Oil level sensor

Mark e90 · 06-23-2012, 12:04 PM

My car has though a fault code saying oil level sensor fault don't exactly know wat that is and was wondering how serious it is. Plus will I be able to drive the car like this ?

335imax · 06-28-2012, 12:54 PM

My guess is you can drive it, but the engine won't be able to monitor how full the oil pan is. So if you run low on oil, you won't know. I would get that repaired, but not worry about driving it to the repair shop....

Efthreeoh · 06-30-2012, 09:08 AM

You should get it repaired. They have to drain the oil to repair it (assuming you have an N52 in-line six) I'm not sure about the 4-cylinder models. If you know the engine has the proper amount of oil in it, it is safe to drive to the repair shop. If the engine is very low on oil, then the oil pressure warning will come on and that is when you shouldn't drive it.

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335imax Second Lieutenant 44 Rep 210 Posts Drives: 2012 335i Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Virginia iTrader: (1)	My guess is you can drive it, but the engine won't be able to monitor how full the oil pan is. So if you run low on oil, you won't know. I would get that repaired, but not worry about driving it to the repair shop.... __________________ M Performance Suspension
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Efthreeoh General 17474 Rep 18,823 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	You should get it repaired. They have to drain the oil to repair it (assuming you have an N52 in-line six) I'm not sure about the 4-cylinder models. If you know the engine has the proper amount of oil in it, it is safe to drive to the repair shop. If the engine is very low on oil, then the oil pressure warning will come on and that is when you shouldn't drive it.
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