[Egan]

Originally Posted by pdxrealtor

Well I poured the old oil into the 5qt bottle the new oil came in and filled it, but that's it. So, I was a quart down.

I've got it filled and double checked the level after letting it sit all night.

I'll do a check every 500 miles, and see when the oil is disappearing. Then, next oil change, I'll try a conventional oil to see if it still disappears.

Does the DIC actually analyze the oil condition or just recommend change time based on monitoring the driving? I'm wondering if I stick conventional in there if the DIC will still tell me to change the oil at the same time as if there was synthetic in there.

I'm pretty sure it is just a simple mileage calculation. My oil was pretty dark, but I only had 3,000 miles between changes (been riding my bike to work most days for the last 7 months), and the DIC never tripped (I have to remember to reset it).