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      02-20-2019, 05:15 PM   #20
on3eighteen
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Drives: 2016 BMW X5 50i
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OK, so I got the filters in. I did 2 things, but I wish I had done 1 at a time. I followed the advice of using silicone grease, got it at Home Depot for $5. I think I only needed to do just that because it was so much easier to move the filters o-rings around once I put a very thin coating all around. But I also used a drill to make more room on the plastic holes where the screw connects the 2 filters. And at first I drilled the wrong end of the hole (the one farthest from the fitler) but I needed to make the end closest to the filter bigger, that's where there was tension. So I got it screwed in, and it was still harder to screw it in that I hoped, but it's done. Again, I should have just done the silicone 1st to see before messing w/ the plastic. Here's a pic...feedback welcome. And I included a pic of the ones I replaced. I can't believe for a CPO car w/ 33K miles & $47K, they didn't replace them, they are gross & I am calling my sales guy tomorrow just to say "Bad, bad, bad"...I don't expect them to do anything.
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