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Is that oil filter housing gasket or cover leaking?
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01-12-2019, 04:41 PM | #1 |
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Is that oil filter housing gasket or cover leaking?
Hey guys, I've just bought a 2010 BMW 328 coupe. Although all my friends suggested me not to get a BMW cause I'm going back to China 2 years later and I need to sell the car again at that time. But I just can't help being addicted to BMW. I would like to maintain it well during my usage.
Unfortunately, an issue showed up recently. I noticed oil leaking out of my oil filter. I watched plenty of youtube car issues diagnosis videos, but I don't know what the issue is. So what is the problem: the dysfunction of the oil filter gasket or can I just simply change oil filter housing cover seal ring ? Thanks for your time. I am looking forward to your help.
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01-13-2019, 08:24 PM | #2 |
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Whoever did the last oil change did not reassemble the oil filter cap correctly. Buy a new MANN HU-816x oil filter (Autozone stocks them) and follow the DIY instructions on how to properly locate the small green o-ring and the larger black o-ring. Once you have the original manufacturer oil filter parts properly in place and the cap tightened to 25NM, it should be leak free.
Looking at the oil filter cap, it looks all chewed to hell, so get a new oil filter cap from BMW ($20) and the correct cap wrench, which is a 86.4mm 16 flute cap-wrench.
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01-15-2019, 12:54 AM | #6 |
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yep, maybe the former owner did it. I will probably change the engine oil by my self next time. thank you my friend
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01-15-2019, 12:55 AM | #7 |
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I cleaned it up. cause I just got this car 2 weeks ago. I would check the engine every time after I drive this car. Luckily I found this problem so early.
Thank you my friend
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yep, maybe the former owner did it. I will probably change the engine oil by my self next time. thank you, my friend,
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There was a recent thread on here where the OP took his car to a shop for an oil change and the mechanic removed the inner stem of the oil filter cap (the plastic cage the oil filter fits over). It was causing VANOS problems. I'm no professional mechanic, just a car geek, and I write technical stuff for a living... well sorta; I have to edit what engineers write.
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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Oil filter housing gasket?
I noticed a bad oil leak recently coming from around the oil filter housing. Suspect a bad filter housing gasket. I've read some of the related posts here and thank you! If replacing the gasket, do I really need to drain ALL the radiator coolant first, or can I drain just enough to get the coolant level lower than where the filter housing is (to minimize spillage, and reduce waste of the new coolant I just changed last fall)?
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