Service Interval Warning

I went to drive from Glasgow to Applecross yesterday. Car was serviced three months ago but checked the oil before I left (no issues - just short of max. on the dipstick).

I got to Applecross (approx. 230 miles) when the spanner appeared - no worries, just assumed the garage hadn't reset it properly - however, when I restarted the engine it said "OIL" - never had that before, it had always just said "INSPECTION".

Applecross is about as far from civilisation as it's possible to be on the UK mainland. I had a litre of oil in the boot but if it had lost that amount on oil in 200 miles I thought something must be seriously wrong. Then I realised it just meant it was due an oil change service (which it actually wasn't). The fact that the little oil can didn't come up flashing in red offered me the reassurance I needed.

It was worth it though - the Pass of the Cattle is the most fantastic road I've been on - awesome. Driving through clouds at 2054ft was superb and then the steepest descent of any road in the UK - can't recommend it enough.

Edited 3 June, 201115 yr by Wee Bri