Maintenance color indicator on dash
10-03-2005, 09:06 PM
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Maintenance color indicator on dash
the colour changed yellow on my dash but i reset it right away does anyone know what yellow and what red means?
10-03-2005, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by nick96acuratl
something must have triggered it to go yellow.. its has gone red before. did a sensor get a faulty reading?
10-03-2005, 09:44 PM
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Its mileage based, letting you know when to change your oil 
10-03-2005, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by nick96acuratl
something must have triggered it to go yellow.. its has gone red before. did a sensor get a faulty reading?
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10-05-2005, 10:43 AM
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oh ok i see how it is. thanks.. i also do my oil changes at every 3,000 m so its all good.. im trying synthetic oil now.. did u know my vavles seals are leaking oil? It sucks... just after i adjusted them.. i might have fucked up something but i dont understand how. i did everythin as told with a mechanics supervision.. damn TLs!
10-05-2005, 01:35 PM
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If the car has more than 100k miles on it, I recommend NOT to use synthetic oil. Synthetic oil has detergent properties that can wash away sludge that builds up around the seals and may cause oil leaks. So I recommend NOT to change the oil to synthetic.
10-05-2005, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by WolfpackBill
If the car has more than 100k miles on it, I recommend NOT to use synthetic oil. Synthetic oil has detergent properties that can wash away sludge that builds up around the seals and may cause oil leaks. So I recommend NOT to change the oil to synthetic.
10-05-2005, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by WolfpackBill
If the car has more than 100k miles on it, I recommend NOT to use synthetic oil. Synthetic oil has detergent properties that can wash away sludge that builds up around the seals and may cause oil leaks. So I recommend NOT to change the oil to synthetic.
10-05-2005, 03:20 PM
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You know I was thinking, if all that has ever been run in the engine is synthetic then you should not have to worry about breaking down sludge build up and what ever kind of sludge is in the engine would be from synthetic oil. Right? But if you switch from regular oil to synthetic then you would have to worry about breaking down the sludge around seals. Does any of that jibberish make sense 
10-05-2005, 04:17 PM
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You know I was thinking, if all that has ever been run in the engine is synthetic then you should not have to worry about breaking down sludge build up and what ever kind of sludge is in the engine would be from synthetic oil. Right? But if you switch from regular oil to synthetic then you would have to worry about breaking down the sludge around seals. Does any of that jibberish make sense
10-05-2005, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by mblackmarr
You know I was thinking, if all that has ever been run in the engine is synthetic then you should not have to worry about breaking down sludge build up and what ever kind of sludge is in the engine would be from synthetic oil. Right? But if you switch from regular oil to synthetic then you would have to worry about breaking down the sludge around seals. Does any of that jibberish make sense
10-12-2005, 12:04 PM
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FYI, I've heard that today's synthetics have much more mild detergents, so they work gradually and can rejuvenate seals while slowly working out the sludge, making leaks much less likely.
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