Dave-S Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I have always changed my oil and filter at around 3K miles but I am thinking that is overkill anymore with today's synthetics. So, is their any "smart technology" that goes into the oil-minder system or is it just based on mileage driven? With all the information derived from today's computer driven vehicles, you would hope that by keeping track of a variety of parameters they could be used to better tell you when to change oil thru the engine-minder system. But is Ford doing that? I am hoping someone on the Board knows what goes into Ford's oil-minder system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinx8402 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 It's definitely not just miles/time driven. I think it does take into account the type of driving you do (stop-and-go vs highway). My reminder comes up about 7500 miles due to being mostly city driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 It uses engine parameters - idle time, rpm, temperature, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordmantpw Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I have always changed my oil and filter at around 3K miles but I am thinking that is overkill anymore with today's synthetics. So, is their any "smart technology" that goes into the oil-minder system or is it just based on mileage driven? With all the information derived from today's computer driven vehicles, you would hope that by keeping track of a variety of parameters they could be used to better tell you when to change oil thru the engine-minder system. But is Ford doing that? I am hoping someone on the Board knows what goes into Ford's oil-minder system. Yes, the newer ones are 'smart' meaning they take into account the type of driving, etc. Our '09 Flex is a 'dumb' minder meaning it only looks at total number of miles. My mother-in-law puts very few miles on her Escape and most are around town. Her reminder will come on around 2500-3k miles. But yeah, changing at 3k today is normally a waste of money unless you are driving in 'extreme' duty conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybridbear Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Our Fusion Energi has an IOLM (Intelligent Oil Life Monitor). Right now we've driven about 8500 miles total, with about 6000 of them being with the ICE running and the car indicates that we have about 60% oil life remaining. Since the only time we run the ICE is on the freeway the miles are easy on the oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-S Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 Thanks for the heads-up everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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