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Originally Posted by andrewc89
The pre-LCI gauge is a combination of Oil and Coolant Temps with no numbers displayed. It will just say "Cold" or "Okay" and the little bar will move left to right.
The LCI gauge is oil temp only. It has oil temp numbers displayed but no coolant temp display.
Hope that clears things up. |
I believe the "cold" and "ok" just refer to coolant temp.
I never seen the blue and red bar "needle" go beyond the middle in street driving. I'm under the impression with those with after market temp gauge that by the time the needle is in the middle the oil is up to a high enough temperature you can start giving it some higher revs.
you can use an aftermarket gauge or use a phone app and OBD reader like torque to see oil temp.
Why BMW didn't show oil temp I don't know... probably just didn't wanted to make the base 2 series not desirable as a driver car and felt no point in updating m2 dash when the LCI was coming soon enough.