14 8 n
Coolant Brake fluid
Adding coolant
W ait until th e e n gin e c o ols b efore
re m ovin g th e c a p fro m th e e xp ansio n
ta n k. Th e n e e dle of th e c o ol a nt te m p er-
ature g a u g e in th e instru m e nt cluster
m u st b e lo c a t e d in th e blu e z o n e . If it
is n ot, th er e is a d an g er of s c aldin g .
1 Turn th e c a p slightly c o unterclo ck -
wis e in ord er to allo w a c c u m ula t e d
pre ssure to e sc a p e . T h e n o p e n.
2 If th e c o ola nt is lo w, slo w ly a d d
c o ola nt u ntil th e c orre ct l e v el is
re a c h e d – d o n ot o v erfill.
Th e c o ola nt is a mixture of w at e r a n d
e xte n d e d - d uty a ntifre e z e w ith c orrosio n
inhi bit or. Alw a ys m aintain th e
pre s cri b e d all- s e as o n 5 0:5 0 mixture
ratio f or y e ar-ro u n d prot e ctio n a g ainst
int e rn al c orro sio n. N o oth er a d ditiv e s
are re q uire d.
R e pla c e th e c o ola nt e v ery f o ur y e ars.
Th e bra k e w arning l a m p c o m e s o n
w h e n th e p arkin g bra k e h a s b e e n
re l e as e d:
C h e c k th e bra k e fluid le v el a n d if
n e c ess ary, to p u p to th e " M A X " m ark.
F or a d din g bra k e fluid or f or d e t e r-
minin g a n d c orre ctin g th e c au s e of
bra k e fluid lo s s, c o n s ult y o ur B M W
c e nt er. Y o ur B M W c e nter is fa miliar
with th e s p e cific a tio ns for f a ctory-
a p prov e d bra k e fluid s (D O T 4).
Bra k e fluid lo s s c a n r e s ult in e xte n d e d
p e d al trav el. C o m ply with th e inform a-
tio n pro vid e d o n p a g e 1 2 6.
46 0 d e 1 2 8
Bra k e fluid is hygro s c o pic, th a t is,
it a b sorb s m oisture fro m th e air
ov er tim e .
In ord e r t o e n s ure th e s af ety a n d r e li-
a bility of th e bra k e syste m, h av e th e
bra k e fluid c h a ng e d e v ery tw o y e ars b y
a n a uth oriz e d B M W c e nter. R ef er als o
to th e S ervic e a n d W arra nty Inf orm atio n
B oo klet (U S m o d els) or th e W arra nty
a n d S ervic e G uid e B oo klet ( C a n a dia n
m o d e ls). B ra k e fluid is h a z ard ous to
h e alth a n d d a m a g e s th e v e hi cle's p aint.
Yo u sh o uld al w ays store it in its origin al
c o ntain er a n d in a lo c a tio n th at is
in a c c e s si ble to c hildr e n.
D o n ot s p ill th e fluid a n d d o n ot fill th e
bra k e fluid r e s ervoir b e y o n d th e " M A X "
m ark. Th e bra k e fluid c o uld ignite u p o n
c o nta ct with h o t e n gin e p arts a n d
c a us e s erio us b urns. <
C o m ply with th e a p pli c a bl e
e nviro n m e ntal la w s re g ulatin g
th e dis p o s al of bra k e fluid. <
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