poopyseed

possible send the steps over PM or on here on how to get to the oil level on the screen
thank

scottalexander

After reading the above comments...

In a tale of irony, BMW in Munich has given us an incentive to change our oil every 3,000 miles (whether we like it or not) without directly asking us to do so. Here's why:

- oil will leak from the car's gaskets
- oil will be burned from worn engine components
- the oil pan sensor will give inaccurate readings or fully malfunction

Now were forced to change the oil every 3,000 miles to make sure there is enough oil in the engine.

The irony is we'll all become expert at changing the oil faster than a Daytona 500 pit crew exercise, and our engines will last longer for it.

Erik Sierra

Wow that's insane every 3k miles. Wasting a fully good synthetic oil change. Thankfully I do have a dipstick so I can always check the oil level that way but wanted the convenience of the iDrive option

Erik Sierra

Hi I'd be more than happy to help you with the iDrive menu but first you'll need a K+D can cable and some software. I used NCSexpert and NCSdummy and got the menu to pop up in the iDrive in under 5 minutes but yet again, I don't get a reading for some reason so that might just happen to you too.

seanjordan20

If you're not changing the part and or cabling I wouldn't thing you would get a reading. With the way it is the sensor only gives information to the computer on pressure loss which triggers a low oil light. Getting the oil meter to work you would need a different sensor and/or a connector with at least another pin. I'm going to look it up to make sure.

seanjordan20

Looks like if you don't have an OZS oil sensor it will not work

Erik Sierra

Yeah that was my first thought but didn't find any useful information on the subject and many people say that BMW used the same sensor for the full length of the e60 and e90 production run

seanjordan20

Ok there is 2 types of oil level sensors. The one below gives you the information in your iDrive.

seanjordan20

The one in your car does not show the level in the iDrive which is below. I would assume the coding you did got it to actually receive reading from the sensor but the wrong sensor is in it to give the reading

Mwhitmus

can you send me the steps to put the oil level onto my drive? I had to replace my ccc on my 07 530i and I just purchased a kd can cable. New to the coding world. I believe it can with a ncsexpert software. I’m missing the oil level option and the tpms option. Everything else seems to be there.