Problem?

[deeveus 81]

I'm driving a BMW 320d E46 as my daily lately. It had a full BMW service about 11 months ago and is due one in about 4000kms. I thought I'd check the oil/water, oil was fine but the water seemed to be quite low? However there seemed to be a grey type pulp underneath the radiator cap. Can anyone enlighten? Also, what do I topup the coolant with just standard anti-freeze?

Also, the little yellow light is coming up on the dash which I'm guessing suggests that the water level is low?

[kiwi535 538]

I'm driving a BMW 320d E46 as my daily lately. It had a full BMW service about 11 months ago and is due one in about 4000kms. I thought I'd check the oil/water, oil was fine but the water seemed to be quite low? However there seemed to be a grey type pulp underneath the radiator cap. Can anyone enlighten? Also, what do I topup the coolant with just standard anti-freeze?

Also, the little yellow light is coming up on the dash which I'm guessing suggests that the water level is low?

if it is only a little bit low top up with water ,it wont dilute the anti freeze much .Clean out the "pulp" as best you can and see if it comes back.Ask them to do a coolant system flush next service and or point out the "pulp" to them

"Little yellow light " is not descriptive enough for me i am afraid

[deeveus 81]

I was thinking they'd done the cooling system, the service was some $900 or so from memory. Will double check what that light is but basically it's a picture of a tank with a water level. Cheers.

[my_e36 43]

Use genuine BMW or Mercedes anti-freeze, which is blue in colour.