Resetting The OHC Information

[BroncoHound]

Originally Posted by BillG

The oil change indicator may or may not be monitoring the oil itself, but it is paying attention to driving style. I can run 5000 hwy miles and I'll change the oil long before it tells me to. But, if I spend a couple of weeks only doing stop and go city driving, it will tell me it needs changing after only 2000 - 2500 miles.

At what mileage total on the odometer is the Oil Change Indicator light going off on your truck? It sure isn't monitoring the oil in MY truck. I changed my oil last at 30196 miles. At 30332 miles, the Oil Change Indicator lit up. You telling me that this system says I need to change my oil after 136 miles? It's mileage based, roughly every 7500 miles. It doesn't come on EXACTLY at 7500, 15000, 22500, 30000, etc. but it does come on roughly around that point every time (at least it has in my '08; i had forgotten in my previous post that the Oil Change Indicator came on around 22500 for me too). I'd be willing to bet when you look back at when the Oil Change Indicator came on last you were around a 7500 mile interval from when it indicated previously.

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"Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never really care for anything else thereafter."

[BillG]

Originally Posted by BroncoHound

I'd be willing to bet when you look back at when the Oil Change Indicator came on last you were around a 7500 mile interval from when it indicated previously.

No sir, that's not correct. If I run long, hard highway miles, it will let me go more than 5000 miles before telling me to change it. I don't let it go that long anyway, so I don't know if it would run on up to 7500.

BUT, if I'm just running around town for a month without much hard driving, it will tell me to change it after only 2000 miles (give or take) since the last time it told me (and was reset).

It's documented somewhere that it pays attention to driving style since the last reset. If yours came on after 136 miles, then either it wasn't properly reset when changed, or something else is wrong.

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08 6.7 2500 Mega, 68RFE, Stock!, Edge Insight (thinks it's a DashHawk!), ELM327 & Perl/TK monitor/data logger. Truck crying for stacks & EGR delete, 2nd turbo smothering.
3rd diesel (06 5.9 killed by tree, 03 5.9 sold, sorely missed!)

[BroncoHound]

I don't reset it at oil changes. the indicator just comes up on it's own every 7500 miles or so. I reset it then and carry on about my business. I change my oil every 5000 miles regardless of what the truck is telling me.

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'08 QCSB 4WD G56 3.42: 6000k HIDs, HBS Leveled, Carli-valved 5100s, Thuren track bar, SSSSS, 325/70R17 Nitto TGs, Ride Rites, ISSPRO EV2 Boost/EGT, Smarty, GHD, Shaved BlueTec badge

"Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never really care for anything else thereafter."

[BillG]

Oil Change Indicator System

Your vehicle is equipped with an engine oil change indicator system. This system will alert you when it is time to change your engine oil by displaying the words “Oil Change Required” on your Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC). The engine oil change indicator system is duty cycle based, which means the engine oil change interval may fluctuate depending on your personal driving style. Driving styles such as frequent stop and go type driving can increase the frequency of the engine oil change. This is the result of more frequent regeneration of the exhaust aftertreatment system, which can decrease the life of the engine oil. Failure to change the engine oil per the maintenance schedule can result in internal engine damage.
For information on resetting the Oil Change Indicator message, refer to “Oil Change Required – If Equipped,” under “Personal Settings (Customer Programmable Features)'” in the “Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC)” Section of this manual.

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08 6.7 2500 Mega, 68RFE, Stock!, Edge Insight (thinks it's a DashHawk!), ELM327 & Perl/TK monitor/data logger. Truck crying for stacks & EGR delete, 2nd turbo smothering.
3rd diesel (06 5.9 killed by tree, 03 5.9 sold, sorely missed!)

[6.7ftw]

thank you so much that perform service light was gettin annoyin

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07.5 SLT Big Horn 6.7 Cummins 4 Door Long Bed, AFE Intake, Flo-Pro 5"TBE to 8in Tip, EGR deleted, XRT to Wild 175 Agressive Turbo

[4NEATR]

I don't mean to burst any bubbles here but all this info is in the manual that came with your trucks, mine did anyway.

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2007, 3500SRW MeggaCab 4X4, Kore HP, 285/70/17 NITTO Terra's, H&S XRT & 5" TBE, FASS 95/150, AFE StageII, DDP 64/14/74 Turbo & 80hp Nozzles, PDI Manifold, ISSPRO EVII Gauges, Canuck Horn, Zilla Boost Fooler, Water/Meth, Arson Jr CP3, ARMOR Traction Bars, NAPC Race Tranny with Suncoast Converter

[dad2bike]

Originally Posted by 4NEATR

I don't mean to burst any bubbles here but all this info is in the manual that came with your trucks, mine did anyway.

Reading the manual is UnAmerican!

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Tom
2008 Quad-Cab,LB, 2500, 6.7L, 4X4, White/Kaki, Big-Horn, 3.73 Auto, AS flash, K&N Air Filter, no baffle, Testing in progress- step 4, Stealth DPF, Smarty sw3 PMT gauges. Mag-Hytec Pan & Diff covers.Toms smarty Journal ....... DIY Deletes How-To

Stealth is the WORD!

[Gypsyman]

Is there any way to reset all of the trip data at one time? On our '03 shop truck you could punch reset twice and reset all of the trip info. On the '08 it appears that you have to page thru each item and clear them one at a time.

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'08 Ram 3500, QC, DRW, 4x4, 6.7L, 68RFE, Laramie, GDP Deletes, Smarty S67-ME, MHP "Modified" TCM, Edge Insight, X-Monitor, DPP Cool Hose, GDP MK-2+ Filter Kit, GDP Double-X Ladder Bars, lot's more...

Richard @ GDP
509-993-4923
www.glacierdieselpower.com

[Bulltuck]

Originally Posted by mattpopp

Disable the Seat Belt Chime
In the owners manual is how to disable the Seat Belt Chime. I do not remember totally off hand but its something like this.

1. Turn the ignition switch to the ON position (Do not start engine).
2. Let the Dash Lights Turn Off.
(Heres where I can not remember, its either option "3" or "4", all done within 10 secs after dash lights turn off)
3. Insert Seat Belt and Release; Insert Seat and Release; Insert Seat belt and Release
4. Insert Seat Belt and Release; Insert Seat and Release; Insert Seat belt
5. Turn the ignition switch to the OFF/LOCK position (I think you should here a Chime if you did it correctly).

I'm gonna try that on mine. I hate that chime. Especially when I'm cruising slow, through the wood roads deer hunting.