BMW 2008 M3 Sedan Manual De Propietario

Never drive at engine speeds in the red warning
field. In this range, the engine speed is limited to
protect the engine.

Coolant temperature

A warning lamp will come on if the coolant, and
therefore the engine, becomes too hot.
Check coolant level, refer to page

111

Engine oil temperature

When the engine is at normal operating temper-
ature, the engine oil temperature is between
approx. 175

7/806 and approx. 2507/

120

If the engine oil temperature is too high, a warn-
ing lamp comes on in the instrument cluster.

Fuel gauge

Fuel tank capacity: approx. 16.6 US gal/
63 liters.
You can find information on refueling on
page

100

If the tilt of the vehicle varies for a longer period,
when you are driving in mountainous areas, for
example, the indicator may fluctuate slightly.

Reserve

Once the fuel level has fallen to the reserve
zone of approx. 3.3 US gal/12.5 liters, the indi-
cator lamp and cruising range for the remaining
amount of fuel are displayed briefly. The indica-
tor lamp remains permanently on when the
remaining range is less than approx. 30 miles/
50 km.

Refuel as soon as possible once your
cruising range falls below 30 miles/

50 km, otherwise engine functions are not
ensured and damage can occur.

Computer

Displays in the instrument cluster

Calling up information

Press the button in the turn indicator lever.
The following items of information are dis-
played in the order listed:

Cruising range

Oil level, refer to Checking oil level on
page

109

Average fuel consumption

Speed

No information

M dual clutch transmission:
Outside temperature, time, cruising

range, oil level, average fuel consumption and
speed appear in the top display.