Where to find BMW information?

crystalbrite

I'm trying to find out service intervals for my 2016 BMW 330e and tyre information. I can't find what I want in the owners handbook. Is there a useful website with the information I want?

For service intervals all I can find is stuff telling me to read my idrive vehicle information. This does tell me when my next service should be but I'm looking for more generic information not based on my computer system e.g. oil for bmw 330e 210-6 should be changed every Xkm. Brake fluid every Ykm. Full service Zkm. Timing belt change xkm.

Does this information exist somewhere?

Also for tyres I see I have 225-45-R18-95Y on the front and 255-40-R18-95Y on the back.
I can't find anywhere that says I need this exact type of tyre.
Am I allowed to put on 91Q tyres instead of 95Y?


Thanks!

Leonard Hofstadter

Isn't the owners manual in the newer BMWs in the iDrive?

As for service intervals, they vary depending on driving style and usage, but I would change the oil every year or 20,000 km (whichever is the more frequent).

frozenfrozen

Is 91q for example or do you actually have a set of 91q in mind?

Those are rated for only 160km/h and something like 20% less load per tyre

bazz26

There should be a label on the driver's door pillar towards the bottom with information on tyre pressure settings depending on the official tyre sizes that BMW supplied these cars with. Obviously if you change to a tyre with a different speed rating or load that wasn't officially rated for the car then this label will be of no use to you.

Regarding servicing items, outside of what the idrive tells you there isn't a huge amount of other things on the 330e I'd imagine. The electric motor doesn't have serviceable components afaik outside of maybe software updates and the petrol engine is regular enough, same engine found in the 320i so has a timing chain which should should in theory last the lifetime of the engine. The only service items I can think of on the petrol engine outside of normal items like oil and filters would be the spark plugs which would probably be changed every 2nd or 3rd service internal depending on mileage to my knowledge

crystalbrite

Leonard Hofstadter wrote: »

Isn't the owners manual in the newer BMWs in the iDrive?

As for service intervals, they vary depending on driving style and usage, but I would change the oil every year or 20,000 km (whichever is the more frequent).

Yes the owners manual is part of the idrive but as I said I can't find the information I want on it. There's also an app called 'BMW Driver's Guide' where you enter you Vin and it downloads the owners manual for your car. I actually find this a bit more convenient to use that the idrive. Faster to type on phone.

crystalbrite

bazz26 wrote: »

There should be a label on the driver's door pillar towards the bottom with information on tyre pressure settings depending on the official tyre sizes that BMW supplied these cars with. Obviously if you change to a tyre with a different speed rating or load that wasn't officially rated for the car then this label will be of no use to you.

Regarding servicing items, outside of what the idrive tells you there isn't a huge amount of other things on the 330e I'd imagine. The electric motor doesn't have serviceable components afaik outside of maybe software updates and the petrol engine is regular enough, same engine found in the 320i so has a timing chain which should should in theory last the lifetime of the engine. The only service items I can think of on the petrol engine outside of normal items like oil and filters would be the spark plugs which would probably be changed every 2nd or 3rd service internal depending on mileage to my knowledge

Picture attached of drivers door pillar label. Assuming I have to have 225-45-R18 on the front and 255-40-R18 on the back, does this mean I have 4 options of tires to choose from for the front 225s as highlighted in yellow and only 1 for the back 255 if buying new tires?

So for the front 225-45-R18 I can choose:
95 V M+S XL
91 Y
95 Y XL

And the rear 255-40-R18 I can only have:
95Y

Also does value on left correspond to front tire PSI and value on right rear tire PSI as highlighted in yellow?

Thanks

bazz26

So from what you have highlighted in the picture, this is how I read it:

The following tyre sizes have a PSI of 41 in the front and 44 in the rear with up to 3 occupants or 44 in the front and 51 in the rear if you have 5 or more occupants:
225-45-R18 95 V M+S XL

The following have a PSI of 35 in the front and 38 in the rear with up to 3 occupants:
225-45-R18 91 Y
225-45-R18 95 Y XL
225-45-ZR18 95 Y XL

The following have a PSI of 38 front and back with up to 3 occupants:
255-40-R18 95 Y

Some BMWs come with a staggered wheel setup where the rear wheels are wider and have a lower profile to the fronts.

crystalbrite

bazz26 wrote: »

So from what you have highlighted in the picture, this is how I read it:

The following tyre sizes have a PSI of 41 in the front and 44 in the rear with up to 3 occupants or 44 in the front and 51 in the rear if you have 5 or more occupants:
225-45-R18 95 V M+S XL

The following have a PSI of 35 in the front and 38 in the rear with up to 3 occupants:
225-45-R18 91 Y
225-45-R18 95 Y XL
225-45-ZR18 95 Y XL

The following have a PSI of 38 front and back with up to 3 occupants:
255-40-R18 95 Y

Some BMWs come with a staggered wheel setup where the rear wheels are wider and have a lower profile to the fronts.

I brought the car 2nd hand and the wheels had already been replaced from the original wheels that came brand new. Current wheels on the car when purchased are:
Front:
225-45-R18-95Y

Rear:
255-40-R18-95Y

My question is can I replace the front wheels with any of the following type based on the drivers door pillar label:
225-45-R18-95V M+S XL
225-45-R18-91Y
225-45-R18-95Y XL


Thanks