A BMW service journey.

They go into minus figures. Mine was -300 or something when it was last serviced.

the miles left can jump up or down depending on how it's driven anyway. It's not a strict 15500 miles.
 
srhutch said:
Jonny, so did you ignore the clock that appears every two years in the instrument panel. :poke:
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The clock must have been replaced when he got his M steering rack :lol:


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The clock I meant was the clock symbol. Jonny didn't do the mileage so his never went negative. The clock is every two years for brake fluid mainly.
 
srhutch said:
The clock I meant was the clock symbol. Jonny didn't do the mileage so his never went negative. The clock is every two years for brake fluid mainly.
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Yeah my two years is brake fluid I think. Don't think it pings up oil service if they have been serviced at different times.
 
Naughty boy Jonny :telloff:

At least it's now sorted, though I'd follow the advice around changing the oil again soon.

The thread has given me a good giggle, nice one :lol:
 
If you use the long life oil and don't do a great deal of mileage then BMW recommend you change the oil every 2 years or less.

My Z only has 22k on the clock but its had 4 oil changes in its life and will be due another when inspection comes around early next year.
 
Jonny essex said:
No clock was over due, the next service my car said was in 300 miles and its had one oil service in its life, and my service was a full inspection 2 with plugs and what ever they had to do to the steering to make it feel smoother, hope this clears up the many confused members on here..... :|
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So you had the brake fluid changed every two years then?
 
You sure your not Joey Essex?


Glad you sorted it, I feel bad knowing I can leave mine 2 years, seems too long.

Mileage on a car counts for nothing. I bought an 8 year old car with 5k on the clock, engine snapped it's camshaft at 26k. There's good and bad out there regardless
 
A lot of people being too tuff on forum fav Jonney. If this was an old classic Capri, Fiat etc, yes it would have been a problem as these cars where made with very old engineering technology, the manufactures stated these cars needed servicing every 10,000 miles every year.
Times have changed, this has a modern engine, modern parts on a modern car and he's had a previous service, so not as dramatic as some are making out. Yes he made a mistake and it ran a bit longer than it should have, but its not that dramatic as some are making out. If he'd driven 90,000 then it would be a completely different story.
 
srhutch said:
So you had the brake fluid changed every two years then?
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Jonny essex said:
No clock was over due, the next service my car said was in 300 miles and its had one oil service in its life, and my service was a full inspection 2 with plugs and what ever they had to do to the steering to make it feel smoother, hope this clears up the many confused members on here..... :|
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I thought this clock only briefly flashes up.. so it is easy to miss :?

The steering improvement.. they may have upped your tire pressure if it was previously low. Didnt think they did any greasing as part of the inspection.

johnnnnnnyy said:
A lot of people being too tuff on forum fav Jonney. If this was an old classic Capri, Fiat etc, yes it would have been a problem as these cars where made with very old engineering technology, the manufactures stated these cars needed servicing every 10,000 miles every year.
Times have changed, this has a modern engine, modern parts on a modern car and he's had a previous service, so not as dramatic as some are making out. Yes he made a mistake and it ran a bit longer than it should have, but its not that dramatic as some are making out. If he'd driven 90,000 then it would be a completely different story.
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He had basically 8 year old brake fluid in his car.. regardless of how modern the car is brake fluid still absorbs water as it gets old.... water in the brake fluid = boiling off gas in the system which doesnt compress = less effective braking. It also form rust = sticky caliper and master cylinder piston issues. And i believe Johnny already suffered from the sticky caliper which this may (or may) not have contributed to.

So to summarise... which Johnny did in his opening post for anyone reading this.. the car does need servicing at a minimum of every 2 years regardless of milage!
 
aquazi said:
I thought this clock only briefly flashes up.. so it is easy to miss :?
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He had basically 8 year old brake fluid in his car.. regardless of how modern the car is brake fluid still absorbs water as it gets old.... water in the brake fluid = boiling off gas in the system which doesnt compress = less effective braking. It also form rust = sticky caliper and master cylinder piston issues. And i believe Johnny already suffered from the sticky caliper which this may (or may) not have contributed to.

So to summarise... which Johnny did in his opening post for anyone reading this.. the car does need servicing at a minimum of every 2 years regardless of milage!
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AFAIA the brake fluid change clock symbol lights after 2 years and stays illuminated until it is reset using a programming tool - it's a safety thing and should never go out on it's own

I had a very interesting converstion with 2alpsade regarding the the deleterious effects of old brake fluid so it's probably a good thing that JE has a planned caliper change coming soon as, otherwise, he'd be well advised to get them overhauled and rebuilt - even with this in mind, if it were me, I'd be asking a brake specialist to have a good look at the master cylinder sooner rather than later
 
What is this brake fluid light you speak of?? :oops: Not owned it two years yet and it was done just before buying.
 
RJS-Z4 said:
What is this brake fluid light you speak of?? :oops: Not owned it two years yet and it was done just before buying.
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You can find out when your fluid is due to be changed by pressing the little button with the clock picture on it when you first switch on and the next service indication flashes up.
 
PerryGunn said:
aquazi said:
AFAIA the brake fluid change clock symbol lights after 2 years and stays illuminated until it is reset using a programming tool - it's a safety thing and should never go out on it's own
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When buying my car i saw a 2.5year old 2.5si and it had never been serviced but it didnt have any dash lights on.
 
PerryGunn said:
.... the brake fluid change clock symbol lights after 2 years and stays illuminated until it is reset using a programming tool - it's a safety thing and should never go out on it's own
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Sound advice but both the inspection/service and brake fluid indicator (square clock) can be re-set from the dash computer without a programming tool, handy if you do your own (changes are logged in the history so are visible if someone checks)
1 ignition off
2 push & hold in left button (daytrip reset)
3 while holding in, turn ignition key into pos.1
4 keep holding button pushed in while "test 1" appears in display
5 after a further 5 seconds oil service/inspection will appear (whichever is due)
6 release button when oil service/inspection are displayed
7 pushing and holding in the button for 5 secs will reset the service interval
8 release button and switch off ignition. When restarting interval should be reset

For the brake fluid follow points 1) to 6) and then proceed as follows:
7 when oil service/insp. is displayed one short push of the "day trip" button will change the display to "brake fluid"
8 when "brake fluid" message is displayed, push in and hold button for appr. 5 secs, which then will reset the brake fluid interval.
9 release button and switch off ignition. On restart the brake fluid clock symbol should be gone.

...... and if you manage that first time you obviously spend too long on video games! it took me about 10 goes after I did my brake overhaul last year :oops:
 
aquazi said:
PerryGunn said:
aquazi said:
AFAIA the brake fluid change clock symbol lights after 2 years and stays illuminated until it is reset using a programming tool - it's a safety thing and should never go out on it's own
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When buying my car i saw a 2.5year old 2.5si and it had never been serviced but it didnt have any dash lights on.
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Probably reset by garage/owner to hide the fact it needed a service.
 
is that one of the little black buttons? how much should a brake fluid change cost roughly as i dont know when mine was last done so im keen to get it done.

im about 5K off an "oil service" or so it tells me when i turn it on so i think i will do the oil early in a couple of K with the brakes and a general inspection of stuff to make sure
 
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