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Old 02-11-2014, 06:12 PM
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Take a look at this old oil filter...
Folks..ive never seen such a thing.In the process of replacing the old oil filter, it came apart in pieces, almost felt like an old squishy pumpkin..I wonder how much this car went without a proper oil and filter change...
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Old 02-11-2014, 06:20 PM
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This was a common site on E46fanatics. Some owners go to Iffy Lube for oil changes, the filters are not stocked so they do a drain refill. Idiots working there don't give a crap!

Said it before and I'll say it again......A used vehicle is no better then the worst tech who has ever worked on it.
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Old 02-11-2014, 06:27 PM
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I have records showing that this car has been serviced til recently at BMW Seattle.Gives me chills thinking the dealership could do what Jiffy lube does..
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I would ziplock bag that filter and drop it on the service managers desk at the dealership. See how he responds.
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Yeah, that filter looks to be about 3 services past due...
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I've seen SPL oil filter came apart like that on an E39.
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Personally, I ONLY buy filters from the dealer. This ensures the freshest, latest revision filter.
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they are still revising filters for our no longer manufactured engines?

If so, maybe this is the latest revision?
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Folks..ive never seen such a thing.In the process of replacing the old oil filter, it came apart in pieces, almost felt like an old squishy pumpkin..I wonder how much this car went without a proper oil and filter change...
This is the 15,000 miles oil change intervals as implemented by BM Trouble U.

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Can you tell manufacturer at all? The BMW filters shouldn't look like this until at least 40k miles. I've seen cheap knockoff's look like this after 5k.
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