What's going on? <10% oil life

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01-08-2008, 12:54 AM

erick3

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What's going on? <10% oil life

So my car's reading an oil life of less than 10%. Here's the weird thing, she isn't picking up anymore! Having a hard time accelerating...but again w/ my sensitivity I'm not sure if this IS YET AGAIN another fluke of my imagination, or if the oil life is actually having an influence...

Any comments would be much appreciated!

Thanks,
Eric

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01-08-2008, 12:58 AM

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Man, I'm a 1K+ past my oil change reading on the dash, so I don't think it's that.

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01-08-2008, 05:34 AM

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The fact that the MID shows <10% oil life should in no way influence how the car runs. This is assuming there is enought oil in the crankcase.

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01-08-2008, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by erdoc48

The fact that the MID shows <10% oil life should in no way influence how the car runs. This is assuming there is enought oil in the crankcase.

Check dipstick for oil level to be on the safe side. I guess the MID is playing tricks on your head trying to influence how you think. Making you assume something is going wrong with that 10% oil life left. But then again we're not sitting in your driver's seat who knows, maybe something is really cooking under your hood (trying to make you more paranoid LOL).