How do you turn off the change oil light on a 2000 pontiac grand am?

I had my oil change and the guy forgot to turn off the change oil light.How do you turn off the change oil light on a 2000 pontiac grand am?Unhook one of the battery cables for a minute, then hook it back up. That should %26quot;reset%26quot; your car's computer. If it doesn't, take it back to the mechanic.How do you turn off the change oil light on a 2000 pontiac grand am?My owner's manual said to turn the key to on without starting and press the reset key in the fuse box, but I can never get it to work. Tried pressing the accelerator 3 times and it reset with no problem.

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How do you turn off the change oil light on a 2000 pontiac grand am?Oil Life Monitor Resetting

When the system has calculated that oil life has been diminished, it will indicate that an oil change is necessary. A CHANGE ENGINE OIL SOON message will come on. Change the engine oil as soon as possible within the next 1 000 km (600 miles). It is possible that, if driving under the best conditions, the oil life may not indicate that an oil change is necessary for over a year. However, the engine oil and filter must be changed at least once a year and at this time the system must be reset.



If the system is ever reset accidentally, change the engine oil at 5 000 km (3,000 miles) since last oil change.



To reset the Engine Oil Life System, do the following:



Turn the ignition to ON, with the engine off.

Slowly fully press and release the accelerator pedal 3 times within 5 seconds.

The reset is complete when the chimes sound and the CHANGE OIL lamp goes out. If the lamp stays on and no chime is heard, repeat the reset procedure.



Turn the key to OFF.

If the CHANGE OIL lamp comes back on when the vehicle is started, the engine oil life system has not reset. Repeat the procedureHow do you turn off the change oil light on a 2000 pontiac grand am?Take it back to the guy and have him turn it off for you, he chargerd you for the service, didn't he?How do you turn off the change oil light on a 2000 pontiac grand am?Turn the key to on (don't start it) and press the gas pedal to the floor 3 times within 5 seconds. GM made a lot of different ways of resetting it, hopefully that works.How do you turn off the change oil light on a 2000 pontiac grand am?My Honda says how to in the manual.



Look in your manual under maintenance.How do you turn off the change oil light on a 2000 pontiac grand am?Visit any AutoZone or Advanced Auto Parts store and ask for their dynostic test...hook it up to your main fuse box.(they can also show you how) Codes will read out, you press delete %26quot;change oil%26quot; code and you're done! Its very simple.

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How often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?

I run my car for zero to 100 miles every four months. Should I have the oil changed every four months if the car is only run to the shop and back while it only sits in the garage for the four months?How often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?If the oil were in the can, I'd think it wouldn't get stale after only 4 months on the shelf, but even with only 100 miles of use, the acids and corrosives from the engine combustion will tend to break down the oil despite limited use. I would still change the oil regularly, although perhaps not every 4 months. Maybe double that. Why risk a small amount of money against possible costly damage to the engine.How often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?Check and monitor the color of the oil, check once a month, when the oil starts getting brown then change it.How often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?I know that it is every 2500 miles to be good and safe 3000 max. As far as the time period, I would guestimate six months.How often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?Change you oil every three months. It breaks down over time and 3 months is the recommended longest length of time between changesHow often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?For the best protection, most mechanics say to change it every 3000 miles. There are oils now that claim to protect for higher mileage up to 15000 miles.How often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?its every 3,000 miles or every three months.which ever comes first.hope that helps!How often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?How old is your car? If it is new there isn't as much crud floating around that will settle in that 4 month time frame and then kick up when you start the engine and give you trouble. if it is older you may want to go ahead and change it on that 4 month cycle. And it never hurts to change it so if in doubt change the oil, love your car.How often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?recommend to remain still at 3000 miles or less..How often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?well, if it's a collection car you have too, to keep your car in better condition, it's recommended to change the oil every 3 month if you don't move it that often, some kind of oil last longer you need to consult your manual.



good luckHow often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?Oil changes should happend every 3,000 to 5,000 miles or every 6 to 8 months.Even tho the oil isn't burning it can still sit there and get bad air particals in it.How often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?YOur suppose to change it every 3000 milesHow often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?once every three months. once every 4 or 5 months if you use synthetic oilHow often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?The oil can still breakdown sitting in the car. I would think a couple times a year will be allright.How often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?still recommended every 3 or 4 months weather you drive 3,000 miles or not.How often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?I'd say about once/yearHow often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?3k miles or every 4 months, which ever comes first.How often do I change a cars oil that rarely is run at all?If you don't follow your Automobile Manufacturer Car Maintenance Schedule you could void your warranty.

