what oil filter??

[dark_sounds]

hi all, just gonna be doing a replacement of my oil and filter...

just wondering,, got a kengst filter in there at the mo,, what shall i replace it with ?

halford own brand?
champion (also from halfords)
or something realistically better...

i know iknow halfords are evil,, but they are local... and probably only poeple open today.

let me know soon please

[Davenotouring]

BMW ones aren't too expensive, but they are closed today.

Halfords do Champion ones, maybe get one of those?

[dark_sounds]

yeah,, main question is though,, does it really make that mcuh of a difference if using good quality oil anywya???

[Davenotouring]

The quality of the oil is the main thing, but you don't want to use a crap oil filter, it could let sh*t through. I don't know enough about this though, or which brands are good/bad.

Anyone? I'd be interested to know.

[dark_sounds]

yeah interesting init, i mean 4 quid halfords jobby or 30 quid k&n oil filter??

tbh ive always used halfords ones without a problem tbh in my older cars though,, this is the only real car i care about with no costs held back.. so intrigued to know

[Davenotouring]

I wouldn't bother with a Ԛ£30 Gay&N one.

I'd go BMW, or Champion filter from Halfords if you want one today!

[Gwynleym10]

I was told once that halfords own brand ones are made in the same factory as champion....

That german brand beggining with H (Hengts or something) I think are one of the original bmw suppliers. You can get them from ECP or GSF

If your near wembely the ECP is open on sunday

[dark_sounds]

ECP close at 2 though lol the catford one also open on sunday...

anyway tbh went into halfords, they dont have their own brand,, just a champion one,, the oil is synthetic, and is good shit, so shouldnt be a bigbig deal...

cheers anyway for the input

[Declasm]

hi all, just gonna be doing a replacement of my oil and filter...

just wondering,, got a kengst filter in there at the mo,, what shall i replace it with ?

halford own brand?
champion (also from halfords)
or something realistically better...

i know iknow halfords are evil,, but they are local... and probably only poeple open today.

let me know soon please

I changed my oil and filter today - I got a halfords own brand one (the one on there before was halfords too). It was all going so well until i went to remove the old oil filter - it took me two hours to get it off! I had to resort to driving a screwdriver through it with a hammer before it finally came off. let me know how yours went.

[dark_sounds]

lol i got th champion one from halfords, went straight on, no problems.

ther one before was a hengst one,, came off no problems lol

halfords hmmm

[Adammcf]

I never put anything on my cars other than genuine OEM filters.

[Demlotcrew]

Oil filters make a massive difference, i would not put anything but BMW parts into my car.

Andrew

[Dan318-is]

What do BMW actually charge for a a basic service pack (if there is one)

Oil filter
Spark plugs?

[dark_sounds]

Oil filters make a massive difference, i would not put anything but BMW parts into my car.

Andrew

aww man, i oculd have done with that earlier lol

what difference does it make out of interest??

[stevetigger]

What do BMW actually charge for a a basic service pack (if there is one)

Oil filter
Spark plugs?

I dont think they have a service pack! I think its about Ԛ£7 for a filter from them!

[Dan318-is]

thanks

[dark_sounds]

better and cheaper then the champion one then

[Demlotcrew]

Oil filters make a massive difference, i would not put anything but BMW parts into my car.

Andrew

aww man, i oculd have done with that earlier lol

what difference does it make out of interest??

Well they have more filter layers and use synthetic materials for filtering thus lasting longer, many filters are very poor quality and break down in the heat of the oil. Porsche have managed to increase the oil service intervals of their new lines of cars to 15k from using fully synthetic oil filters.

I change my filter every 2500-3000 miles and my oil 5000-6000 miles depending on how hard ive been driving the car.
So for every oil change do a filter change in between.

HTH

Andrew

[Dan318-is]

Oil filters make a massive difference, i would not put anything but BMW parts into my car.

Andrew

aww man, i oculd have done with that earlier lol

what difference does it make out of interest??

I change my filter every 2500-3000 miles and my oil 5000-6000 miles depending on how hard ive been driving the car.

HTH

Andrew

From what iv seen, extremely hard!

[spudboy]

didnt someone put that fram oil filters are pretty good cos of some anti return valve or something (vague i know)

stu