30K miles and Oil Filter housing Gasket Failed?

Busa1 · 01-15-2019, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Logicoeur

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No oil draining required. Just residual losses.

But forsure coolant loss. Just refill the the coolant, make SURE to leave the proper amount of air in the expansion tank. This is how the system bleeds.

Run the car with the cap off until you see bubbles stop entering the expansion tank from the bleed line, then just cap it and any residual air will find its way into the expansion tank. BMWs are one of the easiest to bleed.

Definitely do the tensioner and belt while you are there. Another super easy job with lots of DIY's posted.

Hmm, that coolant bleed process is a little different from what I've done. I fill the tank with the bleeder screw off until coolant starts to slightly flow from the bleeder hole. Screw it back in, cap it off, then run the bleed cycle (battery tender hooked up, ignition on, engine off, heater on full blast at max temp, press and hold gas pedal past the kickdown for 10-12 seconds. Starts the pump cycle that lasts around 10-15 minutes. Check the coolant level and adjust if necessary.)

Is this a documented bleeding procedure? I am hard pressed to understand how and why that works lol. How and why is the gas pedal mapped to starting some kind of pump in the coolant system? Is there a secondary pump just the the cabin heating loop?

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/f...check/CNCeB76L

Logicoeur · 01-15-2019, 10:35 PM

Mind blown. That's mind boggingly over engineered lol. Cool to know though !

Tchao · 01-16-2019, 07:05 AM

We have electric water pumps.

F30NFifty5 · 03-05-2019, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by zole2112

I thought it was my gasket on my 335xi N55 and i was sick of the oil leaking from my filter so after some research I finally replaced my stock plastic pos cap with the aluminum one from ECS Tuning, no more leaks! Not sure if you have the same cap or not.

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Originally Posted by humbertob

The OFG job is an easy DIY job, I did mine on my sons 2011 335i and on my wifes 2013 X5 in less than an hour, I can acomplish this DIY with eyes closed now !

What do you guys think...Is this leak from my OFG or the stock plastic cap?

F30NFifty5 · 03-07-2019, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by zole2112

I thought it was my gasket on my 335xi N55 and i was sick of the oil leaking from my filter so after some research I finally replaced my stock plastic pos cap with the aluminum one from ECS Tuning, no more leaks! Not sure if you have the same cap or not.

Just ordered mine yesterday... did the ECS cap turn reddish/purple on you since you've installed? ive heard the heat causes the black color to change..

VK335M · 03-07-2019, 10:14 AM

it is a pretty easy DIY if you have the tools and space. Here is a YT video of someone else performing the DIY:

I would recommend changing the oil just in case the coolant contaminates it.

Bluebeasty · 03-07-2019, 05:54 PM

First repair after buying the car at 37k.

alexng72 · 03-07-2019, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by F30NFifty5

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Originally Posted by zole2112

I thought it was my gasket on my 335xi N55 and i was sick of the oil leaking from my filter so after some research I finally replaced my stock plastic pos cap with the aluminum one from ECS Tuning, no more leaks! Not sure if you have the same cap or not.

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Originally Posted by humbertob

The OFG job is an easy DIY job, I did mine on my sons 2011 335i and on my wifes 2013 X5 in less than an hour, I can acomplish this DIY with eyes closed now !

What do you guys think...Is this leak from my OFG or the stock plastic cap?

Looks like from the och. I have the same issue.

F30NFifty5 · 03-13-2019, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Orion4

If it is the oil filter housing gasket at the front of the housing, it is a easy 30 min DIY. If it is the gasket between the housing and the engine, it is about 1.5 hrs and should also change the front gasket at the same time. Not difficult, just takes a little time. I just did both on a E60 N-54 and my F30 335i in the last 6 months

Did you have any issues with the coolant contaminating the oil? most people do an oil change right after just to play it safe.. wondering if you had to as well.

obert · 03-13-2019, 09:46 AM

Just had mine done under CPO

zole2112 · 03-13-2019, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by F30NFifty5

Just ordered mine yesterday... did the ECS cap turn reddish/purple on you since you've installed? ive heard the heat causes the black color to change..

Nope, still black. Well at least in real life it looks black, here's a pic which looks less black lol.

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obert Brigadier General 1781 Rep 4,456 Posts Drives: 2013 328i Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Seattle Wa iTrader: (49)	Just had mine done under CPO
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