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Originally Posted by texastuna
Thanks guys - I took it back to where they did it and the manager inspected and determined his tech didn’t put in a crush washer! He offered me a free oil change (I made sure it was Mobil 1 European formula however the filter was an Ecoguard since they didn’t carry the Mann’s.) needless to say I won’t be back and I’ll probably only wait 6k miles for my next oil change due to the inferior filter
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Yikes, good you caught it in time. Stories like this made me do my own oil changes esp since I'm no longer under the free maintenance umbrella.
It's actually a pretty easy job too, last time I had it done at the dealer they quoted me $200 and ended up paying $600 (Kuni BMW in portland metro area), extra markup for engine filters, never again. Since then I've also flushed my own brake fluid and now planning to do coolant flush as well. I just don't trust their quotes anymore and feel like they take advantage of me. Between our two 50i in the household I already saved $1000 in oil changes.