Re: resetting si lights

[Michiel van Wessem <jmvw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mariano,

I think your SI batteries may need replacement too. It's how I knew mine
(M20B27 in a 325es) were done, I couldn't reset it anymore. I never saw the
tach jumpyness that people talk about, btw. You should be able to find
instructions on how to replace the batteries in several places (but let me
know if you need a pointer).

I think your speedometer problem is unrelated. It sounds like there are
some dirty contacts somewhere. Try cleaning connectors by removing them and
plugging them back in several times in a row. Also try the connector on the
speed sensor on the final drive.

Hope this helps. Good luck! 

Michiel ('87 325es <http://www.vramp.net/~jmvw/cars/BMW/ )
PS: cc'ed to the list in case I'm saying something stupid.

At 07:39 PM 9/30/99 CDT, you wrote:
>I have been having some perplexing probelms with my car, I have a 1990 BMW 
>525i with an M20 engine (2.5 single overhead).  I was trying to reset my si 
>lights on my dash by connecting pin 7 to pin 19 as indicated on some of the 
>faq's, but have had no result.  Has this happened to anybody else and is 
>there another way I should try.  I am also having speedometer problems, 
>sometimes, not very often, it desides to quite working for a while, and then 
>all of a sudden it kicks back on and works fine.  Is anybody having the same 
>problems, and could they be related??  Any help would be greatly 
>appreciated.
>
>Mariano Calderone
>1990 525i with 198,000 miles and still rolling.
>
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