Hey what up Cadimaniacs.I just filled my 94 Eldog & my oil level still reads 82% oil life left.How do i reset it back to 100% :hmm:

Are you saying you did an oil change at 82% or added a quart?

i added a quart

I am not sure how to reset the oil life monitor on the '94 Eldo but you don't want to do that til you change oil.

Yeah after you do an oil Change, with the % sign on the display, hold the reset button down until 100% appears.

Ranger can you Please explain why not to do this til i change the oil,cause i have done what clusco wrote ,but i heard there was another way of diong it.The only reason, why i,am trying to find out is because when i checked my oil level today it only marked the bottom tip of the dip stick but inside it read 82% oil life.I do know that it takes alot of oil to fill this baby up.I have added oil before & usually when it gets to 80% it usually takes 1qt.,& i reset it by holding down the reset button until it reads 100%.Should i be concerned about way i'm doing it.:disappoin

Yeah, stop resetting the oil change advisory every time it's a quart or so low. The oil life is different from the oil level simply being low. If your oil level is low, your display will tell you to "check oil level". Add the necessary oil to your car but DO NOT reset it because the oil that is still in your car is still GOOD. You only change the oil in your car when the oil life display is below 10% or so. Just because your oil level is low doesn't mean the existing oil is bad. You probably have what most, if not all of us have, which is a half case oil leak. This means the oil is slowly leaking from the bolts at the bottom of your car but it's not a major problem. I've read here that you can actually have them welded tight or tightened back on with an adhesive material. So, don't reset it again until it says to: "Change Oil". Or if you already did reset it, write your mileage down right now and just change your oil after 3000 miles.

I am, however, very interested in how one would go about resetting the oil level percentages with out holding down reset. Because my "service air bag system", "traction disabled", and "service ride control" displays override everything and it won't allow me to reset my oil level anymore. Tell me another way to reset it, please.

Hey, dude...if you've been resetting the OLM every time you add a quart, how long has this been going on for? When's the last time you actually drained the oil, replaced the filter, and filled it back up with 7.5 quarts??? I'd recommend you do that TODAY, otherwise you're running a lot of really really old oil that could cause damage...

Clusco,
The only way to "reset" oil level message is to add oil. You can reset oil life not oil level.

Yeah, I'm sorry, that's what I meant. Is there another way to reset the oil life indicator?

Clusco,
No, I don't think there is any other way to reset the OLM.

Demerado,
I think you are confusing oil life with oil level. When the CHECK OIL LEVEL message comes on, add a qt. or two. Then the message will extinguish.

When the CHANGE OIL message appears it mean that your oil is about "worn out" and needs to be changed. Reset the OLM after you change oil so that the computer knows there is a crankcase full of fresh oil and it will start the countdown from 100% all over again. Does that help?

Thanks everyone for your insightful comments.Ranger i've experienced that when i do add a quart of oil (when my oil life reaches 80%) ,& hold down the reset button back to 100% it starts to count down again.Now on the other end if i add a quart & don't reset it,it stays with the same reading.

Spyder i changed my oil about 4 months ago & add one quart every 5 weeks.Plus i used that Lucas oil to protect my engine. I've only had my Eldog 5 months.SO i keep up w/it.Thanks though its about time i do another one. Hey Clusco i read that if you turn the key to the on position & pump the gas 3 times it should reset it.

Thanks everyone for your insightful comments.Ranger i've experienced that when i do add a quart of oil (when my oil life reaches 80%) ,& hold down the reset button back to 100% it starts to count down again.Now on the other end if i add a quart & don't reset it,it stays with the same reading.

That's the way it's supposed to work. When it get's to 10% it will trip the CHANGE OIL message. Don't reset it when you add oil. Only when you change oil.

Demorado wrote:
Hey Clusco i read that if you turn the key to the on position & pump the gas 3 times it should reset it.

You're not being serious about that are you. Pumping the gas has nothing to do with the computer resetting.

That's how you reset the OLM on my daughters '04 Grand Am.

Why does a simple thing like Oil Life Monitor turns into such a cluster F**K!? :cookoo:

YOU DON'T RESET AFTER *ADDING* OIL !!!!

The Oil Life Monitor keeps track of how you drive your car and it tells you when it thinks that you should get a COMPLETE OIL CHANGE.

It has nothing to do with the oil level inside the engine and everything to do with how "used up" the oil is in the crankcase.

So, keep adding oil and when the Oil Life Monitor goes down to 10% or so, have all of the oil changed. Actually, at that time the computer will start telling you to "change the oil soon". The 10% doesn't mean that you only have 10% oil level remaining in the crankcase, but that the oilhas 10% of useful life remaining.

Depending on how you drive, it might take quite a while for it to go down to 10%. Mine usually takes about 3500 - 4000 miles. But it could be longer.

It isn't a rocket science!
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Peteski

Hehehe...Agreed. Mine actually goes about 5-6500 before it gets that low..and I usually change mine around 30%, just for the hell of it...but I drive a hundred mile round trip on the highway every day, so its all easy miles...

:madtalkin YO peteski thanks for the info.,but you didn't have to come out so ANALISTIC about this discussion.You have to keep in mind those of us who just got our Cadis & the ones who don't have manuals like myself.Thats what this forum is all about.:nono:

P.S.
IF you guys read the tech forum all the way at the bottom it states the stepping on the gas 3 times.

:madtalkin YO peteski thanks for the info.,but you didn't have to come out so ANALISTIC about this discussion.You have to keep in mind those of us who just got our Cadis & the ones who don't have manuals like myself.Thats what this forum is all about.:nono:

P.S.
IF you guys read the tech forum all the way at the bottom it states the stepping on the gas 3 times.

My rant wasn't at you - you asked a valid question. It was more about the ridiculous and pointless discussion which followed your question. Everybody chimed in but nobody was clearly explaining the actual functionality.

And stepping on gas pedal 3 times does absolutely nothing on my 93 Eldo. It isn't mentioned in the Owners Manual or Factory Service Manual either.

Discussions are good if they are constructive. This discussion was just silly.
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Peteski

Point quite taken & understood.NOw it's time for me to try & figure out on how to go about starting on this stressful journey on trying to repair some of these dio.codes.Once again thanks for your clarification & information.:thumbsup:

My rant wasn't at you - you asked a valid question. It was more about the ridiculous and pointless discussion which followed your question. Everybody chimed in but nobody was clearly explaining the actual functionality.

And stepping on gas pedal 3 times does absolutely nothing on my 93 Eldo. It isn't mentioned in the Owners Manual or Factory Service Manual either.

Discussions are good if they are constructive. This discussion was just silly.
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Peteski
I thought I explained it pretty clearly. :hmm:

You did, but somehow it didn't sink in, and the discussion continued...

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Peteski