edmua6

Hey guys, I have to drive for about 750 km tomorrow and my oil life is <20%. Should I delay my trip or should I just gun it? Thanks for the help!

Bearcat94

How many km did it take to use up 80%?

If it was more than 3000, you'll should be fine (assuming you drive in a similar fashion on your 750 km trip).



FWIW - I've gone "over" miles (slightly) twice. Your car won't die or refuse to start or anything. With a 4,000 - 5,000 mile OCI an extra hundred miles (2%) isn't going to kill you.

SpiderX1016

When's the last time you had an oil change? Do you use Synthetic?

Mine is at <5% and I plan to drive another 2-3,000 miles.

edmua6

Honestly, I don't pay attention on how many kms does it take to decrease my oil life so I cannot answer your question.

It was changed last November.

SpiderX1016

Whoops, I meant How many miles ago?

I change mine every 6,000 miles.

Bearcat94

Well, the oil life indicator changes or counts based on time, distance, temp, number of starts, RPM's, etc., etc. It depends on how you drive. That means no one else can tell you how far you can go at 20% (or 40%, or 50%, etc) either.

BUT it is HIGHLY unlikely you've only put on 3000 km since November. That'd be about 600 km (370 miles) per month, which would be unusually low for most people (average/normal is around 1600 km or 1000 miles per month).

IOW - 20% should be more than enough to cover another 750 km.

edmua6

66xxx kms, it is 70xxx kms right now.

SpiderX1016

So about 2,500 miles. I wouldn't worry about it. Go on the trip.

edmua6

I see, that's good to know. If anything happens, I'll just do an oil change at my destination. lol. Thank you!

edmua6

Alright, thanks man.

jda123

Check the level. If it is full, then go.

edmua6

It's full, I checked it this morning.

So I did go out of town and I'm now back at home. My oil life percentage didn't change at all. lol. I even managed to do 7L/100Km