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Subject: My first E32 repair: Replaced broken oil filter housing mounting bolts Author: davidc (moderator) : member since December, 2003 : 10060 posts Posted on: 2004-12-24 17:15:11

The rubber mounting bolts for the oil filter housing in my '92 750iL were both broken, allowing the oil filter housing to bounce around on its stem -- not good. I've heard of these breaking quite often on other BMW's, too, so I'm not surprised to see it but I am surprised that the regular mechanic used by the previous owner didn't bother to replace them.

The local BMW dealer had new bolts for only a few dollars and replacement was easy. Just a 10mm socket to remove the nut washers on top and then the bottom section of the rubber unscrewed from the mounting plate beneath it -- no need to get a wrench in there under it.







David Cecil, KI4GZR
'97 740iL, 127k miles
'92 750iL, 77k miles
'86 735i, 95k miles

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• My first E32 repair: Replaced broken oil filter housing mounting bolts (pic) - davidc 2004-12-24 17:15:11 (10683 views)