Service Interval Indicator - OIL

[beefy]

My service Interval Indicator has displayed that I need to change my engine oil.

I have had the car for about 17 months now and I added oil (Castrol GTD Magnatec) about 13 months ago (around 13000) miles

I checked the dipper and there is still plenty of oil in the engine.

I got my car serviced on 19/07/06 and they added "semi synthetic engine oil" and an "oil filter".

I am probably going to get it serviced again before xmas, if not defo January

Do you think I actually need oil or do you think it is just my car displaying automatically that I need to change it after a certain period of time.

Will it be ok until xmas when i get it serviced or should I take it to a garage immediately. How easy is it to change oil?

 

[sssstew]

is it the service spanner, or just the low oil warning?

if its the service spanner then the garage probaby didnt reset the service indicator.

 

[beefy]

The service spanner is on and it is flashing OIL for 3 mins then the spanner remains displayed and the trip counter reappears.

 

[Leigh15]

That's just the standard service reminder not working properly! As said, probably not reset.

There's no automatic oil checking on the Ibiza/Cordoba, the only time you'll see an oil warning is if the pressure gets too low ie. you REALLY run out of oil!

 

[beefy]

I assume as part of a full service the mechanics will check if the oil has to be replaced? So technically if i get my car serviced every 6 months I shouldn't have to worry? Am i wrong?

 

[sssstew]

as a part of the the full service they should be chuffing changing the oil not just checking it!

 

[beefy]

ok cool

I have checked the oil level again and it is defo fine so i reset the indicator

thanks