Bmw Yellow Oil Light After Shut Off

On after shutting off car a little low on oil.

Bmw yellow oil light after shut off. Register with the bmw owner s circle and get an electronic copy of your manual. So maybe bad sensor but i need an oil change and didn t get to it today so i ll see if it s just low oil. I checked the oil to find that the idiot who had done the service when we purchased the car had actually overfilled the car with oil with the price of oil they obviously had money to waste. If you see this at any time other than when the engine is not running or it just started about a second ago shut your engine off immediately.

Originally posted by bimmerdom jan 21 2005 03 06 pm why does a yellow oil idiot lamp sometimes stay on after i turn off teh engine. Then on my 1 hr. Should be on with engine off. The past couple of weeks i have had an occassional yellow oil light that shows up after i shut off the car it stays on for a few seconds and shuts off.

Post by jonnyfive thu dec 08 2011 9 44 pm just needs topping up with the correct oil just pop in to your nearest motor factors give them your car reg and there will tell you what oil you needs. I did an oil change about 4 000 miles ago. Return home it didn t come on at all not even after i shut the car off. Trip and stayed on but didn t come on or stay on when i shut the car off.

It came on today on a 1 hr. If it stays on for more than a second or so after startup or if it comes on while driving shut off engine now. On while driving significantly low on oil. Bmw e46 fanatics forum.

When you start your engine the light is off for about 6 seconds then turn on for between 10 and 15 seconds and the goes out. About a litre will be needed. Ok the light is yellow and intermittent. It only turns on once the car is off and it stays on until i get out of the car and the lights finally turn off.

You re supposed to add oil after you shut the engine off for few minutes. Check oil level with dipstick and top off. Yellow oil light comes on just after we purchased our bmw 318 sei the yellow oil light came on and stayed on. Yellow light on after engine shutdown.

Red low oil pressure. I have same yellow oil light problem in bmw e46 320d 2005. Yellow oil warning light. I would turn the car off and the yellow oil light would linger for a few seconds.

I ve noticed lately that when i shut my car off my yellow oil light turns on. So i buy another sensor for oil level and went to mechanic. Oil less than 1 quart low. Yellow oil light comes on after engine switched off.

Yellow light on while driving. Normal oil light behavior.