Bmw e9x sport oil temp guage

[Chan61922]

Hi guys some of you may have read my posts in the past regarding my search for 325i cab, finally found the right car today and picking up tomorrow right my question is the car is a 2008, on a 08 reg. Basically why is it some e90 cabs have a mpg guage and some have a oil temp guage? The car I'm looking at has a oil temp guage, correct me if I'm wrong but it should be at a steady 90 degrees once warmed up? And usually sitting bang on in the middle of the guage? The car was fully warned up after test drive and I'm sure was reading 80ish? And was only maybe 1/3 of the way rather than bang on in the middle. The guage also read all the way upto 170 or 190? I'm confused. Any comments appreciated

[wax lyrical]

What are you on about? The E46 had an 'Eco' gauge that you're probably referring to. The E90/92/93 as far as I'm aware only have an oil temp gauge that will normally fluctuate between 80 degrees and 115 degrees depending on external temperature and driving conditions.

[Patrick Bateman]

Are we talking about oil or coolant here?

I thought only M cars had an oil temperature displayed on the dash.

[Smiley198700]

wax lyrical said:

What are you on about? The E46 had an 'Eco' gauge that you're probably referring to. The E90/92/93 as far as I'm aware only have an oil temp gauge that will normally fluctuate between 80 degrees and 115 degrees depending on external temperature and driving conditions.

Some E90s have a mpg swingometer - mine does anyway but no oil temp gauge

I think only the 335 and M3 have oil temp but not 100% sure

[Chan61922]

Basically it's an 2008 325i sport, Where the Rev counter is some e90 models have a mpg meter the car I'm getting has a oil temp guage. Just seemed abit strange. And silly me I realised today I mistaked the oil temp guage for coolant temp guage as on my e46. So when it wasn't reading bang on in the middle of the guage I was abit concerned. So it's normal for oil temp guage to raise and drop depending in how hard your driving? Why bother with it on a 325? Makes sense on a 335 and m3, 325...no!

Anyone got an explanation?

[Rdawson]

Only the 335i and M3 have oil temp gauges. My 335i sits at between 108 and 110 deg once fully warmed up.

[Ultuous]

My 325i (E92, mid/ late 2007 build) also has Oil Temp as opposed to MPG - 90 seems fairly typical when 'up to temp', but it does go higher depending on circumstance!

[Chan61922]

Okay so I'm not the only one then I been looking at other 325s for sales on the net to compare, and it seems auto models with paddle shift seems to have the oil temp guage. Maybe it's a paddles shift thing? God knows

[Ultuous]

Mine's a Steptronic without paddles - the plot thickens!

[tomic]

My 2008 E92 330i Manual has an Oil Temperature Gauge.

[Chan61922]

Okay must be a common thing then, my bad just strange why some models have it and others don't, it's not even a build year thing as any 2 given 08 plates can be different. Got one other question though, the car I bought is a convertible, 2 days ago when we had car on the road it was up on the kerb one end, the roof then started playing silly buggers and refused to close. It completed its full range of motion and at the final stage where it locks into near the windscreen it wouldn't locate itself and lock up. Told dealer I weren't happy he took it in and investigated further, he claims its common and it sets a sensor off when not sitting right and has to be reset in order to work again- complete ste right? Dealers already given me a years warranty on everything else but claim no one apart from main dealer will cover a roof. I was tempted to walk away , but the car was really tidy, pulled nicely, and felt lovely and tight. I said I won't take car away unless he gave me peice of mind on the roof, and should anything go wrong I can come back and get repaired no questions asked, he agreed, wrote it all out on invoice we signed. anyone hear of the cab roofs acting like this ?

[Locknut]

Sounds like the body is lacking a little bit of torsional stiffness. It's common in all makes and models that are designed as closed saloons then have the roof removed in the convertible version. The roof is an important structural element in a monocoque and when it is removed it must be replaced with extra bracing. It's seldom 100% successful but it's good enough and nothing to worry about.

BTW: My F30 has an oil temp gauge, takes about 15 miles to warm up fully and runs at 100*C.

[a4cabrio]

I've got a 330i e93, mine also has the oil temp gauge, I was told anything above the 320i has the oil temp gauge because if you are buying a 325/330/335i then you are not particularly bothered about mpg figures, it kind of makes sense as I got rid of my e90 330d which did have an mpg gauge due to the fact I was no longer doing the miles to justify keeping a diesel

[a4cabrio]

Locknut said:

Sounds like the body is lacking a little bit of torsional stiffness. It's common in all makes and models that are designed as closed saloons then have the roof removed in the convertible version. The roof is an important structural element in a monocoque and when it is removed it must be replaced with extra bracing. It's seldom 100% successful but it's good enough and nothing to worry about.

BTW: My F30 has an oil temp gauge, takes about 15 miles to warm up fully and runs at 100*C.

The e93 is designed differently from the e90

[Chan61922]

Update, had car almost a week now, temp guage is fairly healthy, and roofs behaving itself, what's the likelihood of roof playing up again has dealers only covering it for 3 months, literally had it up and down a few dozen times now

[anonymous-user]

Chan61922 said:

Update, had car almost a week now, temp guage is fairly healthy, and roofs behaving itself, what's the likelihood of roof playing up again has dealers only covering it for 3 months, literally had it up and down a few dozen times now

Why don't you park the car at an angle, as it was, and try to replicate the problem. If it then appears, but is fine again when the car's level, maybe the dealer was right.

[Chan61922]

True, I know that's the test I've got to do, just bricking it abit as its minus conditions outside and if roof don't close im buggered to put icing on cake dealers all the way in Swindon and I'm in London I will give it a pop after New Years, don't want to get the hump with car just yet lol

[Smuler]

It's got to be worth trying to replicate it as suggested. But it doesn't make sense. Is there any trouble shooting guide in the manual, for the roof? Good luck with the car, I remember your earlier posts so trust this is a manual transmission in a nice colour

[Chan61922]

Yeah I'll defo have try and replicate same scenario, esp has its still on warranty. I actually didn't go for the manual in the end got fed up of looking went for a 08 325 sport auto in the end, black on black. Love it auto works surprisingly nicely in the 325, reminds me of my 330ci lot smoother gear changes though. I'm seriously considering a dealer warranty once current warranty runs out, hard top roofs can't be cheap to replace

[Smuler]

I think with BMW warranty you can't make a claim in the first month, so whether it might be prudent to buy in advance of your current warranty expiring? Also, do you know if anything has ever been done to the roof, such as a repair. You can easily check if it was done by BMW dealerships. That might explain a glitch.