Remove the oil o-rings and replace them with the new ones. These are a little difficult to remove sometimes – I used a small flat head screwdriver, but be careful doing this one the big o-ring as you do not want to damage the housing or threads. Park's of Hamilton act as a non-independent credit broker. We work with a number of carefully selected finance providers and manufacturers who also offer finance.

Once you locate the cover, remove it by using your finger or a flathead screwdriver to spin the piece of plastic 180 degrees. Pin Pin Financial Disclosure: Finance subject to acceptance, over 18's only. Indemnities may be required. Group 1 Automotive UK Limited is authorised and regulated by The Financial Conduct Authority for Insurance Distribution activities (firm reference number 671390). Barons Autostar Limited is authorised and regulated by The Financial Conduct Authority for Consumer Credit activities (firm reference number 685296) and an Appointed Representative of Group 1 Automotive UK Limited. Barons Autostar Limited is a Credit Broker not a Lender. Here is what the filter and housing should look like with the new filter installed. Pin 6. Screw the oil filter housing on & tighten the drain bolt Spire Automotive Limited - Spire Lakeside Limited - Beadles Sidcup Limited - Think One Limited - Hodgson Automotive LimitedThe following wholly owned group subsidiary companies are all Appointed Representatives of both Group 1 Automotive UK Limited and Barons Autostar Limited in regard to the specified activities in the regulatory disclosure above: Once you have removed the drain plug cover, here is what you should see: Pin 4. Use your 17mm wrench and let the oil drain NOTE: the drain plug has a crush washer on it. Your new oil filter kit should have a new crush washer with it – make sure you get rid of the old one and remember to use the new one. 5. Replace the oil filter and oil filter o-rings You can change out the filter now if you’d like, but I prefer to move onto draining the oil and replacing the filter while the oil is draining since it will take a few minutes. 3. Remove the oil drain plug and drain the oil The oil should be fully drained so get underneath the car and replace the drain bolt. Make sure you swap out the old crush washer with the new one! Tighten it by hand with a normal wrench – don’t go overkill on it with a torque wrench.

Pretty self explanatory here, remove the bolt, with your catch can located underneath it and let it drain. This will usually take 3-4 minutes to get all of it out. While this is happening lets go ahead and replace the oil filter. Today we are bringing you a guide on how to perform a BMW E90 oil change. The car in the pictures is a 2006 325i, but the process and general location of oil filter and drain bolt are the same across all E90’s (and E91/92/93’s), including the 328i and 335i, and other models. This guide is also accurate and helpful for E82 128i and 135i oil changes, and E60 5-series oil changes.

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This is BMW specific so I recommend using the one I linked to, which will work on all E90-93, E82, and E60 cars. Note: you can also try a strap wrench if you have one handy, but my filter cap was so tight a strap wrench wasn’t good enough.

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