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Old 03-05-2017, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jsoto View Post
Years ago, I purchased a service kit that had both the OE oil and charcoal cabin filter.

The one that came in this ~valueline service kit~, while it had the same PN.....instead of a plastic frame/foam gasket, like the prior ones I've used on the charcoal cabin filter, the frame was made out of hard paper/cardboard and there was no Foam Gasket on it...
I see two cabin filters listed for our cars often - one standard and the other a charcoal version. Not sure this constitutes hard evidence that the "value line" moniker indicates lower quality parts though...

It does seem clear that BMW offer kits to reduce the cost of maint. but it may be that the saving is in bulk purchasing and not lower quality parts. For example, the turbo unit for my diesel is ONLY available as a "value line " kit, as it includes all the extra parts that should be changed with the turbo (god forbid!!!) like seals, bolts, oil lines etc. The turbo unit itself is the same Garrett GT2260V unit from the factory.
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