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Originally Posted by ghueser
Sorry to ask this Oil Temp Gauge question again but did not get much of a response back in August and would like to get a better understanding of what constitutes a Hot Engine. All the manual says is:
Hot engine: the pointer is at the high temperature
end. Switch off the engine immediately
and allow it to cool down.
I noticed yesterday that in using my Air Conditioning, the needle came close to approaching the middle (250F) mark, which I assume is normal. Does that mean a hot engine is at the 3/4 mark? The description that BMW gives above is next to useless........and does anyone know if we have a red light come on when this happens? (Older BMW's did.)
Thanks
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Yes, it's a bit vague. No matter how hard I've driven, my F10's oil temp has never risen past the halfway mark, but I do live in Scotland!!!
I can't answer your red light question, but with all the sophisticated on-board electronics, I'd be very suprised if there wasn't a dash warning at the appropriate point.
Personally speaking, I'd back off if I saw it approaching the 3/4 mark and if it didn't rapidly restabilise, I think I'd refer to my dealer.