It seems to me that my "Oil Usage" indicator on my MID seems to be running faster on my newer oil. This is the first oil change since the original break-in oil.

I got 7,500 miles on the first oil change, and now I've "used" 20% in under 1000 miles.

What's going on?

BTW, is anyone using a synthetic oil seeing a slower "oil usage" rate?

 

stop driving so hard :P

 

It could be that the MID wanted you to leave the break-in oil in longer, but now that you have changed it is going to a shorter cycle. Has anything in your driving style changed?

The MID doesn't know what kind of oil you are using, so that would not have a factor in its computations.

 

the manual says the MID adjusts for driving conditions and weather. has any of those changed since the last chage?

 

I don't know this for a fact, but I beleive the MID behaves differently after the first reset. In other words, 7k miles on the first oil, maybe only 3-4k from there on. I changed mine at 6800 miles and am now at 60% oil life at 10,000 miles. It seems once you dip below 60-70% it decreases quicker.

 

Well, that sure ain't gonna happen!

 

i felt the same way... but my oil indicator did not go down as fast as yours...

i had my first oil change @ 4,600 mile and now my car is @ 6400 mile and the oil life indicator has dropped to 70%