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Car Forum / BMW Cars / February 2006Service interval.
I am down to one green light on my service indicator. What happens next? pete After the last green indicator you will start to get Yellow indicators up to 3 then after the 3rd Yellow indicator you will get a red indicator. I usually start scheduling my service once the first Yellow indicator is lit. -Branden >I am down to one green light on my service indicator. What happens > next? > pete >After the last green indicator you will start to get Yellow indicators up to >3 then after the 3rd Yellow indicator you will get a red indicator. I >usually start scheduling my service once the first Yellow indicator is lit. Many thanks. pete > After the last green indicator you will start to get Yellow indicators up > to 3 then after the 3rd Yellow indicator you will get a red indicator. I > usually start scheduling my service once the first Yellow indicator is > lit. > > -Branden This must be model dependant. On all E36 models it was 5 green, 1 yellow and 1 red. That might be true. I have a E39 and mine has 5G, 3Y, 1R. You should be able to look in your manual and it will say, that's how I found out on mine. -Branden >> After the last green indicator you will start to get Yellow indicators up >> to 3 then after the 3rd Yellow indicator you will get a red indicator. I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > This must be model dependant. On all E36 models it was 5 green, 1 yellow > and 1 red. >That might be true. I have a E39 and mine has 5G, 3Y, 1R. You should be able >to look in your manual and it will say, that's how I found out on mine. Yes of course I should have done that. Thanks. pete >> After the last green indicator you will start to get Yellow indicators up >> to 3 then after the 3rd Yellow indicator you will get a red indicator. I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >This must be model dependant. On all E36 models it was 5 green, 1 yellow and >1 red. I have a '98 535. pete > I am down to one green light on my service indicator. What happens > next? > pete You have 24 hours to get as far away as possible before it self destructs taking the surrounding area down with it. Huw >> I am down to one green light on my service indicator. What happens >> next? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Huw Darn, you beat me to it! > I am down to one green light on my service indicator. What happens > next? You've had your E39 for some time, Peter. Why the question now?  Signature*Rehab is for quitters Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. >> I am down to one green light on my service indicator. What happens >> next? > >You've had your E39 for some time, Peter. Why the question now? I bought it from a dealer. I had to take it back some time later to have the brake fluid replaced and as I went to drive off I noticed the light was still on. The mechanic put the tool on it and reset it. That made me wonder if the oil light had been set the same way so I had it serviced by a BMW mechanic but he lives miles away and had to take the car for the weekend. Next time it was due for an MOT and I had it serviced at the same time even though it wasn't due. The mechanic I used that time couldn't re-set the service indicator and days later, while left with the ignition turned on for a while it re-set itself!!!! Anyhow I decided then to take it back to the dealer for future work and that is why I am asking now. The dealer has said if I give him enough notice he will do it while I read a book. This is important to me as the dealer is in the sticks and arranging for lifts there and back is a bind on my kids. pete >> I am down to one green light on my service indicator. What happens >> next? > >You've had your E39 for some time, Peter. Why the question now? Oh, c'mon, Dave. Don't pretend that you don't know that Peter Turtill is a long time and very well known 'net kook. Ghod only knows what his agenda is with this question. I'm staying out of it... SignatureDan. >>> I am down to one green light on my service indicator. What happens >>> next? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Ghod only knows what his agenda is with this question. I'm staying >out of it... Maybe you should have stayed out of it as you do not know what you are talking about. pete >>>You've had your E39 for some time, Peter. Why the question now? >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Maybe you should have stayed out of it Sure. I was planning on doing that anyway. >as you do not know what you are >talking about. Yeah, right. My work here is done. SignatureDan. A semi unrelated, but related question.... I've had some battery drain issues where I've pulled each fuse & measured the amps across & disconnected the battery. Will this "reset" the service interval count down? What I'm concerned with is that oil changes will get out of sync & I'll end up doing them prematurely (better that than too late, but it's still $ out the door) -j --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. > A semi unrelated, but related question.... > I've had some battery drain issues where I've pulled each fuse & > measured the amps across & disconnected the battery. > Will this "reset" the service interval count down? No Signature*Generally speaking, you aren't learning much if your lips are moving.* Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. Thank you. >> A semi unrelated, but related question.... > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >No --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. >> A semi unrelated, but related question.... > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > No There are batteries on the SI board in the instrument cluster Signature-Fred W >There are batteries on the SI board in the instrument cluster I was hoping it was non volitle memory... batteries wear out & die... :( Are these batteries easy to get to to replace? --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. >>There are batteries on the SI board in the instrument cluster > > I was hoping it was non volitle memory... > > batteries wear out & die... :( Well, actually, it depends on the vintage. Older BMWs have the batteries, newer ones have non-vol ram > Are these batteries easy to get to to replace? > > --- AntiSpam/harvest --- > Remove X's to send email to me. Yes. ;-) Signature-Fred W >Well, actually, it depends on the vintage. Older BMWs have the >batteries, newer ones have non-vol ram What determines vintage? 92 '? >> Are these batteries easy to get to to replace? >Yes. ;-) Thanks for your help on that. ;-) --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. >>Well, actually, it depends on the vintage. Older BMWs have the >>batteries, newer ones have non-vol ram [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > --- AntiSpam/harvest --- > Remove X's to send email to me. E30's have batteries, E36'es are NVRam Signature-Fred W >E30's have batteries, E36'es are NVRam e32's? --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. >>E30's have batteries, E36'es are NVRam > > e32's? > > --- AntiSpam/harvest --- > Remove X's to send email to me. Probably changed during the run since the E32 started way back in the late 80's Signature-Fred W >Probably changed during the run since the E32 started way back in the >late 80's righto; ok -- so back to my question -- of what makes a car vintage? (ie: battery vs. non vol. ram) is 92 vintage? Or more specifically 92 735i e32 vintage? Or another way to ask -- how can I tell w/o ripping the dash apart? -j --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. >>Probably changed during the run since the E32 started way back in the >>late 80's [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > --- AntiSpam/harvest --- > Remove X's to send email to me. Why do you care? Did the SI lights reset when you disconnected the (main) battery? IOW, did you have one or more of the greens already extinguished and now they are all lit? Signature-Fred W >Why do you care? Did the SI lights reset when you disconnected the >(main) battery? IOW, did you have one or more of the greens already >extinguished and now they are all lit? All 3 were already lit up; services were just done; including oil change; but I barely drive the car... as I understand it; the computer takes into account driving style & time in determining "change the oil" -- if the battery goes dead in, say one month, will it reset it such that it thinks the oil was just changed?' Thanks -josh --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. >>Why do you care? Did the SI lights reset when you disconnected the >>(main) battery? IOW, did you have one or more of the greens already [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > in, say one month, will it reset it such that it thinks the oil was just > changed?' No, it should not. Otherwise people would not bother buying $100 reset tools. They would just disconnect their battery and then re-enter the radio code. > Thanks > -josh > > --- AntiSpam/harvest --- > Remove X's to send email to me. Signature-Fred W Thanks. -josh >>>Why do you care? Did the SI lights reset when you disconnected the >>>(main) battery? IOW, did you have one or more of the greens already [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> --- AntiSpam/harvest --- >> Remove X's to send email to me. --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. Maybe this is a clue to two things If I disconnect the battery and reconnect it a few moments later, should the trip odometer be zero'd out or should it remember? If it should remember, that would lead to the assumption of it has batteries & they're dead, wouldn't it? --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. > Maybe this is a clue to two things > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > --- AntiSpam/harvest --- > Remove X's to send email to me. Don't know about the trip-odometer... Signature-Fred W > >> A semi unrelated, but related question.... > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > > > No > There are batteries on the SI board in the instrument cluster I was keeping clear of saying this since later cars *should* use more modern techniques. Signature*The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread * Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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