Oil Filter question

[Heysüß]

hey guys, about to do an oil change and I have no clue from what car this M30 is all I know is that it's a 3.4 with 3.5 electronics and everything else 3.5


I'm kind of obsessive about the little details so is there different kinds of oil filters depending on the M30 engine? or is it one size fits all ? THANKS and sorry since this is most likely a dumb question.

thanks again r3v

[strad]

Using my 91 535i as an example, I went to pelicanparts and clicked more info on the filter suggested. It shows the same filter fitted for a wide variety of M30s from 1975 all the way through the S38 M5 engine in 93. So probably one size fits all.

[Heysüß]

yup that's what we're counting on. Now on to the next question...

do we just rip on the oil housing to the left until it gets loose? or is there some other step in the procedure?

p.s. turner hasnt sent me my bentley yet. and I'm too much of a waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles to just do work on it. THANKS and answer as quick as you can! oil filter is waiting !

[Adrian_Visser]

Yup lefty loosy. Just remember you don't have to graunch the shit out of the bolt when you put it back on, it goes into an aluminium casting at the bottom of the filter housing and you don't wanna strip that shit out, just tight enough to seal up the cap and you're good to go