4.4 Dry start knock mobile1 0-40

[JCL]

Originally Posted by Jordo

Is the dealer the only place you can get a "BMW" oil filter? Or is there an equivalent that I can get at a auto parts store?

The dealer, or a trusted mail order supplier that is selling OE BMW parts.

Read the above thread about people who bought "equivalents" at an auto parts store.

You can buy OEM filters (Mann, Mahle, etc) but there is no guarantee that just because those companies manufacture filters for BMW, that the filter they sell you over the counter is actually the same. Personally, I would only use OE from a dealer, because that also greatly reduces the chances of getting a counterfeit filter in a different box. The filters referenced above may actually have been not Mann, but packaged as Mann. For the low cost of a filter from the dealer, it just isn't worth the risk.

[bfbeemr]

My 01 X5 had this same issue went to 5w 40 Penz Platnum euorpean blend and the start knock dissapeared, was running MB1 5w 30