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Subject:
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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