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Hello, tech question from Norway. Bought a new 07 R1200S from my BMW dealership and love the bike. There is, however, a problem with the optional oil level sensor which seems to be difficult (for my local dealership at least ) to fix. The bike has had this anomaly from day one. According to the manual, one should get a status of the engine oil level when certain criteria are met (engine should be at operating temperature and so on), however the only status that ever has been displayed is: "---", which means...well, something is not right somewhere as the BMW technician stated. They have had the bike in twice during the summer, in an effort to identify the problem. They have ruled out the oil sensor it self, it does give the appropriate signals. So the problem lies probably somewhere in the mace of microprocessors on the bike. They update the software in the engine ECU, nope that did not do it either. Today they installed a brand new "display", the box that contains speedo and so on, but it did not cure it either.

Has anyone had a similar problem with the oil sensor on the R1200S, if so, what was the fix? I'm sure that anyone who can produce an answer has a legitimate claim towards BMW Norway, since you have saved them for a whole lot of additional hours fumbling around on my bike trying to determine what to try next.

Regards Thomas

Erm.....top up the oil?

Me-109 wrote:Erm.....top up the oil?

Nice try, but the actual level of oil is irrelevant since it should have displayed "check oil" when the oil level is to low and "Oil ok" when the oil level is ok.

Hi Thomas. My R1200S has exactly the same problem with the oil sensor and has been back to the dealer at least 5 times now. I have had 2 replacement sensors and numerous downloads. Each time I go to the dealer they plug the diagnostic equipment in, it comes up with a fault, they clear the fault code and the sensor works for about a day and then stops. They have done a report and sent it to BMW but I am still waiting to hear back.

By the way, how accurate is your fuel remaining indicator? Mine is ok for about 120 miles then drops suddenly and then the low fuel warning lights up. I have filled up when the fuel remaining reads zero and only been able to get 14.5 litres in. It's not the end of the world but a bit frustrating never the less

Hi Paul and thanks for the reply. My dealer also mentioned a error code in the diagnostics - it seems to be exactly the same problem and symptoms as mine. So if your dealer (or mine) manages to fix the problem, case closed for the both of us I hope. However, I fear that it might take some time. Keep me posted if you see some progress regarding this issue.

I have not tested the accuracy of the fuel remaining indicator, but I have never gotten more than aprox 15 liters in either. I do remember a comment in a review of this bike in a magazine regarding the fuel remaining indicator, the bike sputtered when the indicator reached 0. I'll check it out on my next ride.