How to turn off checkpanel

[Glaede]

Hey there,

How do you guys turn off the oil level sensor in the check panel? The oilpan E34 sensor is missing and i don't intend to buy one right now.. This is of cause an M50 engine i'm talking about in my '87 325i.

I've heard something about a resistor and to wires two ground, but i can't find that topic again (on a danish forum)..

All you guys out there must have done this a million times :)

/Soeren from Denmark..

[hugh jass]

why not just remove the bulb from the check panel?
my son's name is Soren....

here is what you posted last year "After searching and reading a lot, it seems that pin nr. 2 needs ground and pin nr. 10 needs ground through a 1000 ohm resistor. Probably gonna try that out tomorrow."

[Glaede]

Doh i totally forgot.. Thats actually what i need! Thanks

[1990m3]

I just unplugged mine -- couldn't be happier

[rThor432]

Mine lights up like a Christmas tree every time I get in. I just tell the passenger I hope it'll get us where we are going with no oil, coolant, lights, and no washer fluid.

I'd just take out the bulbs if I were you, or unplug it.

[uberCerealkiller]

i'd either fix the problem or just take the bulb out like everyone else has said. In a perfect world you could fix it and it work properly, but check control crap never works properly......

[Spinning Tires]

i thought they were led's on a circuit board. but who knows its been a while since i had one apart

[Fidhle007]

Mine works.

[Glaede]

But if you just unplug the bulb, then the Check will still flash in the speedometer, right?

[TreFlip]

you cant take out the bulb for the engine oil light. you can take the light out the whole check panel. how do you go about just fixing it? anyone know?

[1990m3]

just take off the plug that goes to the back of the check panel. Then it's just decorations