Oil Filter Housing Gasket/Seal

[Jat007]

Hello -

Has anyone here replaced their Oil Filter Housing gasket/seal before? If yes, how extensive is it to do one of these?? Mine is leaking now and I would like to take care of it sooner rather later.

My car is the 1992 325i e36 w/M50 motor.

Thank you in advance.

J

[Wapiennik]

Hey,

I was trying to find you a write-up I ran into before but I couldn't find it. From my understanding, it's pretty easy, but you need to make sure you have everything you need. I thing there's more involved than the gasket. I believe there's a banjo fitting for the oil pressure switch involved in the replacement that needs to be removed, and you're going to need new crush washers for that.

Soon as I find that DIY I'll get it to you.

[Jat007]

That would be great - Thanks!!

[Wapiennik]

Hey,

This is the TIS from BMW for the M52, but from my understanding they are very similar in this area. Let me know if this isn't helpful.

Here's the link:

http://www.zvolution.com/documents/11/42/RA_11_42_020_Removing_and_installing_complete_full-flow_oil_filter_%28M52_S52_M52TU_M54_M56%29.pdf

[Jat007]

Hi,

The link is dead. Please re-post if you know of a new link.

Thanks,

J

[Wapiennik]

PM me your e-mail address and I'll send you the PDF.

[Jeron]

It was very easy. I used a writeup on a 5-series when I did mine. You could just use a basic BMW repair manual.

A writeup isn't necessary it is all very straight-forward. The most important information to lookup is the torque values.