Hello. I do my own oil changes with synthetic oil in my 2007 Odyssey, and my oil life monitor is showing 10% right now, but I still have 1K more miles to go before I hit my normal 7,500 mile interval. I’m pretty sure I reset the system after the last change, but I suppose I could be wrong. Should I …

Seriously , a lousy 1000 miles . Good grief , just change it because as far as I am concerned 10 % is to low. How long does it take to reach 7500 ?

It may have come on quicker because we’re heading out of winter. In the winter you’re more likely to let the car idle longer, make short trips…these things wear out the oil faster than cruising down the highway at 65. If your Odyssey’s OLM is set the same it is on my 05 (pretty sure it is), you shou…

Why worry about it? Just change it, reset it and forget it.

I have only seen my light go off when it was not reset. I am at 2x a year, 4 to 5k miles. Reguar old dino oil, now I have taken to loosing a quart every 3k miles, could have done better sure, but at 200k this is acceptable.

7500 miles between oil and filter changes is too many imho. Suggest to revert to 5000 mile intervals. Especially true if your engine uses variable valve timing, which I expect it does. The use of synthetic oil isn’t a reason to extend the oil change interval. Oil – even synthetic – is very ch…

I change mine at 50% or 5000 miles with synthetic. Its just a computer program. It doesn’t look at the oil or sample it. It just looks at number of starts, mileage, maybe engine temp and outside temp, etc. Short trips and cold weather will do it. So I’d change it.

I’m and OLM guy. IMO, you should change the oil between 20% oil life remaining and 10%. OLM systems have been around for 30 years or more now, and they are a mature technology. You should change your oil now. I had a 2005 Accord with a V6 engine, similar to the engine in your Odyssey. The OLM at th…

I have read on several sites, including one from GM some years back, that GM put a 20% safety margin into the OLM. So when it reads 0%, by their estimation it actually has 20% life left. Unfortunately, I seem to have lost the links I had saved but here’s an interesting summary if you are interested-…

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Mustangman April 3, 2019, 1:36pm 3

You are being a tiny bit OCD. Drive it until the light comes on. Your engine will be fine. You are using synthetic oil which is better than Honda recommends, you have been diligent about changes. All is good. Relax.

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