Some service light?

Bfifty8 · 07-24-2016, 07:32 PM

Anyone know what this light means?

08njSTEP · 07-24-2016, 07:39 PM

Add coolant and read your owners manual.

elons335i · 07-24-2016, 07:56 PM

It's an equilateral triangle.

It's a for sale sign

I give up

F22_Raptor · 07-24-2016, 10:58 PM

Handbrake on.

Seatbelt not on.

Add distilled water to coolant resevior.

GMe90 · 07-24-2016, 11:03 PM

Your engine coolant is too low. Very easy DIY. Just unscrew the cap (make sure the engine is cold) and pour BMW approved coolant in. That's it.

elons335i · 07-24-2016, 11:11 PM

All jokes aside you need to figure out why a closed system is leaking coolant. I'd start somewhere obvious like the radiator or the actual expansion tank. Then water pump.

Efthreeoh · 07-25-2016, 05:09 AM

It's perfectly normal for a car to lose a bit of coolant over time. Top off with premixed BMW coolant and keep an eye on it.

elons335i · 07-25-2016, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

It's perfectly normal for a car to lose a bit of coolant over time. Top off with premixed BMW coolant and keep an eye on it.

I disagree. What you are saying May be feasible in a conventional cooling system, say of aToyota where an expansion tank is open to atmosphere and can be opened during engine operation; in BMW it is always pressurized. I would even go as far as say maybe due to water content and how it was mixed but not enough to trigger a sensor, over time - 20 years?. There is a leak.

cooticooti16 · 07-25-2016, 07:16 AM

Fill the right amount and continue to monitor.

But be careful, in my of E46 of the improper coolant was added it would throw a CEL code the first few hours.

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