Oil change indicator.
I have 6000 miles on a 2014 rdx and the oil change indicator still shows 20 percent. Could the oil change indicator be defective or is this normal.
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Originally Posted by ezgobob
(Post 14939625)
I have 6000 miles on a 2014 rdx and the oil change indicator still shows 20 percent. Could the oil change indicator be defective or is this normal.
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Originally Posted by ezgobob
(Post 14939625)
I have 6000 miles on a 2014 rdx and the oil change indicator still shows 20 percent. Could the oil change indicator be defective or is this normal.
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I'd say normal. Mine asks for an oil change about ever 8-9k miles. Synthetic oil lasts longer.
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Originally Posted by geocord
(Post 14939666)
I think mine was about 7k when it it was at 20%. That was at about 11.5 months in. The dealer says 10% or 1 year, whichever comes first. There's nothing wrong with you indicator. It depends somewhat on how much stop and go you do versus suburban/highway driving I think.
all highway miles, without activating vtec(5k-7k RPM) will net you a longer oil life. all city, stop and go, while actively reaching 7k RPM on a daily basis will make the oil life decrease faster. the computer uses an algorithm to determine oil life.
Originally Posted by ottoman101
(Post 14940467)
I'd say normal. Mine asks for an oil change about ever 8-9k miles. Synthetic oil lasts longer.
stop and go traffic is harder on engine components than highway miles. |
I'm at 7700 miles, still @ 20% oil life.
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That sounds about right. As an aside, I don't think the RDX comes with synthetic oil from the factory, does it?
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This has me thinking... What is the oil filter catching? I assume that you replace your filter with every oil change but with synthetics, you wait longer between changes. Does this negatively affect the car's life with having your oil filter longer? Yes, the oil is better but the oil filter is filtering something from the oil.
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Originally Posted by GDawginHTown
(Post 14943987)
This has me thinking... What is the oil filter catching? I assume that you replace your filter with every oil change but with synthetics, you wait longer between changes. Does this negatively affect the car's life with having your oil filter longer? Yes, the oil is better but the oil filter is filtering something from the oil.
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