-
wierd, when I put it back on, I just hand tighten it. then turn it with any wrench for a quarter turn. The large oil filter wrench that looks like an adjustable wrench works alot better than the thing that hooks on to the back.Leave a comment:
-
did up put oil on oil filter gasket befor putting it on? if you didnt thats your leak. :D , i change oil on cars all day. 325's are very easy. m10 and m3 e30's lil harder becuase its a top side spin on under the air filter box. canister filters are much easier i must add lolLeave a comment:
-
Replacing the oil thermostat gasket is absolutely one of the biggest pains in the ass ever if you are doing it on your back. Getting the snap ring back in the groove will tire you out. I was lucky enough to finally get it in after an hour of repositioning the c-clamp over and over as it kept slipping.Leave a comment:
-
meh not so bad on my eta i would just reach from the top of the motor carefully not burning my forarms on the manifold, unscrewing it in no time at all.. never tried on a e30 with the oil cooler tho.Leave a comment:
-
I never have too much trouble changing the filter, but it is a pretty annoying location. I let the engine cool enough to where I can brush my arm against the manifolds without burning myself, then just reach right through them and spin the filter on/off while wearing one of those blue, rubberized garden gloves that has a lot of grip.
But, this oil leak just started recently on my m20
I guess I'll wait until my next oil change and all of the oil is drained to fix it.
Leave a comment:
-
You sir are correct. thats why i smile when i change oil in both of my E30s.....both are canister style DOHC engines. On top of the motor lolLeave a comment:
-
E30 newby, oil change hell
Alright, no stranger to BMW's and I generally know what the F I'm doing, but this is the first E30 I've owned. Decided to change the oil in the 1987 325is.
rant on>
What the FUCK, I hate god damn spin-on filters. Having enjoyed the totally logical location of oil filter INSERTS (no spin can crap) in my E39 540i, E34 M5 3.8 euro, M30 E34 Touring, E46 325ci and X3 3.0 (E46-based), and other M30 BMW's, I was in for a rude shock doing the E30. To be honest, I felt like a dumbass because I couldn't even find the oil filter and had to google it. I never f'ing imagined it would be right by the exhaust manifolds. Great design BMW. Plus you can't change it without crawling on your back, which I've been spoiled by the later cars and filter element that is easily accessible.
rant off>
So I get the spin on crap at the dealer, and go to do this yesterday. Also while I'm at it, even though there was no leak, decided to attempt this repair.
also referenced here:
What a cluster. Compressing that spring and getting the circlip back in turned out to be a nightmare of swearing and bitching, so I took the whole filter mounting assembly off the block, disconnecting the oil cooler lines, and put the thing back together on my work bench in 5 minutes (wasted over an hour under the car trying to compress the spring and get the circlip back in).
Had to dig out my oil filter can wrench (that thing that squeezes as you turn) and it just isn't getting the filter on there tight enough. Now I have a drip drip leak from the spin-on can POS, and I can't get it any tighter. I think that I need an oil filter wrench that works for smaller diameters so I can grip it tighter.
But generally, the job just sucks. Burning knuckles on the manifolds, burning fingertips on the spin-on filter. And now the mother-fer leaks so I gotta figure out if I can tighten it more.
Oil filter element in easy to reach location under the hood = WIN
Spin-on can filter located by hot exhaust manifolds = FAIL
Thanks for listening to me bitch.
Leave a comment: