not going to make enough of a difference for this to matter.
not to mention, most all cars out there have slightly stronger springs on the drivers side to compensate for driver weight. this was particularly evident with 4th gens when people would swap out their springs for lowering springs and the drivers side would sit lower due to the aftermarket not accounting for that extra 200 lbs. however, like you said, the weight of the driver is not that much compared to the rest of the weight of the car to be worried about.


Thats not true they were probably just trying to scare you.

see my reply above

I just had my Pirellis swapped back on and while outside/inside is indicated, direction is not, these tires are not directional.

[Rockin the BlueSS]

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

you can reset the OLM, however, the way it works is based off of oil temp, pressure, viscosity, and miles. and the computer does keep track of it. chances are very likely that just because you reset the OLM, it will just zoom right back down to the lower percentage that it was at before after a few hundred miles based off the readings it gets from the engine.

ya i figured the dealer was just trying to scare me and wasn't a big deal because it will never get that low...

as for the monitoring of the oil life it would have to keep a register of the miles and oil temp from the time that the oil was changed to indicate when the oil would start to deteriorate... the viscosity shouldn't be a factor, because we use multi viscosity oil and it varies with temperature...

the biggest indicator of bad oil is the PH balance i would think that that effect is being monitored but could be... if in fact it is measuring the PH it would know the life of the oil without needing to know the other data.

disclaimer: this statement is based on my understanding of oils and i am in no way an expert just having an intellectual discussion...

[jeepguy_1980]

Originally Posted by Rockin the BlueSS

my dealer told me that if it went below 10% it would void engine warranty... not sure how true that is because i could just reset it and i don't think it keeps a register of it...

also i looked at the tires the other day the rears have a direction indicator and an "outside" marking making it a designated specific corner...

Show them the owner's manual that say you have 600 miles after the oil change light comes on to change your oil.

(I believe it says the light comes on 600 miles early). Regardless of the window, it says you don't have to change it until the computer says to.

[American Muscle]

Originally Posted by Patfan1987

Was just wondering what is the last % before the oil life monitor tells you to get an oil change? just wondering because im going to get an oil change a little before it tells me to.

Thanks, CT

my dealer told me if it were his car he would change the oil after the car hit 1,000 miles no matter what. Gonna do that considering he's pretty reputable in the camaro world.

[danhr]

this thread is full of fail...

[RedJewel2SS]

Originally Posted by danhr

this thread is full of fail...

A-HA! not anymore....


read your owner's manual... it says to change oil and filter within 600 miles of when indicator lights up at 10% life remaining

[scrming]

I never go more than 5,000 miles even though I run full synthetic.. I will changed it earlier depending on how much "spirited" driving I do... seems the 3.6L DI is pretty hard on oil and some folks are advising to not go by the OLM...

[SummoneR]

Originally Posted by scrming

I never go more than 5,000 miles even though I run full synthetic.. I will changed it earlier depending on how much "spirited" driving I do... seems the 3.6L DI is pretty hard on oil and some folks are advising to not go by the OLM...

Honestly I've always felt 4 or 5 thousand was way too often. Oils are a lot better these days, plus engines run a lot cleaner than they use to... I just wait for my car to tell me now.

[Patfan1987]

Originally Posted by RedJewel2SS

A-HA! not anymore....


read your owner's manual... it says to change oil and filter within 600 miles of when indicator lights up at 10% life remaining

I either missed that or its not in my manual, ill check sometime soon. Thx though!