rrose Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Hey guys.... I have a 2011 Edge Limited..... I know that it has an intelligent oil life monitor that will tell me when to change the oil. Is it possiable to see what my "Engine Oil Life" currently is at? I've looked through all my manuals and did a search on here and can't find it. It has 5400 miles on it and it still hasn't told me to change the oil..... so I am curious as to where it is on its life span. I did a sync my ride vehicle report and it didn't give me any good information. Please tell me how and where to find my engine oil life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal3thousand Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Hey guys.... I have a 2011 Edge Limited..... I know that it has an intelligent oil life monitor that will tell me when to change the oil. Is it possiable to see what my "Engine Oil Life" currently is at? I've looked through all my manuals and did a search on here and can't find it. It has 5400 miles on it and it still hasn't told me to change the oil..... so I am curious as to where it is on its life span. I did a sync my ride vehicle report and it didn't give me any good information. Please tell me how and where to find my engine oil life! The manual has recommended intervals. But I don't know of anything that will give you an instant oil analysis. Best thing to do is pull the dipstick and have a look. Smell it for hydrocarbons and other crap, run it between fingers to check lubricity, wipe it on a paper towel and check the dirt content. If the oil is thin, or really dirty, consider having it changed. You could also send a sample of your oil to a place like Blackstone and have them analyse it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choff1138 Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Hey guys.... I have a 2011 Edge Limited..... I know that it has an intelligent oil life monitor that will tell me when to change the oil. Is it possiable to see what my "Engine Oil Life" currently is at? I've looked through all my manuals and did a search on here and can't find it. It has 5400 miles on it and it still hasn't told me to change the oil..... so I am curious as to where it is on its life span. I did a sync my ride vehicle report and it didn't give me any good information. Please tell me how and where to find my engine oil life! On your left dash screen there is an option for Information (I think it is labeled) scroll through that and you will fine the oil life thing. I have 8k miles on mine and it is still at 45% or so. Will get it changed soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrose Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 On your left dash screen there is an option for Information (I think it is labeled) scroll through that and you will fine the oil life thing. I have 8k miles on mine and it is still at 45% or so. Will get it changed soon. Thanks Choff.... I will check it when my wife gets home to see if I can find it under 'information'. I bought the 100K mile warranty package.... I'm planning on changing it when the car actually tells me to change it! Seems that if it was designed to work that way.... and Ford is gonna warranty it till 100K.... why not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal3thousand Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 On your left dash screen there is an option for Information (I think it is labeled) scroll through that and you will fine the oil life thing. I have 8k miles on mine and it is still at 45% or so. Will get it changed soon. Thanks!...I learn something new everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrose Posted May 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 Well I took a look and its not on there. I looked through everything on the left side of the dash and nothing. I did find the oil life setting..... so you can set what precentage you want it to warn you to change it at. But it has to tell you somewhere what the current oil life is! Anyone that knows.... please tell me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mv-clear Posted May 9, 2011 Report Share Posted May 9, 2011 Well I took a look and its not on there. I looked through everything on the left side of the dash and nothing. I did find the oil life setting..... so you can set what precentage you want it to warn you to change it at. But it has to tell you somewhere what the current oil life is! Anyone that knows.... please tell me! It's near the end of the list, something like information -> system check then it shows you oil life, and washer ok, breaks ok etc.. M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nextime Posted May 10, 2011 Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 In "System Check" is where I found mine. 63% at 5220 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrose Posted May 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 In "System Check" is where I found mine. 63% at 5220 miles. Nextime.... can you describe to me exactly where "system check" is located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nextime Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 Use the left buttons on the steering wheel and scroll down to system check. Since you got a 2011 you should have an owners manual that will show you in depth how to find this info also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 I changed my oil to Amsoil today so I found the oil life no problem, but then re-setting it involves going to a different section altogether. Still using the left menu though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrose Posted May 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Found it... thanks guys. Can't believe I missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal3thousand Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 I changed my oil to Amsoil today so I found the oil life no problem, but then re-setting it involves going to a different section altogether. Still using the left menu though. what filter did you choose with the amsoil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy salcedo Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 I'm getting kind of worried. 13000 miles and it still shows 29% oil life left. My previous car (2000 Sierra) had really long intervals but this seems ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 I'm getting kind of worried. 13000 miles and it still shows 29% oil life left. My previous car (2000 Sierra) had really long intervals but this seems ridiculous. It's not supposed to go over 10K according to the manual. Perhaps someone reset your counter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper001 Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 (edited) It's not supposed to go over 10K according to the manual. Perhaps someone reset your counter. I just hit 11k and I still have life left on the oil according to the computer. And I know it hasn't been reset as I check it periodically and it moves down really slowly. Where does it say you shouldn't go over 10k, and if that is the case why wouldn't the computer recommend a change accordingly? All my previous vehicles I have changed at least every 5k but I thought for once I would give this monitoring thing a try, now I'm wondering if I have messed up by running it too long... Ok, it just occured to me I could look this up myself. Here is what the owner's manual says about the oil change interval: NORMAL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AND LOG For your convenience, your vehicle is equipped with a message center which determines the proper oil change service interval. You should perform the engine oil change as indicated by the message center. The message center will display ENGINE OIL CHANGE SOON or OIL CHANGE REQUIRED to indicate when an oil change is needed. The engine oil change service needs to be completed within two weeks or 500 miles (800 km) after the OIL CHANGE REQUIRED message is displayed. Your oil change service interval can be up to one year or 10,000 miles (16,000 km). Reset your Intelligent Oil Life Monitor™ after each engine oil and filter change; refer to the Instrument Cluster chapter. If your message center is prematurely reset or becomes inoperative, you should perform the oil change interval at six months or 5,000 miles (8,000 km) from your last oil change. So from that I am reading that as long as you don't go over a year, you could potentially exceed 10k miles before an oil change. Or am I reading it wrong? Edited August 29, 2011 by viper001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Your oil change service interval can be up to one year or10,000 miles (16,000 km) That implies to me that it will never exceed 10K miles or 1 year. Perhaps it does exceed those limits and it's ok and the manual is wrong. If it was me I wouldn't exceed either one just to be safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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