2007 BMW Z4 Owner's Manual - Page 18
2007 BMW Z4 Manual
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Everything under control Everything under control Tachometer Red warning lamp The engine is overheated. Reduce your speed immediately and pull over at a suitable location. Switch off the engine and allow it to cool down. Contact your nearest BMW Center or a workshop that works according to BMW repair procedures with correspondingly trained personnel. Do not open the hood, otherwise there is a risk of injury from scalding.< The orange warning zone between arrows 1 and 2 shows the currently permissible engine speed, which depends on engine temperature. As engine temperature increases, some of the LEDs in this warning zone go out one after another. As much as possible, avoid driving at engine speeds within the illuminated warning zone. Never force the engine speed up into the red warning zone beginning at arrow 2. To protect the engine, the fuel supply is interrupted when speed reaches this sector. Yellow warning lamp The engine is too warm. Continue driving, but in a moderate manner, so that the engine can cool down. If the warning lamp comes on again, have the engine checked without delay. Engine oil thermometer Fuel gauge Reserve In contrast to the descriptions in the Owner's Manual for the BMW Z4, the reserve level for the BMW Z4 M Roadster/Z4 M Coupe is approx. 2.6 US gallons/10 liters. The general operating temperature lies between 1757/806 and 2507/1206. Do not exceed the maximum temperature of 3007/1506. If the engine oil temperature is too high, the permissible engine speed, and thus the available engine output, is reduced. Coolant temperature In contrast to the descriptions in the Owner's Manual for the BMW Z4, your BMW Z4 M Roadster/Z4 M Coupe is not equipped with a coolant thermometer. Should the coolant and thus the engine become too hot, a warning lamp will come on in the instrument cluster. Service interval display Regardless of your service requirements, have the breaking-in inspection per- 16 Online Edition for Part-No. 01 41 0 012 046 - © 04/06 BMW AG