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Next time the 130i is in the garage I'll have a peek!

howzit... i just bought a BMW 130i as well, just waiting for it to be delivered sometime this week. But im sure that the factory claimed power is 196Kw and not 200Kw.


and btw, congrats on ur car : )

The power of the engine in the 130i is 195 kW. The new version of N52 engine for the E92 coupe has direct injection and BMW claims 200kW.
The rev limiter is at 7K but the rev counter start to over-read above 2.5K and at 7K (actual) the counter shows ~7.5K.
You can see the actual revs (along other parameters) in the secret menu of the trip computer.

Another happy 130i Msport owner :)

I'm sure that it' already in the forum ....

1. Press and hold on to the "mileage counter reset button" for about 10-15 seconds and hold. But your car must be in the "on" position however, engine need not be running.
The center LCD would show:
01.00
FTSNGR
(The last 7 characters of your VIN number)

2. Now, release the button and then every time you press the button, it will reveal different sub sections in the 01 section as shown by 01.xx.

3. To see other menus, 03.xx-18.xx successfully, you need to unlock it using menu 19. To go to menu 19 from menu 1, press the 'mileage reset' button again and hold for about 2 seconds.

4. Now, the menu would show 01.__. It's time to, without delay, keep pressing the 'mileage reset' button until you see menu 19. Now stop at menu 19.

5. After you release the button and stop pressing the button at menu 19, it will show 19.__ momentarily. Wait for about 1 second until it shows:
19.00
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Code: 01
Now, without delay, press the button again and again until you reached the right code for your car. Pause after you reached the right code. Now, all the menus are unlocked. Your code can be 'calculated' from the last five digit of your VIN number for your convenience. If the last five digits of you VIN number are: 28393 for example, your code would be 2+8+3+9+3, which are 25. After you reached the right code of your car, pause until the display shows some changes.

6. To go to other menus after unlocking, press the button again for 2 seconds (until, 19.__ appears on screen again, iirc). Then stop at the menu which you want to access. For example, stop at 8.__ if you want to have a display of your instantaneous speed when you are driving. The 8.__ display will disappear quickly after you stop pressing the button. It will now appear as 8.00 which indicate that you have entered 'Menu 8'. To access sub menus, you press the button once to go from one sub menu to another. If you want to get out of "Menu 8", press and hold the button for 2 seconds and now, 8.__ will appear. Without delay, release the button and press the button until you reach the menu that you want to see.

Πληροφορίες πού δέιχνει....

01 Instrument cluster identification - Vehicle identification number, last 5 digits
02 System test
03 Not used
04 Electric load values
05 Range consumption
06 Fuel level
07 Current display values
08 Speed
09 System voltage
10 Not used
11 Units
12 Calculated time of arrival
13 Audible signals
14 Self-diagnostics
15 I/O ports processor
16 Dimming
17 Contrast
18 Not used
19 Locking
20 Fuel consumption correction 20.00
21 Reset

In detail

01.00 FGSTNR = "Fahrgestellnummer" (Chassis number) = VIN
01.01 K-ZAHL W/T = specification to dash/instrument
01.02 BMWTNR BMW = part no. Of dash/instrument
01.03 COD DIA = index for code and diagnosis
01.04 KI HSTL DATUM = "Herstellungs Datum" (dash/instrument manufactured/assembled on date...)
01.05 ???= Hardware hex no., probably version
01.06 SW = same for software
01.07 KODIERDATEN = data of instrument coding
01.08 CAN (no idea)
02.00 KI TEST = Dashboard test. All light, gauges, displays and so on will light up,
move.... works only when the engine is NOT running.
03.00 ??? (Maybe it will show something after your first 'service', motor oil change) unused as yet
04.00 MOM VBR = actual fuel consumption
04.01 RW-VBR-MOM = fuel conspt per hour
04.02 = avrg fuel conspt since last reset
04.03 = distance used for calculation of avrg conspt
04.04 = avrg fuel conspt present trip
04.05 = seems pretty close to 04.03 but different start point, probably 03 = since last reset, 05 = present trip
05.00 = average fuel conspt used for calculation of mileage left
05.01 = present mileage left
06.00 how much you have in your 'tank' in liters. Left- and Right compartment and Total
06.01 overall fuel left in tanks as shown on dash
06.02 = electrical resistance of fuel level meters in Ohm
07.00 KTMP-MOM = Temp. Cooling Fluid (Celsius)
07.01 ATMP-MOM = "Aussentemperatur" Temp. Outside (Celsius)
07.02 dito in hex? Could be
07.03 N-MOT-MOM = RPM
07.04 N-VWF-MOM = max. RPM at the moment. E60 it gives a value. E90 it shows "-----"
08.00 V-EFF = exact speed
08.01 V-ANZ = "Anzeige" speed shown on dash..
08.02 V-SZ photo says, "invalid" (?)
08.03 D-GESCHW 1 WEG = avrg speed since last reset
08.04 D-GESCHW 1 ZEIT = time used for calculation of 08.04
08.05 D-GESCHW 2 WEG = avrg speed present trip
08.06 D-GESCHW 1 ZEIT = time used for calculation of 08.05
09.00 Voltage
10.00 KM/WOCHE = distance/week, dunno how that helps
11.00 has to do how the time will be displayed (= 12/24 hr display)
11.01 km or miles
11.02 Celsius or Fahrenheit
11.03 how to display fuel consumption. km/l or l/100km or mpg
12.00 V-ANKUNFT = speed at arrival time 12.01 ANK-ZEIT = time of arrival
13.00 AUDIO = test all warning sounds
14.00 FS EINTRAEGE = error messages (if any)
15.00 Oil temp?? in hex
16.00 Dashboard lighting.
17.00 Temp inside in the car??
18.00 CC-TEST = you can see some of the 'check control' messages.
19.00 UNLOCK
20.YY to 23.YY ??? 20 = correction factor for fuel conspt.
21 = reset dash. Keep fingers off.
22 and 23 not used.

JK

That is one sweet ride. Congrats.

BTW: Thanks vasilis for the info.

I just picked up a brand new 130iM Sport from my dealer. I noticed that some things had changed.

It has the speedometer up to 260km/h instead of the 240 on the pics on all marketing material. Also, the rev meter is up to 8krpm, and I could rev it up to 7400rpm when testing (which was a HUGE surprise)

I just wrote a long article about this with URLs to pictures to prove it but the stupid board system lost it, so I'm just re-writing this short one now.

The only thing on the web I could find was the following:

"BMW SA has confirmed a January launch date for the most powerful 1 Series yet - a three-litre, six-cylinder BMW 130i packing 200kW.", written November 2005.

I know that the E92 and E90 are getting 200kW versions of the N52B30 engine - could it be that BMW in it's usual style has covertly done this for the 130i already too. All the marketing material on all the web sites still list all the old information and have the old pics with the 7krpm rev limiters and 240km/h speedometers.

Very strange. Has anyone else come across this?

I can send URLs of my dashboard with the 260km/h and 8krpm meters, since this board doesn't allow me to post URLs right now.

Best regards,

Jussi Korkala - jussi at korkala.com <JUSSI at korkala.com>(please replace the 'at' with @ and remove the spaces around it to e-mail me)

Ugh... poor engine. Read the manual about the break-in period.

break-in period is a must, i treat all my cars like that. At the moment i have done 700km on the 130i, and the factory break in period is 1000miles (if i can recall correctly from the manual), but i normally run my engine slowly for about 1800miles, then i gradually take it to the redline, only after 3000miles on the clock, then i go into full attack mode : p