You do know, don't you, that it's up to the driver to check his own oil level, typically every two or three fill-ups, just to make sure that the car ISN'T using oil?Well.... yesterday, my Outback 2017 with 7700 km on it s,how me the low oil warning light on my way back to work. :frown2:
Already need oil?? WTF???
That is an answer I like. Thanks for the good and clear explanations !The newer engines use 0W20 oil and have reduced ring tension to increase fuel economy. The result is some oil consumption. It's typically higher when you travel at highway speeds.
The days of 10W30/10W40 oil and effective oil scraper rings that tended to not have oil consumption have sadly been left behind. The main problem is educating owners that some oil consumption is expected on newer cars. Car manufacturers and dealers have done poorly at educating people of this new normal.
I assume you are in Canada? since we are the only country in the world that has/had 6spd manual.Ok, then I miserably fail this since the last cars I had.
Seriously, even though I check systematically the oil, it is not normal that a new generation car requires oil before an oil change.
Say what?...If all four of them lose air, the TPMS light will never come on...
Indeed. That's not how the TPMS system works. The ones that use ABS to detect different tire rotation speed? Sure. When I deflate all 4 tires on the beach, the idiot light on the panel goes on.Say what?
In a strict and absolutely correct sense, the car/OM doesn't require one to add oil until the level drops down to the lower mark on the dip stick.That reminds me. I should probably check my oil. I have about 5,000 miles since my last oil change and I should eyeball it before I hit 6,000 miles on the oil.
Sure, but you have to open the hood and pull the dipstick to know if you're down a quart. With 7 quarts in a 3.6R, I'm more collecting data on oil consumption than worrying about running out of oil.In a strict and absolutely correct sense, the car/OM doesn't require one to add oil until the level drops down to the lower mark on the dip stick.
Hey, I'm allowed to make mistakes. And I've seen a TPMS system that worked that way in the past, where if you deflated all four nothing triggered. Admittedly that was on an older vehicle ...Indeed. That's not how the TPMS system works. The ones that use ABS to detect different tire rotation speed?
You're excused just this once.Hey, I'm allowed to make mistakes. And I've seen a TPMS system that worked that way in the past, where if you deflated all four nothing triggered. Admittedly that was on an older vehicle ...
Good luck! keep us posted.Tomorrow morning 7:30. Appointment taken! Explanation from the dealer matchs the one from miker104.
You are correct. There were or maybe still are vehicles where the light is triggered by a difference in pressure between the tire with the most air and the tire with the least air.Hey, I'm allowed to make mistakes. And I've seen a TPMS system that worked that way in the past, where if you deflated all four nothing triggered. Admittedly that was on an older vehicle ...