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ENGINE OIL LEVEL MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

  • US 20130080022A1
  • Filed: 09/23/2011
  • Published: 03/28/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An oil monitoring system comprising:

  • a level module configured to determine N oil levels of an engine of a vehicle, where N is an integer greater than 1;

    a limit module configured to determine an oil level trend based on the N oil levels and estimate when a level of oil in the engine is to be outside a predetermined range based on the oil level trend; and

    a remedial action module configured to perform a remedial action based on the estimate of when the level of the oil is to be outside the predetermined range.

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