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Originally Posted by nick325xit 5spd
Yeah. And put that way, I don't know that I would call it an OE part. My view on aftermarket OE parts is that they should be identical.
And, of course, Mahle/Behr further confuse the issue by selling a standard and a Premium line. I wouldn't be surprised if the premium line is OE quality (or at least close enough) and the standard line is OEM quality. I have no complaints about the Premium line that the PO put in my X5.
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It’s a bit confusing. I did find this,
An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is generally perceived as a company that produces parts and equipment that may be marketed by another manufacturer.
However, the term is also used in several other ways, which causes ambiguity. It sometimes means the maker of a system that includes other companies' subsystems, an end-product producer, an automotive part that is manufactured by the same company that produced the original part used in the automobile's assembly, or a value-added reseller.
The underlined is how I was taught in the 80’s when I first started wrenching.
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Originally Posted by 80stech
Everyone seems to have a different idea of what OE or OEM is but good to know either way.
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