|
|
|
|
|
|
BMW Garage | BMW Meets | Register | Today's Posts | Search |
|
BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum
>
DIY: MPG to Oil Temp on Gauge Cluster
|
|
03-04-2019, 06:26 PM | #1 |
Private
43
Rep 58
Posts |
DIY: MPG to Oil Temp on Gauge Cluster
I was using a Bluetooth ODBII adapter and torque on my phone to get the oil temperature of my 328. I don't like having to manually connect each time, so i decided to code my MPG Gauge to display the Oil temp. It took me some searching to figure it out, so here is a guide for some assistance.
1. You must have BMW EDIABAS 7.3.0 installed and have a K+DKAN Cable 2. You can download the full BMW tools installer here. blob:https://mega.nz/280dc1f8-8292-4e6b-b22f-88e917370991 3. Extract the zip folder, this is what you will get. Run the application and go through the install wizard. I installed it at the root of the C drive. 4. Once the install is done, these icons should be on your desktop. 5. Plug in your K+DCAN into your computer, if you are on Windows 10 it should be able to find the driver automatically. Open up device manager, expand Ports. You should see your cable there. 6. Right click your device under Ports and you should see "Advanced" which will bring you to this screen 7. You want to choose COM1 and set the Latency Timer to 1 8. You should be able to connect to your car and open INPA, if there is a green circle next to battery, and it says ON you are connected 9. Download Perfekt Toolbox http://toolbox.mrperfekt.com/downloa...ektToolbox.zip 10. Open Perfekt Toolbox 11. Expand Instrument Cluster 12. Choose consumption/oil temp. Click Read from ECU. Take a backup! THis can be done by clicking "Save to PTG-file) 13. You will want to select Oil Temp under "Gauge Function". Fill in the below numbers, it only allowed me to enter them correctly from right to left. These numbers will give you a temperature range from 50C (122F) to 150C(302F). Make sure the motor steps are filled out as well. 14. Write to ECU. If all goes well you should be able to test if its working. Set the test to 100C this is will bring the needle to the middle of the MPG guage. This is equivalent of 212F and roughly operating temperature. Here is a picture of my car at operating temp. If there is interest, i can post install steps for the BMW tools with pictures. I am going to take the gauge cluster out and put in 335i gauge faces which have the engine temp instead of MPG. I will be doing a white led conversion as well. Last edited by rocky25b; 03-05-2019 at 08:05 AM.. |
Appreciate
8
Antetokounmpo1556.50 apexit41231.50 tgyberg87.50 6ixSpd6052.50 VeneMorte10.50 MadJoe44.50 StradaRedlands6242.00 johnnyorange64.50 |
03-04-2019, 07:17 PM | #2 |
Colonel
1022
Rep 2,259
Posts
Drives: 2007 328i / 2014 M235i
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Ontario Canada
|
Wow, this post is about to explode! Ppl have been looking for this for a very long time! What is perfekt toolbox? Can you post with Bmw tools? Well done! How did you figure this out?
|
Appreciate
0
|
03-04-2019, 07:24 PM | #3 |
Brigadier General
2461
Rep 4,330
Posts |
it's always been possible to recode this using NCS.
the perfekt toolbos software does make it incredibly easy. bmw tools can be found at the bimmer geeks website under the download section. and just to top this all off, I recently bought and shipped a 7K rpm cluster to a guy that's going to print me OE style gauge faces to properly put the oil temp scale in the 7K RPM tacho. I will post information after we're done with the R&D, but soon it will be possible to just get new gauge face and have a stock looking 7K RPM tach with an oil temp. |
Appreciate
0
|
03-04-2019, 08:21 PM | #4 |
Private
43
Rep 58
Posts |
I have some prior coding experience, but as far as this specific mod it was all info that was out there. I just had to gather bits and pieces from different sites, i went this route because it was much more straight forward than NCS Expert. I revised the post to include BMW tools instructions.
