Oil temp

Rukburd · 01-12-2020, 02:37 AM

Morning all,

Just wondering how long it takes your vehicles to get the oil up to temperature? I’ve only done <100 miles, and I’ve never seen the oil temperature rise above the lower quarter on the range. I had a long run yesterday, 40 minutes driving and it only just reached the lower quarter on the gauge.

Rich

dazzapb · 01-12-2020, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Rukburd

Morning all,

Just wondering how long it takes your vehicles to get the oil up to temperature? I’ve only done <100 miles, and I’ve never seen the oil temperature rise above the lower quarter on the range. I had a long run yesterday, 40 minutes driving and it only just reached the lower quarter on the gauge.

Rich

Hi welcome. Good question I noticed the same

BOGX4M · 01-12-2020, 07:57 AM

I have a X4M, 7.000 km, and I see the oil temperature reaching over a half of the range only when I drive on the race track. In rest it stays in the lower quarter. Now, being winter here, it stays in the blue zone even after 30 minutes of driving.

BMWZ4 · 01-12-2020, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Rukburd

Morning all,

Just wondering how long it takes your vehicles to get the oil up to temperature? I’ve only done <100 miles, and I’ve never seen the oil temperature rise above the lower quarter on the range. I had a long run yesterday, 40 minutes driving and it only just reached the lower quarter on the gauge.

Rich

Usually warms up after ~10 minutes or thereabouts and the temp gauge will sit in that range you've described i.e. around ~90c.

AlexFL · 01-12-2020, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by BOGX4M

I have a X4M, 7.000 km, and I see the oil temperature reaching over a half of the range only when I drive on the race track. In rest it stays in the lower quarter. Now, being winter here, it stays in the blue zone even after 30 minutes of driving.

Exactly what he said. This is a track-ready vehicle with a highly sophisticated engine cooling system. It never goes up over the half mark in street driving, even in prolonged driving in Sport+. However, I’ve already taken it to the race track a couple of times, and there the temperature gets up after 2-3 laps.

spta97 · 01-12-2020, 08:49 AM

I’ve noticed mine takes a while to warm up as well. I’m sure the 3 radiators are a factor.

On my e46, it had lights on the tach to let you know when a specific rpm range was safe to hit. Do the X3Ms have something similar?

ek21 · 01-12-2020, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by spta97

I’ve noticed mine takes a while to warm up as well. I’m sure the 3 radiators are a factor.

On my e46, it had lights on the tach to let you know when a specific rpm range was safe to hit. Do the X3Ms have something similar?

Yes let's digital in the tach as well or the HUD if you have one.

new2the3 · 01-12-2020, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by spta97

I’ve noticed mine takes a while to warm up as well. I’m sure the 3 radiators are a factor.

On my e46, it had lights on the tach to let you know when a specific rpm range was safe to hit. Do the X3Ms have something similar?

Yes but it the redline moves to 7200 rpm with hardly any driving, maybe after just a minute or two and the oil gauge is still pegged on cold all the way at the bottom.

Ironwood · 01-13-2020, 07:41 PM

I thought the gauge was coolant temperature, not oil temp. Is that wrong? The wife can’t find her manual.

BMWZ4 · 01-13-2020, 08:11 PM

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I thought the gauge was coolant temperature, not oil temp. Is that wrong? The wife can’t find her manual.

Haha...Oh man, this is embarrassing. Just checked the manual and you are 100% right. That's the coolant temp gauge.

Ironwood · 01-13-2020, 08:22 PM

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Haha...Oh man, this is embarrassing. Just checked the manual and you are 100% right. That's the coolant temp gauge.

You’ll get no grief from me. I can’t even find the engine oil dipstick.

two1bar · 01-13-2020, 08:38 PM

The symbol next to the temp gauge in my X3MC is an oil can.

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ThumperMCS · 01-13-2020, 09:39 PM

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The symbol next to the temp gauge in my X3MC is an oil can.

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It's oil temp...

Coolant temps don't move that slowly

Wills2 · 01-14-2020, 03:55 AM

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Haha...Oh man, this is embarrassing. Just checked the manual and you are 100% right. That's the coolant temp gauge.

It's oil temp.

BMWZ4 · 01-14-2020, 08:22 AM

Yep, I'm an idiot. it's oil, not water. probably remembered it from either my F25 or g01 being water. sorry for the confusion.

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