Oil life Monitoring Issue

[NVPony]

Because the Gen. 4, 5.0 Coyote engine has a 10 quart oil pan.
Are the oil changing places doing 8, 9, or the proper 10 quart oil change?
Seems like a lot of inconsistencies with oil changes In the New Gen. 4 Coyote engines?

Did mine at the Dealership. Hope they put in 10

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[highvoltage]

Because the Gen. 4, 5.0 Coyote engine has a 10 quart oil pan.
Are the oil changing places doing 8, 9, or the proper 10 quart oil change?
Seems like a lot of inconsistencies with oil changes In the New Gen. 4 Coyote engines?

Hasn’t it been 10qts since the 3rd gen Coyote?

 

[Iceman28]

If your not sure if the people doing your oil change put in the right amount of oil, pull the dip stick and verify it.

 

[JimC]

Because the Gen. 4, 5.0 Coyote engine has a 10 quart oil pan.
Are the oil changing places doing 8, 9, or the proper 10 quart oil change?
Seems like a lot of inconsistencies with oil changes In the New Gen. 4 Coyote engines?

The place I use told me before they started that this takes a LOT more oil than my EcoBoost did. And they always pull the dipstick and show me afterwards that it is full. So I know they put the proper amount of oil in - no explanation for why my oil life monitor suddenly decided to go from 99% to 39%

 

[Mustang8]

I did my oil change at 3400 miles and currently at 4100 miles. I checked my oil life monitor today and it was at 56%. That doesn't seem right at all since I have never done anything like tracking the car.

 

[JimC]

I pulled the dipstick on mine this weekend and the oil looked virtually new. With only 1600 miles on it I decide to just reset my "intelligent oil life monitor" and wait for the mileage to hit instead.

There must have been some over the air update that reset things after the oil change.

 

[Gregs24]

The automated oil life reporting mechanism is crapola in any car for that matter. It does no oil quality analysis on the fly to give you a “realistic and pragmatic” rating. If you love your baby too much and don’t track her at all - full synthetic oil change every 3500 miles. If you track her / post 8 sessions(2 track days) oil change.
Btw / once you go full synthetic - don’t bother changing it to anything else.

I love my car but I'm not changing my oil every 3500 miles on a daily driver!

 

[Gregs24]

I did my oil change at 3400 miles and currently at 4100 miles. I checked my oil life monitor today and it was at 56%. That doesn't seem right at all since I have never done anything like tracking the car.

Time is a factor as well

 

[JimC]

Time is a factor as well

On my car it was only about 6 weeks and 1,000 miles before the monitor went for 90+% to 39% overnight. So it wasn't the time factor, nor mileage factor, and I hadn't been driving the car hard since it is winter.

 

[Mustang8]

Time is a factor as well

It's only been like 4-5 weeks

 

[Gregs24]

It's only been like 4-5 weeks

In that case you seem to have the same bug as some others have reported on here

 

[infinitemberstang]

I love my car but I'm not changing my oil every 3500 miles on a daily driver!

is cost the only reason?

 

[Gr8ful]

For a $55-70k vehicle purchase, I don't understand how one should mind a $60 oil change every 3-6 months or more. That's dinner for 2 at a decent restaurant. Priorities. Clean oil is the most important thing to an ICE.

 

[Gregs24]

is cost the only reason?

No - it just doesn't need it plus would be pretty inconvenient on a daily driver changing the oil every few months.

 

[Gregs24]

For a $55-70k vehicle purchase, I don't understand how one should mind a $60 oil change every 3-6 months or more. That's dinner for 2 at a decent restaurant. Priorities. Clean oil is the most important thing to an ICE.

True but every 10k miles is hardly an extended interval. I have had plenty of high mileage engines that have had oil changes at 10k to 12k intervals that have gone on for huge mileages.

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