The Bmw Maintenance System - BMW 840Ci Owner's Handbook Manual

BMW Maintenance System
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The BMW Maintenance System has
been planned to ensure that the car
always remains safe for the road and
reliable, without any unnecessary
expense for the customer. Regular and
correct maintenance also helps to
maintain the car's resale value.
Service Interval indicator
Advanced technologies have been
adopted as a means of computing
maintenance requirements, which are
then shown on the Service Interval
indicator. Whereas conventional main-
tenace schedules are based entirely
on fixed distance intervals, the BMW
maintenance system takes the car's
operating conditions into account,
bearing in mind that one kilometre is
not the same as another:
100000km completed exclusively in
the form of short journeys cannot be
considered the same as 100000km
made up of long main-road journeys
only.
The BMW maintenance system based
on actual operating conditions consists
of an Oil Service and Inspections I and
II.
For further information on maintenance
points and the scope of maintenance
work, please refer to the car's Service
Booklet.
The principle of determining main-
tenance intervals according to load
effectively covers all the operating con-
ditions to which the car is likely to be
exposed. However, if the car is very little
used – that is to say if it covers distinctly
fewer than 10000 kilometres (approx.
6,000 miles) a year – an annual engine
oil change should be carried out, since
the engine oil ages even if not sub-
jected to mechanical loads.
Service Booklet
It may also be worthwhile having the
body checked for stone-impact dam-
age at the same time, in order to safe-
guard against corrosion.
Please make sure that the maintenance
work is confirmed in the car's Service
Booklet. These entries are evidence that
your car has been serviced regularly
and correctly, and are also the basis of
any warranty claims.
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