2001 Chevy 1500 Change Oil Lamp

Alright this is about how to reset the change oil lamp on a 2001 Chevy Silverado 1500, there are just going to be a few simple steps.

1. Go ahead and get in the vehicle and turn the ignition switch to the run position, do not start the vehicle just to where all the lights, etc. come on.
2. You should have seen the change oil soon light come on the dash.
3.  Fully engage and disengage the accelerator pedal 3 to 5 times, try 3 first if that does not work the go ahead and try 5 times.
4. Turn the ignition switch to the off position.
5. Turn the ignition switch to the run position to ensure the light went off.

You may have to try a different way because apparently there are many different ways to reset the light on this model pickup but I have done many oil changes and reset the light on these specific ones and it works every time. You may just have to keep trying a few times because you may not have done it right the first time.

Flat Repair

Alright so here is something for everyone to get a good laugh at, while at work a customer brings in their vehicle for us to fix a flat. Please take a look at the picture below:

As you can see there is something on that tire, it was duck tape and even though me and my co workers got a great laugh out of this please do not actually think that duck tape CAN fix everything because after the time wasted to find the leak, buy the duck tape, and all the other you could have:

1. Fixed it yourself  properly using a few tools that everyone should know about. Some rubber cement, and a tire plug kit. It is literally that simple you just find the whole and use the plug kit as instructed, I will also be posting step by step instructions with pictures on how to plug a tire.

2. If for some reason you can't plug the tire or just simply don't want to take it into a shop to get it fixed, I work at a dealership and I can tell you that for most flat repairs we charge $15.00 and that is for a good plug patch not just a cheap plug.

There will be another post on my experience with different plugs and my preferred method of fixing a flat. Please if you learn anything from this make sure it is that you just go ahead and do something right the first time so you don't run into more issues down the road and you won't be asked in front of a lot of other customers how duck tape managed to be placed perfectly over the whole that was leaking.

Air Pressures

Alright here is one that I hear a lot while working, if you just so happen to own a new vehicle that is equipped with the tire pressure monitor system (TPMS) there are some things that you should know! If you are going by an email that you received saying that your tire pressures should be checked there is something wrong. On pretty much all vehicles equipped with the TMPS you can use the display where your odometer is to find out where your tire pressures are at.

If you do not know how to get to your tire pressures for some reason just comment with your year, make, and model of vehicle and I will do my best to find you the information needed to get you to the tire pressure display. Also don't always trust what the TMPS is telling you as far as what tire pressure is low or high because I know from experience that when you are new and even experienced technician you can forget to relearn the TMPS to the location of each tire so make sure that the specific tire your adding air to is indeed the one flat if not just tell the technician that your tires need to be relearned as well.

First Post

Hello to all my name is Cody Thomas, I have tried to start many blogs before but they all have seemed to make no sense to me after awhile and they are just boring. I currently work at Thompson Sales as a Oil and Lube Technician, this blog has been inspired by many people not knowing how to do some simple maintenance or even just them having questions about how to do something. I have learned that many times the salesman apparently does not care about showing people how to use their vehicles functions.

If there are any questions or anything that I can find out for someone please let me know and I will find out the best information to give you!