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Re: Oil sevice indicator
From: "Per Norup" <perno(at)wanadoo.dk>
Subject: Re: Oil sevice indicator
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 23:07:51 +0200
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You can reset the indicator by yourself very easy with a simpel wire. Follow
just this link:
http://www.bmwe30.net/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=articles&report=view&ID=00042&Section=
Per
"SteveB" <stev(at)nn.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:Xns953A748F6BD73stevenochancecom(at)140.99.99.130...
> Hi folks - the `oil service` indicator is now on my display along with the
> amber light. The car`s new to me so I don`t quite understand the service
> intervals. Does `oil service` mean that only the oil and filter is changed
> and can it be done by a local garage or is it more in-depth than that and
> best looked at by BMW?
> My local garage has a reset tool - should I ask them to use it to reset
the
> service indicator or will this screw the service intervals up?
>
>
> Thanks
> Steve
>
>

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Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 18:52:12 -0400
From: JimV <jv9999(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Oil splash
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Helen Smith wrote:
> A friend of mine went to see a 1999 735i. While the engine was running he
> removed the oil filler cap and the oil splashed out much further than he
> thought it should. As much as 5 or 6 feet (that`s nearly 2 meters in new
> money) My question is, "should it do this?
> I did the same thing on my 1998 728i and no oil splashed out
Is that the equivalent of "kicking the tires"? What was he looking for?
I really doubt it`s an indication of any problem.
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