burntsushi

I recently got a new water pump installed because my e60 did previously get the overheat warning (IDK why a new thermostat was not installed). So now I need to know what the normal operating temp is supposed to be in the hidden menu KTMP-MOM. It was 40 degrees outside this morning not really typical overheating climate, and the read out was reading 104 degrees at its highest with the heater on. I tried to get it higher by turning on the A/C just to see if it would give me the caution message and nothing.... I pulled in to my office parking lot left the car on idle and I noticed the temp jump from 103-104 104-103. It looks like it's set to maintain at that temp at idle. I've heard that this car normally runs at high operating temperatures, which brings me to my question. Is this normal operating temperature?

Crckrjck

when I monitored mine using Torque and an OBDII bluetooth adapter, it normally stayed around 220F when warmed up and idling, which google says is 104.4 Celcius. I can't say if that's normal or not, but that's what I was seeing.

Looking back at some graphs on Torque, it varies from 91-114 celcius over the course of cruising around town, but is around 104-105 most of the time

NoQuarter

220F is a normal operating temp

pcy

Thermostat on my '06 530i (N52) is 97 degrees - higher than other cars I've owned.