I don't know what oil to use for my BMW 318i - 1997 BMW 318

maybe , check for correct replace

no the auto is shorter because the transmission is longer

Please refer to the owners manual for red light warning, it can be low oil pressure or hot engine or emissions system. If you don't have an owqners manual you can find used ones on eBay Motors.

On the 1994 318ic my advice is to cut the car in half so you can get to the upper mounting bolt on the starter :). If you don't want to do that, you have to remove most of the intake plenum, fuel rails, knock sensors, temperature sensors and oil pressure sensors and oil dipstick tube to get access to the bolts and wire connections on the starter body. Our car is really nice for what we use it for (towing behind a motorhome) and is in excellent condition but I would never consider another BMW after having worked on it a few times

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OIL PAN OR TRANSMISSION PAN BOLTS TORQUE ABOUT 7 FT LBS. CAN GET SPECS ON BOLTS SIZES. IF BOLTS SIZES IS 13M I4M 15 M TORQUE BOLTS ABOUT 55 TO 80 FT LBS

Hi, I don`t know the car but sometimes when you can`t open a boot lid someone need to push the boot lid down ( this relase the pressure of the latch system)and the same time someone pull the handle. Hope that helps.

Switch on ignition.

Earth terminal 7 (I've no pic sorry) and hold for 3 seconds.
Switch ignition off
That should do it

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If you drive an automatic and it starts to judder at low speeds than that means you transmission isn't down shifting as the speed is reduced. In the first instance you should get your transmission oil changed.

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BMW SERVICE RESET Take a small wire, paperclip, or elect wire and bend like a horseshoe. No light or equipment necessary Open the diagnostic data port, the one were the little pacman centre is located. Turn the ignition to position 2, don?t start. Connect pin 7 always first and then pin 19. Hold for 4 seconds. Remove wire and settings will be reset. Warning if you hold the wire longer than 10 seconds you may reset inspection intervals 1 and 2. I?ve done this twice and it definitely work on my E36