06-23-2021, 04:23 PM | #1 |
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Aftermarket parts from BMW dealer service?
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com My car's maintenance program just ended so i figured i'd do the oil change myself that's when i discovered the after market filter. I would have assumed going to BMW dealer would be BMW parts given the price tag. |
06-28-2021, 10:57 PM | #4 |
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It may have to do with contracts. At the dealership I used to work for if you bought a prepaid maintenance plan your oil changes came with Penzoil and if you paid it was Mobil 1.
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06-28-2021, 11:27 PM | #5 |
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06-29-2021, 09:23 AM | #6 |
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Unless the filter possibly changed over the years, and honestly i'm not 100% familiar with the oil filter and brand and etc.
Reason i'm saying it was after market was because when i did my own oil change the filter i purchased was from the BMW dealer and it was visibly different than the filter that was already in the vehicle. Also required a different key to open the filter plug when letting the oil drain from the filter. I didn't bring it up to dealer because I didn't notice this issue until the next oil change was due. Wanted to see if anyone else was experiencing something similar. There's the change that the filter i purchased from the dealer was the aftermarket one, i just know they were clearly not the same. |
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06-30-2021, 10:08 AM | #8 |
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It's not uncommon for you to receive a BMW filter from a Mann-filter batch without a BMW logo stamped on it.
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