Everything Under Control; Odometer; Tachometer; Engine Oil Temperature - BMW 2006 M3 Owner's Manual

Everything under control

Odometer

1 Odometer
2 Trip odometer
Odometer
You can activate the displays shown in
the illustration with the ignition key in
position 0 by pressing the left button in
the instrument cluster.
Trip odometer
To reset the trip odometer to zero,
press the left button with the ignition
key in position 1 or higher.

Tachometer

Variable pre-warning zone
The yellow pre-warning zone displays
current permissible engine speeds,
depending on the engine temperature.
As the engine temperature climbs,
some of the sectors for this pre-warning
zones will go out one after the other.
Avoid engine speeds in the early warn-
ing zone if possible.
Never allow the engine to operate with
the needle in the red overspeed zone of
the gauge.
To protect the engine, the fuel supply is
interrupted when you approach this
sector.

Engine oil temperature

The general operating temperature lies
between 1757/806 and 2507/
1206. During high-performance driv-
ing, do not exceed a maximum value of
3007/1506.
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