Under the hood – BMW M3 Sedan 2009 User Manual

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Under the hood

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Press button

4 in the turn indicator lever repeat-

edly until the oil level display appears in the
instrument cluster.

M dual clutch transmission

: the oil level

appears in the top display.

The oil level must be between the two mark-
ings.
A new measurement is taken automatically
each time the engine is started.

Possible displays

1 Oil level OK.
2 Oil level is being checked.

This can take about 1 minute if the car is at
a standstill on a level surface, or about
5 minutes while the car is moving.
If engine oil was added, it can take up to
30 minutes to get an oil level reading.

3 Oil level down to minimum:

Add engine oil at the next opportunity, but
no more than 1 US quart/1 liter, refer also to
Adding engine oil on page

195

. Add at least

0.5 US quart/0.5 liters, otherwise the oil-
level monitor will be unable to display the
new value reliably.
If the oil level is below the minimum value,

add engine oil immediately to avoid engine
damage.

4 Oil level is too high.

Have the vehicle checked immedi-
ately, otherwise the excess oil may

lead to engine damage.

5 A value cannot be read at this time. The

engine is not yet warm.

Quick measurement

In addition to the automatic measurement, you
can also determine the current oil level manu-
ally, e.g. after adding engine oil, but such mea-
surements are less accurate.

Park the vehicle with a warm engine, i.e.
after an uninterrupted drive of at least
6 miles/10 km, on a horizontal surface.

Let the engine idle.

Press the computer button in the turn indi-
cator lever repeatedly until the oil level dis-
play appears in the instrument cluster.

Press the computer button for at least
2 seconds.
The oil level is determined. A clock symbol
appears during measurement.

After approx. 1 minute, the current oil level
is displayed.

Display via iDrive

iDrive, for operating principle refer to page

"Vehicle Info"

"Vehicle status"

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