After recently getting my car, I don't know the last time the oil was changed. It might have been done when I got it, but on the mechanic's sheet I noticed no oil change. The trip-computer was reset though.

My question is, will the computer's oil warning go off automatically when it needs an oil change, or is it a set 4-5000 miles after a trip-computer reset? How do I know when I should change the oil?

 

I'm guessing the trip-computer was reset after the last change - whenever that was.

So, hit the button with the spanner logo on the top right corner of your steering column ... it'll tell you how many miles are left till the next one. But that does not have any time information - so you might be better off just doing it now.

Added later: Mine's a B6. So I can't be certain your car has the same button - you haven't said anything about your car.

 

Sorry. 2001 2.8.

 

I suggest you change the oil now and reset the service light.

 

and you tell him how to do it

 

you can reset the service reminder anytime you like, not just only after oil changes, so i would just do an oil change to be safe

 

Is the service reminder the same thing as the trip computer with average mpg, hours driven, etc?

 

nope

 

nope the service reminder will flash in the first like minute of driving, then it switches to the trip odometer. the trip computer can be reset by just pushing that thing in the dash. the service reminder is a couple of steps to reset

 

So how do you reset the service reminder? I have an 03 B6 I followed instructions on resetting it off another forum and now the # of miles, # of days til next service is just blank. How do you reset that? Can you enter specific days and miles if you have vag com?