|
Appreciate
2
b1aze565.50 StradaRedlands6242.00 |
03-04-2019, 11:55 PM | #5 | |
Lieutenant Colonel
1546
Rep 1,942
Posts |
Quote:
Delete mikes standard tools and use the bimmer geeks package. |
|
Appreciate
0
|
03-05-2019, 07:00 AM | #7 |
Private
43
Rep 58
Posts |
I have the bimmer geeks install on my other laptop, but tried Mikes BMW tools for this one. Out of curiosity, whats the difference between the two?
|
Appreciate
0
|
03-05-2019, 07:05 AM | #8 |
Major
1232
Rep 1,100
Posts |
I think this is for oil temp as stated. I looked into something similar in the past and was told by other forum members something to the effect that the water temp signal isnt available on the connection the the cluster (not sure if this applies to all E90 models). I'll see if I dig up the thread with this info.
|
Appreciate
0
|
03-05-2019, 07:26 AM | #9 | ||
Major
1232
Rep 1,100
Posts |
Quote:
Quote:
On a side note, am I correct in assuming that this would also work on a diesel E90? |
||
Appreciate
0
|
03-05-2019, 07:43 AM | #10 | |
Colonel
1022
Rep 2,259
Posts
Drives: 2007 328i / 2014 M235i
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Ontario Canada
|
Quote:
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
03-05-2019, 07:51 AM | #11 | |
Major
1232
Rep 1,100
Posts |
Quote:
Either way, hopefully OP chimes in a little later and clarifies this. |
|
Appreciate
0
|
03-05-2019, 08:04 AM | #12 | |
Private
43
Rep 58
Posts |
Quote:
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
03-05-2019, 09:20 AM | #13 |
Brigadier General
2461
Rep 4,330
Posts |
|
Appreciate
0
|
03-05-2019, 09:33 AM | #15 | |
Private
43
Rep 58
Posts |
Quote:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2007-2008-B...frcectupt=true |
|
Appreciate
1
tgyberg87.50 |
03-05-2019, 12:17 PM | #17 |
Major General
2271
Rep 5,169
Posts |
|
Appreciate
0
|
03-05-2019, 12:36 PM | #18 | |
Colonel
1022
Rep 2,259
Posts
Drives: 2007 328i / 2014 M235i
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Ontario Canada
|
Quote:
Nonetheless, oil temp is better than the stupid instantaneous fuel economy. Who really cares about the instantaneous fuel economy, average is more relevant and both can be accessed in the BC. I never understood why so many BMWs have it. Thanks for posting this, I will try it out. Last edited by mecheng77; 03-05-2019 at 02:02 PM.. |
|
Appreciate
0
|
03-06-2019, 09:29 AM | #20 |
Resident Pedant
506
Rep 792
Posts |
What an odd thread.
Rocky, how were you using OBDII to get oil temperature? I pulled a 2000 lb trailer across the country last year and I could not for the life of me find the correct oil temp PID for Torque to use. I had a load of telemetry during the trip but no digital oil temp. (I used NCS to recode my cluster.)
__________________
'15 F30 335i 8AT Estoril II/Black (12.218 @ 114.94mph)
MHD Stage 2+ 93 / XHP Stage 3 / M-Goodies / K&N Filter / ER CP / CSF IC / NGK 97506 / ER DP / Michelin A/S 3+ |
Appreciate
0
|
03-06-2019, 09:33 AM | #21 |
Resident Pedant
506
Rep 792
Posts |
Also, the reason there's no coolant display temp in our cars is because the system regulates its own temperature very well and the temp changes more with driving conditions than with ambient temperature changes. For example, pulling up the hill traveling East leaving Albuquerque, my oil temp hit 125 or 30 C, but my coolant temp stayed steady at about 215F during the pull.
|
Appreciate
0
|
03-06-2019, 11:06 AM | #22 | |
Major General
2271
Rep 5,169
Posts |
Quote:
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
Bookmarks |
|
|