Usually 3 Months or 3000 miles which ever comes first.



Maintenance Schedule

If you want to be an informed customer, you have to start by reading your vehicle's manual. The manual recommends a maintenance schedule for your car's make and model. Do you have the owner's manual? If you don't, you could buy one from a car dealership that sells your type of vehicle. Your parts department could help you by ordering the manual. Your glove compartment is the best place to keep your manual.



Do you have a clear idea about your driving habits? Automobile manufacturers have divided the maintenance requirements into two categories: %26quot;Normal%26quot; and %26quot;Severe.%26quot;



What are normal driving conditions? Highway driving in dust-free areas comes under normal driving conditions. Do you know that dust could block your air filter and PCV filter?



What are severe driving conditions?



Check out the following:



Driving in cold weather

Dusty driving conditions

Trips less than 10 miles

Staying idle for long periods

Stop-and-go city driving

Towing a trailer

If you strictly follow your vehicle's maintenance schedule, you could save money on replacing and repairing prematurely worn parts. If your car is running properly, you don't have to spend a lot of money on fuel consumption either. You could carry out the inspection of your belts, hoses and tires by yourself.

How often should I change oil on a 2008 Hyundai Elanta GLS?

I am doing 70 miles a day. It ends up being once a month I need to get my oil changed at the mechanics recommended intervals. It is getting so expensive to do this every month. Can I extended this out to more mileage then the recommended 3000 miles intervals. These are all highway miles. Normal conditions.How often should I change oil on a 2008 Hyundai Elanta GLS?You could get away with every 5000-8000 miles if you aren't what is considered a severe driver. But 66% of all drivers are. to be safe just change every 3000-4000 miles it is worth it. 20 dollars here and there is nothing to compared to the price of blowing a rod and having a complete rebuild all because you wouldn't change your oil.How often should I change oil on a 2008 Hyundai Elanta GLS?Some oil manufactures give a time limit as well as a mile limit in which you should change your oil. I would compare it to your owner manual and see which of the two is the shorter and go off of that one. It is a lot cheaper to change the oil than to change the engine or part of the engine especially if you take it to a mechanic to get fixed.



On a side note I would also make a suggestions to keep a log book on all of your maintenance, repairs and maybe your gasoline consumption. When you go to sell you vehicle later it sells a lot easier, you might be able to get more money out of it, plus it gives the next owner a record to go off of if he/she needs some repairs done.How often should I change oil on a 2008 Hyundai Elanta GLS?To be safe, change at or around 3,000 miles or 3 months like you always hear. It's better that seizing up a motor. I live in New Jersey and I don't know where you're going to get your oil changed but most places only charge $18 to $25 where I live. Or you could save even more money and do it yourself for about $14How often should I change oil on a 2008 Hyundai Elanta GLS?With quality oil and filter, you can go 10,000 miles on an oil change with highway driving. Its stop and go driving that breaks down the oil because moisture forms in the engine from heating and cooling. Buy the best grade oil and filter.How often should I change oil on a 2008 Hyundai Elanta GLS?Changing your engine oil at 5k miles is fine, just dont exceed that.How often should I change oil on a 2008 Hyundai Elanta GLS?pay me now or pay much more later.

How Do I Change My Oil On My Motorcycle?

2007 Yamaha V-Star Custom 650. It's due for it's 4000 mile maintenance, but when I spoke to the dealer, he said all it was was an oil change. I don't want to spend 100 dollars for that, so I'll do it myself. What do I need to know? What kind of oil do I buy, do I need a drip pan? How long do I drain the oil?What do I do when I'm done? If someone could take me step-by-step through the entire process, please. Thanks so much! :-)How Do I Change My Oil On My Motorcycle?coupla questions to start;

do you have any tools and can you use them? (i'm not being rude, but if you are an edward penishands(everything you touch you fcuk) maybe its best to take it to a mechanic)

do you have a service manual for your bike? if not, either buy one or go to http://www.repairmanualclub.com/ , become a member for free, search and download a manual. these things are gold! tells you everything you ever wanted to know.



by the sounds of your question, this will be the first time you'll have done it so if you are really inimidated, get someone along who knows a bit about bikes (any bikes) to give a helping hand; even if it is to bring the beer!



