What does this picture mean???

dukevi · 04-22-2009, 02:42 AM

Hey all...
My car doesnt come with user manual...
I downloaded the manual online from the bmwusa...
but I can't find that picture in the E90 LCI manual....
I'm hoping you guys can help me..

The service engine soon light is also on

at first I thought I forgot to close the oil panel thing but apparently I was wrong T.T

VTECaddict · 04-22-2009, 02:45 AM

im gonna guess loose gas cap

slowpoke · 04-22-2009, 02:48 AM

It means your car wants more shrooms

SoCali E36 · 04-22-2009, 02:49 AM

looks like a loose gas cap to me

simonyau · 04-22-2009, 02:51 AM

Yep, it's the loose gas cap. Here's from the 09' e92 manual P.212:

"The warning lamp comes on if the gas cap is not properly tightened and the OBD system assumes that fuel vapor is escaping. If the gas cap is then tightened, the warning lamp should go out within a few days."

Not sure why it may take a few days for the warning lamp to go out though...

cgillio · 04-22-2009, 02:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slowpoke

It means your car wants more shrooms

dukevi · 04-22-2009, 02:55 AM

Ah... I see thank you so much!
BMW should really have like a page where they show all the possible errors

I hope it doesnt relate to the muffler delete mod I did recently

simonyau · 04-22-2009, 03:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dukevi

BMW should really have like a page where they show all the possible errors

Agree, that will be very helpful!

iheartsole · 04-22-2009, 03:34 AM

yup, looks like a loos gas cap. if not, check your owners manual & look for that signal it should tell you what it is.

-=Hot|Ice=- · 04-22-2009, 05:28 AM

dukevi · 04-22-2009, 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -=Hot|Ice=-

lol

jmsent · 04-22-2009, 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dukevi

Hey all...
My car doesnt come with user manual...
I downloaded the manual online from the bmwusa...
but I can't find that picture in the E90 LCI manual....
I'm hoping you guys can help me..

The service engine soon light is also on

at first I thought I forgot to close the oil panel thing but apparently I was wrong T.T

It should by obvious. Your car is clearly being visited by an alien space ship.

simonyau · 04-22-2009, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -=Hot|Ice=-

Hahaha

ragingclue · 04-22-2009, 11:15 AM

Wow, when common sense and manuals fail, we at the forum are here to relieve you of your dignity.

ENINTY · 04-22-2009, 11:28 AM

The picture is not in the manual. Happened to me in Aug 2007. Took awhile for me to figure it out. I can't belive BMW has still not added the picture to the fault code pages in the manual.

simonyau · 04-22-2009, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ENINTY

The picture is not in the manual. Happened to me in Aug 2007. Took awhile for me to figure it out. I can't belive BMW has still not added the picture to the fault code pages in the manual.

It is now in the manual (at least in the '09 e92 one). See my previous post (#5) for the message.

Lowcruzr · 04-22-2009, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ENINTY

The picture is not in the manual. Happened to me in Aug 2007. Took awhile for me to figure it out. I can't belive BMW has still not added the picture to the fault code pages in the manual.

Is it really that hard to decipher?

Quote:

Originally Posted by ragingclue

Wow, when common sense and manuals fail, we at the forum are here to relieve you of your dignity.

So true!!

PaulBailey@ltbmw · 04-22-2009, 11:36 AM

definitely the gas cap which probably caused the SES light

Craig@SupremePower · 04-22-2009, 12:41 PM

ahhhhhh

Bimmerbaby · 04-22-2009, 12:53 PM

Please keep your head inside the vehicle or it will be chopped off.

Sorry, i had to. GL

Prissy · 04-22-2009, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slowpoke

It means your car wants more shrooms

lmao

canucklion · 04-22-2009, 02:26 PM

you serious?

Quote:

Originally Posted by dukevi

Ah... I see thank you so much!
BMW should really have like a page where they show all the possible errors
I hope it doesnt relate to the muffler delete mod I did recently

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simonyau New Member 0 Rep 22 Posts Drives: '09 e92 335i 6MT Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Seattle, WA iTrader: (0)	Yep, it's the loose gas cap. Here's from the 09' e92 manual P.212: "The warning lamp comes on if the gas cap is not properly tightened and the OBD system assumes that fuel vapor is escaping. If the gas cap is then tightened, the warning lamp should go out within a few days." Not sure why it may take a few days for the warning lamp to go out though...
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