Round oil drain cover (with pic)??

Opie55 · 06-18-2019, 05:04 PM

If you search for DIY oil changes, they show a three-tabbed round plastic cover that you rotate to remove that covers the hole where the oil drain plug is. RealOEM shows one for my car. So I ordered one. It's "correct" in every way except it is way too big - like half again as large as it needs to be. See the picture. Dealer can't figure it out, and the techs there say the cars don't really have them. There is only one part number. Can somebody confirm you actually have one on your car and what year it is?

Qsilver7 · 06-19-2019, 08:44 AM

What's the part nbr or can you give us a link to the diagram where you found it? Whether you have this part or not might be similar to the oil filter cap. Some have a drain and some don't...and it all depends on build date and model.

When you buy the oil filter kit...there is an extra small O-ring...some models don't need it but some do...even though they use the same oil filter...the caps are different.

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Opie55 Colonel 1195 Rep 2,907 Posts Drives: '15 650i Convertible Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: US iTrader: (0)	Round oil drain cover (with pic)?? If you search for DIY oil changes, they show a three-tabbed round plastic cover that you rotate to remove that covers the hole where the oil drain plug is. RealOEM shows one for my car. So I ordered one. It's "correct" in every way except it is way too big - like half again as large as it needs to be. See the picture. Dealer can't figure it out, and the techs there say the cars don't really have them. There is only one part number. Can somebody confirm you actually have one on your car and what year it is? Attached Images
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Qsilver7 Major General 4439 Rep 7,484 Posts Drives: F06 650ix GC / F15 X5 50i Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Indiana, USA iTrader: (0)	What's the part nbr or can you give us a link to the diagram where you found it? Whether you have this part or not might be similar to the oil filter cap. Some have a drain and some don't...and it all depends on build date and model. When you buy the oil filter kit...there is an extra small O-ring...some models don't need it but some do...even though they use the same oil filter...the caps are different. __________________ 2015 F06 650ix Gran Coupe`(Moonstone/Cohiba Brown)\| 2014 F15 X5 50i MSport (Space Gray/Mocha) Become a BMW CCA member! Click HERE to join and feel free to use my BMW CCA member #191509 as a referral.
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