this is a learning experiance, enjoy it; as you are saving yourself money in the process.How Do I Change My Oil On My Motorcycle?u let the oil drain all the way out.... get expensive motorcycle oil.... when its all done dripping into the oil pan put the plug back into the motor and poor how ever much the manual says to put in... and dont let your bike run on no 4000 oil change your probably scratching pistons getting shavings in the motor.... go with 3500 mile change at the most.. try to make it between 2000 and 3000How Do I Change My Oil On My Motorcycle?the owner's handbook should tell you what kind of oil you need. probably fully-synthetic and a viscosity rating such as 15-40 or 10-30



if the drain plug is not on the same side of the engine as the propstand then get the bike level to drain the oil



does the bike have a replaceable oil filter? (ie a canister) if so, get a new one and replace it using a NEW RUBBER GASKET, which may be supplied with the oil filter.



if the oil drain plug has a round brass ring under it as a gasket, you should get a new brass ring as they are designed to compress when fitted and are likely to leak if used more than once.



you could get a Haynes or perhaps a Clymer manual for the V-Star.How Do I Change My Oil On My Motorcycle?Do yourself a favor, get a service manual for the bike. Seriously, it is a %26quot;must have%26quot; to work on your bike. I understand not wanting to pay to have the service doen, I have always done the service on all my bikes. But with the manual. it is so much easier to do. It is a one time investment to purchase it at the dealership and will pay for itself with the first time you use it.

Good luck and ride safe.How Do I Change My Oil On My Motorcycle?heh, funny you should ask, I just changed the oil on my bike last night.



1) Go to an online parts dealer, Ronayers.com, mineolamoto.com, etc. Locate your particular make and model in the online fiche. Find the oil filter, for my bike it was located on the Oil Pan diagram.



2) Print that out.



3) Highlight the price of an oil filter.



4) Go to your local Yamaha dealer. If your local dealer has a website, print out the oil filter diagram there.



5) Walk up to the parts counter, and ask for an oil filter for your bike. The parts guy will hand it over and tell you it's $13.



6) Ask him why the website says the price is $8, and if he'll sell it to you for $8.



* Last night at the parts counter, the guy charged me $13, which I thought was excessive, so I went to their very own website, and the price is listed in there as $8.22. I'm going to call them in a little bit and complain.



7) Go to Wal Mart or auto parts store. Buy 1 gallon of Shell Rotella 15w40 oil, a funnel, some mechanics hand cleaner, and a roll of paper towels. A catch (drain) pan, and oil filter wrench are helpful, but not required. Bring the replacement filter in to find the correct size filter wrench, if you decide to get one. This stuff will usually be cheaper at Wal Mart. Buy some sockets too, if you don't already have them.



8) Go home. Find the oil plug. This will be a bolt (usually 13/16%26quot;) on the bottom of the oil pan. That's going to be at the bottom of the engine. If you're having trouble finding the exact location of the plug, go back to one of those online parts fiches. You can find it there.



9) Find some sort of basin or container that has a minimum capacity of 1 gallon.



10) Put that under the oil pan. If you got that drain pan, use that.



11) Take the drain plug off.



12) Try not to drop it in the drain pan.



13) Look at it. There'll be a magnet on the top of the part that was in the oil pan. That will have tiny metal shavings and metal dust on it. Wipe it clean on a paper towel.



14) When the oil draining slows, get on the bike and rock it back and forth.



15) Put the plug back in when there's no more oil coiming out.



16) Take out the new filter.



17) Look at it.



18) Look around your bike and find the filter thats on there already.



19) Put the catch (drain) pan under the filter.



20) Take it off.



21) Dump out the oil that's in there into the catch pan.



22) If you managed to get that filter off without having it covered in oil, put it in the box the replacement filter came in. Otherwise, put it in a plastic supermarket bag first.



23) Find out how much oil you're supposed to put in. This will usually be between 3 and 4 quarts.



24) Find the fill cap, usually located on the right hand side of the bike, on the transmission.



25) Take off the cap.



26) Put the funnel in.



27) Fill it up with oil. Don't overfill.



28) Take the used oil and filter down to jiffy lube or a mechanics shop. They're required by law in NY state to take used oil from anyone.



29) Go drink a beer.



Any questions? Type them into google.com.How Do I Change My Oil On My Motorcycle?lol... well, since it's your first time and it's due just get the oil and filter from the dealer. Download or buy the manual for your bike. put an oil pan under the bike, take out the oil plug(17mm), take off the oil filter, rub some fresh oil around the lip of the new filter, put it on, put the drain plug back in torqued to spec. Fill with oil to spec.



put the oil in a milk jug and drop it off at auto zone.How Do I Change My Oil On My Motorcycle?just one thing



take your bike out for a ride first to warm the oil up ...and replace the washer aswell



otherwise it will take a longgggggggg time to drainHow Do I Change My Oil On My Motorcycle?I agree with most of %26quot;supafly%26quot; but would only put in the exact type of oil that is recommended in the maintenance manual (should have come with bike). I buy Valvoline motorcycle oil from Kragen. You're not supposed to use car oil for the Suzuki Bandit I own.



