How do I "zero" the tripometer

[mike.elmes]

I hate to post such seemingly trivial stuff here but I can't seem to zero the tripmeter.

need help

[Simias]

just keep the button depressed until it zeroes out. this works for the sequoia, so i assume this works the same for the tun. hope that helps!

Chris

[cslinger]

Simply use the stalk to get to the trip meter you want to zero. Once there just push th stalk in and hold it until the trip meter zero's out. Should only take a couple of seconds of constant pressure, maybe 3 seconds.

Chris

Ok, I must have replied at the same moment as the other guy. Hows that for service, form two Chris' at that.

[mike.elmes]

Thanx guys,
I will try later. Makes sense though.

[akauth]

Originally posted by Simias
just keep the button depressed until it zeroes out. this works for the sequoia, so i assume this works the same for the tun. hope that helps!

Chris

Don't hold it too long, too. I did and it cycled onto the next one (b) after a while and zeroed that one out too. I use the (b) meter for Oil change intervals.

Maybe I accidentally let off and then pushed again, but I don't think so.

Anyway, a warning. Too, you can try to zero both if you wish that way (holding it down until they both clear) and see if it was just my mistake in letting up a bit, then pushing down.

Alan

[TIGERTUNDRA]

I use the (b) meter for Oil change intervals.

Alan
what a great idea

[mike.elmes]

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I use the (b) meter for Oil change intervals.
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Thanx all,
I tried it last night and ...of course, it worked. I second the notion,
a really great idea using the (b) meter for oil change intervals.

[SATundra]

Originally posted by akauth
I use the (b) meter for Oil change intervals.

Alan

I do the same thing. I use the A meter for checking my MPG. The B meter to keep track of miles for my oil changes. BUT I also put one of those oil change stickers on the top left inside of my windshield with the oil change mileage written there too. Never can be sure when you will have to dis-connect the battery, which will erase your settings I believe.

SATundra

[userw5]

Originally posted by SATundra
I do the same thing. I use the A meter for checking my MPG. The B meter to keep track of miles for my oil changes. BUT I also put one of those oil change stickers on the top left inside of my windshield with the oil change mileage written there too. Never can be sure when you will have to dis-connect the battery, which will erase your settings I believe.

SATundra

Ditto, here with the tripmeters. Now I just wish they had a Trp C so I could keep track of miles on road trips.

Jeff

[akauth]

Originally posted by userw5


Ditto, here with the tripmeters. Now I just wish they had a Trp C so I could keep track of miles on road trips.

Jeff

See, in the old days you could change the oil before you take the trip and the b meter could be your "road trip" meter too. So what if you changed the oil a few hundred or even a thousand miles early.

Today, that's not so easy. But even more so, I really don't recommend anyone EVER change their oil immediately before they go on a road trip. Give it a few days to settle in and see if something happens when you make a change on the vehicle - any change.

On the surface it seems like a great idea, but in reality most failures happen right *after* you've made a change. And if the failure happens (for whatever reason) you're a long ways from home and basically screwed for a while. So while you'll have nice clean oil, your chance for a problem in the middle of the trip are increased due to the change that "didn't take" properly.

The other time things happen, of course, is when you've not checked it for too long a time.

Alan

[randyeverett]

Alan is right about not going on a trip immediately after changing your oil. I rented a car in Kansas heading to Denver a couple of years ago. A new Tauras, 24v, 6cl,---------peppy and fun to drive. Had to wait a few minutes as it was being serviced.

As luck would have it---------and having a bladder the size of a walnut--------I had to stop after only an hour (and about 100 miles-- like I said, it was fun to drive). As I pulled up to the station, smoke started pouring out of the hood, fenders, wheel-wells, everywhere. Oil had blown all over the engine compartment, transaxle. Oil cap was on and I couldn't find the source of the leak. Let it cool and then topped it off with $3.00 a quart oil X 3 and got back on the road.
I dumped it off in Hays, KS and rented the only vehicle available-----a mini-van, God help me. NOT a fun vehicle.
So, I agree, give it a few days after an oil change-----or any repair-----before taking off on that road trip. Same goes for a new vehicle. IMHO
Randy

[RichR]

Don't hold it too long, too. I did and it cycled onto the next one (b) after a while
and zeroed that one out too. I use the (b) meter for Oil change intervals.
Hell, I did it on my Tundra and the womans Camry in the same week.
Rich