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I had a friend chang my oil on my 2004 bmw 325i is there any way to get the service engine light to go off or do i have to take it into bmw to be reset?
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This is a very serious condition and you could completely ruin your engine if the oil gets too low. As a first step, check the oil level with the dipstick and add more if it needs to be filled. Is this sounds like it's too complicated, just get the oil changed and your problem will go away.
It could well be a PVC valve. The PVC plumbing on e46s is not one of BMW's best designs, and it needs to be cleaned out every 100k miles if not sooner.
Not likely a rear main. I have never seen a failed rear main seal on a 6 Cyl BMW.
Are you sure it is not power steering fluid? I would be surprised if a 2003 were not leaking a little power steering fluid by now if the hoses have not already been replaced.
Another common oil leak is the hose that feeds oil to the VANOS.
If the leak is toward the rear of the engine, I would look for a valve cover gasket leak.
The service engine soon light is almost certainly unrelated to the oil leak.
The code you reported does not seem to have relevance for BMW. Often
generic OBDII codes do not have meaning and in this case the fault code
does not correlate with any reference tables that I am using at this
time. If you can have the car scanned with the BMW proprietary software
and revert with those codes, it might shed light on this issue.
Code PO340 "Camshaft Position Sensor Circuit Malfunction". Now that does not mean that if you simply replace the sensor your problem will be solved. It can be simply loose, cut, or corroded wiring. It can also be something entirely different. This is where diagnostic skills come in.
Most probably it is synthetic oil ad unless you own the tool to open the computer you will need a BMW tech to reset the light or at least a certified BMW mechanic.
The check engine light could be any number of things and the only way to find out is have the codes scanned. The brake light issue is common on E46 3 series. It is an issue were the brown ground wire that goes into the lamp housing melts at the connector causing a loose ground connection. The connector needs to be replaced and also add additional grounding wires to prevent further issues. And for fuel additives either use the cheveron techron, or the bmw fuel additive(the bmw stuff is the exact same thing, so just use which ever is cheaper).
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