Also, drive bike beforehand to heat oil. But make sure you don't burn yourself on hot parts. It's easier to take off the oil filter off when it cools a bit (make sure there's a pan underneath to catch the oil from this as well.) Pour used oil into old plastic milk jugs or other transparent bottle, use funnel to get oil into container (cut off 2-Liter bottle as funnel) Take used motor oil to autoparts store like Kragen (call beforehand to find out if they accept it - there should be no charge). Keep paper towels handy for cleanup.



Good luck. You'll know it was done right if you do it yourself.

How do you change an oil filter in a scion?

Oil filter is inverted in the scion. Do you have to empty oil from engine before removing filter? I changed oil last week, but didn't have right size filter wrench. Now I want to change the filter. Do I have to re-change the oil?How do you change an oil filter in a scion?No, you don't need to change the oil, unless you drove 2000+ miles in the last week ... The oil in the oil pan will not be affected by removing the oil filter, the engine needs to be running for the oil pump to push oil to the filter. The filter in your Scion holds less than 1/4 of a quart (including the oil in the line). After replacing the filter, start it until you see oil light on dash go out (check filter for leaks), turn it off - check oil level. A good rule of thumb to remember - always better to be a little low than a little over full (the crosshatched area on the dipstick is 1 qt) 1/4 qt shy is better than 1/4 qt over... But, you will hurt nothing by changing only the filter at this time. It is, however, better, to change both at same time in future...How do you change an oil filter in a scion?Ideally both oil and filter are changed concurrently, but it's not required. Oil filter will contain some old, dirty oil. As such, you want to change the filer when changing the oil; otherwise the dirty oil will escape from the filter and end up back in the engine.



The reason I say it's not required is because the oil amount in the filter is very low, so it will not do much harm. Also, some filters do not even have anti-drainback valves.



In your case, however, you may indeed need to flush the oil if the filter on your Scion is below the oil level in the oil bin, although this is rare. Do a visual check of your Scion to see if the filter is above or below the oil bin. If it's above, you're safe in changing the filter by itself.How do you change an oil filter in a scion?I would its like taking a shower without soap. Oil is cheaper than steel and why put a new filter on without changing the oilHow do you change an oil filter in a scion?i worked at a dealership. no you do not have to empty the oil pan first,also get one of those claw oil filter wrench, it works best.also when your done start the car and check the oil level you may have to add some for the new filter.

How do you change the gear oil on a 2008 jonway yy250t scooter?

I have looked everywhere for a manual and can't find one... please could someone please either help me with a step by step explanation or point me to a manual that can guide me through the gear oil change... thank you for your time!How do you change the gear oil on a 2008 jonway yy250t scooter?i have a 50, so im not sure if this will help

on your crankcase their is a bolt that looks to be an extra bolt, its only slightly above the bottom of the crankcase, thats the filler bolt, it doesnt look like the others that hold the crankcase on, just looks like its extra, on the bottom of the crankcase their is a bolt pointing down , its all alone , thats the drain bolt

mine only took .11 liters of oil . which turns out is only a 1/8 of a quart or so

so i ended up flushing mine twice , cause it didnt seem right. but it was

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How often do you have to change your oil if you use a synthetic blend?

I have a 2004 Hyundai Elantra and a 2003 Oldsmobile Alero. I heard you can go about 2 - 3 thousand more miles between oil changes if you use a synthetic blend. Is this true?How often do you have to change your oil if you use a synthetic blend?i personaly wouldnt go over 5000How often do you have to change your oil if you use a synthetic blend?on newer cars yes 6-7thousand milesHow often do you have to change your oil if you use a synthetic blend?I would check the oil after 3000 to 3500 miles just to check the thickness and color.How often do you have to change your oil if you use a synthetic blend?Depends on the type of car and engine and how hard you drive the car. If you drive your car conservatively, I would check it after about 4-5k. I would think about changing it soon after.



For sure, nothing over 7k.How often do you have to change your oil if you use a synthetic blend?Two times a year, make sure you always check the level ones every 15 days, remember your car is a 2004 and a 2003.to be on the safe side.How often do you have to change your oil if you use a synthetic blend?no it is not true. You need to chagne the oil at whatever the manufacturer recommends no matter what type of oil you use. Whether synthetic or conventional the oil still has additive packages that wear out.