M240i instrument question

andrettifan · 02-22-2018, 11:32 AM

Sorry to start a new thread for this one simple question. A friend of mine just ordered an M240i with all wheel drive including the optional instrument package and it isn't clear from the BMWUSA build page (or from the dealer) whether the temp gauge is coolant temp or oil temp. Can anyone help us out with an answer?

Thanks in advance.

BTW, I'm an M2 owner with no temp gauge, not coolant or oil!

ctemkin · 02-22-2018, 12:41 PM

My 2018 m240i x drive can show oil temperature, but not coolant temperature. There are two buttons on the end of the turn signal; if you keep pressing the top one, it circles through a list of items that it displays on the instrument panel, the last one of which is oil temperature.

Ron Jeffries · 02-22-2018, 01:04 PM

Definitely oil temp.

Lew Carrum · 02-24-2018, 06:57 AM

They should have fitted it to all models, when the light comes on and your travelling at speed with no safe place to stop then the damage has been done and the engines cooked. Happened to my girlfriends car few years back.

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andrettifan Second Lieutenant 357 Rep 292 Posts Drives: 2020 M2C; 2017 330i wagon Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Connecticut iTrader: (0)	M240i instrument question Sorry to start a new thread for this one simple question. A friend of mine just ordered an M240i with all wheel drive including the optional instrument package and it isn't clear from the BMWUSA build page (or from the dealer) whether the temp gauge is coolant temp or oil temp. Can anyone help us out with an answer? Thanks in advance. BTW, I'm an M2 owner with no temp gauge, not coolant or oil! __________________
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ctemkin Private 40 Rep 95 Posts Drives: 2018 M240i Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Washington, DC iTrader: (0)	My 2018 m240i x drive can show oil temperature, but not coolant temperature. There are two buttons on the end of the turn signal; if you keep pressing the top one, it circles through a list of items that it displays on the instrument panel, the last one of which is oil temperature.
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Ron Jeffries Old Member. Old in general, actually. 388 Rep 889 Posts Drives: 2018 M240i xDrive convertible Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Michigan iTrader: (0)	Definitely oil temp.
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02-24-2018, 06:57 AM	#4
Lew Carrum Private First Class 32 Rep 143 Posts Drives: M 240 Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Swansea iTrader: (0)	They should have fitted it to all models, when the light comes on and your travelling at speed with no safe place to stop then the damage has been done and the engines cooked. Happened to my girlfriends car few years back.
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