What an Oil Reset Does for Your Car

What is Oil Reset

What is Oil Reset? The oil reset function is a feature that allows you to reset the engine oil life system, which calculates an optimal oil change interval based on the driving habits and conditions.

What is Engine Oil Life?

What is engine oil life? Oil life is a system that calculates the optimal oil change interval based on the driving conditions of your car.

👉When you reset your oil life, the system will calculate a new interval based on your driving habits and take into consideration things like engine temperature, engine speed, and engine load.

👉Resetting oil life can help save you money by not changing your oil too soon.

👉Oil changes are important because they keep the internal parts of your car lubricated and clean.

👉Resetting oil life is not necessary if you follow the recommended intervals for changing your oil.

When Should I Reset The Engine Oil Life?

👉 If the service lamp is on, you must provide service to your car. After service, you need to reset the driving mileage or driving time so that the service lamp turns off and the system enables the new service cycle.

👉 After changing engine oil or electronic device that monitor oil life, you need to reset the service lamp.

How to Reset the Engine Oil Life

The engine oil life reset is very easy; you can do it without the OBD scan tool. But some of the latest models of the vehicle require an OBD scan tool that supports engine oil life reset. Every car maker has different ways to reset their engine oil life. If you want to learn how to reset the oil life manually, 👉please check the procedure below.