{"id":56579,"date":"2019-03-10T10:24:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T15:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=56579"},"modified":"2019-03-10T10:25:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T15:25:21","slug":"change-oil-light-2004-chevy-impala-3-8-l-automatic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/03\/change-oil-light-2004-chevy-impala-3-8-l-automatic","title":{"rendered":"Change Oil Light 2004 Chevy Impala, 3.8 L automatic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2003-chevy-imapala.jpg\" alt=\"Chevy Impala\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2003-chevy-imapala.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2003-chevy-imapala-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2 days ago a light on dash flashed Change Engine Oil. When light came on engine developed a severe misfire and lifters started chattering. What is the most likely cause(s),and how much is repair most likely to cost.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Difficult to say without looking at it. Check the engine oil level. If there is no oil detected you may add oil to see if the chattering decreases. Until the issue is narrowed down it would be premature to put a price tag on it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"How to Reset the Oil Life on a Chevy Impala\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_DVvO9_ymHLE\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FDVvO9_ymHLE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DVvO9_ymHLE\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT55S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2013-06-27T17:12:23Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_DVvO9_ymHLE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FDVvO9_ymHLE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">How to Reset the Oil Life on a Chevy Impala<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DVvO9_ymHLE\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FDVvO9_ymHLE%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"How to Reset the Oil Life on a Chevy Impala\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"SAVE MONEY and buy Motor Oils and Car Parts online - FREE SHIPPING!!! RECOMMENDED BY THE PEOPLES GARAGE http:\/\/amzn.to\/1ck3B2w Chevy Impala Oil Life Reset\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h3>Understanding an Engine Misfire<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/freeautomechanic.com\/engine-misfire.html\"><strong>Engine Misfire<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Engine Oil Light, Diagnosis &amp; Testing<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Understand and validate customer concern. Inspect visible system components for obvious damage or conditions that may cause concern.<\/li>\n<li>Inspect for related bulletins, recall\/field actions and preliminary information.<\/li>\n<li>Verify symptom is not exclusively a mechanical concern.<\/li>\n<li>Connect a suitably programmed scan tool, perform vehicle DTC Information function and verify at least one control module communicates with scan tool.<\/li>\n<li>Verify there are no control module Internal hardware performance DTCs set.<\/li>\n<li>Ignition ON, command MIL ON and OFF with scan tool. MIL should turn ON and OFF as commanded.<\/li>\n<li>Ignition ON, command MIL ON and OFF with a scan tool while observing following control circuit status parameters:\n<ul>\n<li>a. MIL control circuit low voltage test status.<\/li>\n<li>b. MIL control circuit open test status.<\/li>\n<li>c. MIL control circuit high voltage test status.<\/li>\n<li>d. Each parameter should toggle between OK and Not Run or Not Run and OK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ignition OFF, disconnect MIL electrical harness connectors. Ignition ON, MIL should not illuminate. If MIL is illuminated, test MIL control circuit terminal for a short to ground. If circuit tests normal, replace cluster.<\/li>\n<li>Ignition ON, connect a 3A fused jumper wire between MIL control circuit terminal and ground. MIL should illuminate. If MIL does not illuminate, test MIL control circuit for a short to voltage, or an open\/high resistance. If circuit tests normal, replace MIL bulb.<\/li>\n<li>If all circuits\/connections test normal, replace ECM.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 days ago a light on dash flashed Change Engine Oil. When light came on engine developed a severe misfire and lifters started chattering. What is the most likely cause(s),and how much is repair most likely to cost. Difficult to say without looking at it. 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If there is no oil&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/03\/change-oil-light-2004-chevy-impala-3-8-l-automatic\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Change Oil Light 2004 Chevy Impala, 3.8 L automatic<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[22789],"class_list":["post-56579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-chevy","tag-engine-oil-light"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Change Oil Light 2004 Chevy Impala, 3.8 L automatic - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2019\/03\/change-oil-light-2004-chevy-impala-3-8-l-automatic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Change Oil Light 2004 Chevy Impala, 3.8 L automatic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2 days ago a light on dash flashed Change Engine Oil. 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