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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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For what it's worth, the OEM filter wrench is here:
https://www.amazon.com/Genuine-BMW-F.../dp/B007VT1354 and the work can be done from the top side to swap the filter. I'd be more concerned with the cheapo filter than I would with having been low on oil.