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Originally Posted by gerrg
Hey everyone! I replaced the valve Gasket, oil filter housing gasket, and oil coolant gasket and that solved most of the leak. Then i noticed the oil was coming from around the oil filter cap (much more noticeable that it used to). Anyways, I replaced the oil filter and the o-rings and everythings been looking good so far.
I haven't changed an oil filter on a BMW before now (i had a '88 mercury before this so different type of filter all together). Are the o-rings normallly really hard after they've been used? I would have thought they still would have been a little soft, but but the small and large 0-rings were very stiff when i removed the old ones. Figured I'd see if that was normal.
Thanks for all the help with this!
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How many miles since last oil/oil filter change? My experience is with a normal oil change cycle of 7500-10,000 miles, the O-rings are still very flexible. Maybe only a very slight hardening. If they are truly very stiff, then that may indicated excessive heat.