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07-26-2013, 04:59 PM | #1 |
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Just did oil change few questions
So I just did my first oil change ever. I have a 2007 335i. It went just fine, I followed the DIY on here and no problems. Just have a few questions.
1. When I took the oil filter out, there was a lot of oil left in the space it came out of, I just left it there and put the new filter in. I have a pic here to show what I mean. 2. When putting the new oil filter in, it definitely required some force to get it in. Is this normal? I used a special took for removing and putting the filter/filte rcap in and out. 3. I put 7 quarts of oil in, but it is still slightly below max. I would say it is 3/4 to the max line, but not quite there, is this normal/okay? 4. Thew oil drain bolt I just tightened it til it was pretty tight, not overly tight, but tight. I would say once the bolt stopped turning, I applied some force and turned it a quarter more turn or so, if I did over tighten it only hrm would be it being tough to get off the next time right? Evereything went fine, I replaced both gaskets on the filter, drained all the old oil out, all seems good. Some feedback to my questions would be appreciated! One more thing I want to add, I lubricated the gaskets but did not lubricate the filter, I just put the filter in dry. |
07-26-2013, 05:13 PM | #2 |
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Also i know this is a super ocd question but when i was done with putting 6.5 quarts in at forst i just threw the funnell on the grass. I then checked and added more oil. I noticed there were a few very very snall pieces of grass at the top. If something like that gor into the oil what would happen?
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07-26-2013, 07:34 PM | #5 |
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The filter was dry and i felt it was really snug while putting it in. I took it out again after driving around and it soaked up some oil and it slid in nice and easily. I just bought some casterol 5 30 and an going to put a quarter of that in or so to top it off
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07-26-2013, 07:38 PM | #6 |
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#1, i find that super annoying and i always use a hand pump vaccum to vaccum it out. To me, this is a design flaw/fail from bmw >___<"
everything else seems alright, good job!! xD
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07-26-2013, 08:01 PM | #7 |
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Thanks. Yeah it was pretty easy. The only mistake I did make was when I first put the oil catch under the car to drain it out, I plced it off to the side because at first the oil shoots out, so I just left it there but did not take into consideration that s it drains it will just start coming out straight down instead of shooting back, so I went in and came back to a very big mess on my driveway. Cleaned it up but it stained a little. Something had to have gone wrong for my first ever oil change lol.
I just added 1/3 of casterol oil to try to get it to the max line, but it is still reading this. This is 7 and 1/3 quarts of oil, I am definitely not adding anymore because the sensor must be messed up or something... |
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07-27-2013, 04:50 PM | #12 |
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Yeah I figured the gauge was slightly off. I added probably less than 1/3 of a court though and now it says full. So I put a total of just over 7 quarts in.
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I am really enjoying learning and working on my car. I feel very proactive doing so and it's a new hobby for me. Not gonna do anything that I am not comfortable with, I'll leave the bigger jobs for VAC in Philly. But I think the majority of the things that will come up I can do myself. |
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