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Originally Posted by ants_oz
I'd degrease it and check it in a weeks time. Start with a clean surface, go from there. If the o ring is installed correctly and the housing and cap are not damaged, then no oil leakage should occur.
A common mistake for young players is to clean the cap and the housing till they are basically spotless, then install the new filter and o ring. A dry surface does not allow an o ring to seal properly, as it binds on the surfaces when the cap is installed. Needs a coating of oil.
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ta antz oz, ok I did the following
1.undid the oil filter cap,removed the cap with filter still attached
2.checked the 0-ring was in correct groove and it was not damaged, slowly removed it and degreased the cap, insepcted cap all ok
3.Put a layer of Oil on the filter cap threads and the o-ring and where the o-ring sits in the 'groove'
4. Also oiled with finger tip oil filter housing
5. I manually by hand only screwed the cap/filter onto the housing until i felt resistance, this seemed too loose as could see the cover was not sitting close enough to the housing so went to step 6
6.Picked up the socket shown (didnt have a torque wrench)and started to tighten slowly...as soon as i felt resistance, i gave socket a small nudge only..nothing major and stopped tightening.
7.Went for a long drive and i think this all did the trick no leak..so far
In the pic of the oil filter cover i marked with chalk the angle of the arrow before new filter was installed and thought it would make sense with new filter that the cap would have to be in same position...wrong, the new filter and 0-ring i put on is less tight and seems fine...bit odd but perhaps the OEM from bmw is slightly different to the mann filter i used,.either way thanks to all