You can go several thousand miles on 0% and still be fine. You’re fine. Drive it until you hit your oil change interval and have the light reset. It’s literally a mileage based timer.

around 25 miles per gallon

Car care experts recommend not letting your fuel level drop below ¼ tank. There are a few reasons for this: It could leave you stranded. If you run out of gas, your car’s engine will stop — and you’ll be stuck whenever and wherever it happens.

Topic. Understanding Distance to Empty. Distance to empty calculates the approximate distance you can drive with the amount of fuel remaining in the tank. This calculation is based off of the average fuel consumption over the past 20 miles of driving along with the amount of fuel left in the tank.

Yes, you can continue to drive for a few more days or 100 miles. If you ignore the message”0% oil life remaining” Your car would not start the next day. I already tried to do that on purpose, the engine light wouldn’t go off, even I changed oil 3 days later.

The 15% is an average of total miles recommended. Depends on how you use your car and how much is city driving, etc. Assuming 7,500 intervals, you have a theoretical range of around 1000 miles before due. The vehicle will not self destruct at 0% oil life.

Hi There, Your oil life percentage is generally an estimated time designed to prompt the operator of the vehicle to have the oil changed as soon as possible. 5% is generally not something to be concerned about, but you should consider having the oil changed in the next 1,000 miles or less.

With fresh engine oil, your percentage starts/resets at 100%. The yellow wrench does not mean your car is unsafe to drive when you see it appear with an oil life percentage at 15% or less – instead you should know you’ll soon need to take your Honda for regular car care.

10% oil life means you should change your oil soon. Even when the oil life is at zero, it does not mean the oil is no good. There is still some life in the oil, but since the vehicle manufacturer does not what oil the customer will use, they go with the lowest oil quality they can think a customer can use.

Your engine can use it in good health. At 3% your oil is getting close to needing it changed. The oil will continue to function as it should, even after it reaches 0%.

In reality, oil changes in the worst case are generally rated for 3000 miles, and typically last 7500 miles in used reasonably on a normal schedule. So you should actually be able to go 3 and a half times 300 miles or around 1000 miles before your oil is “used up”.