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Originally Posted by lottich
Took 2017 540i in for an oil change today. Car is out of warranty. When BMW mechanic took the old filter out, it had broken up. See Picture. BMW says that the oil filter housings must be replaced and it will take 11 shop hours and cost $2600+. Has anyone had a problem like this?
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BMW does know about this problem and there is official BMW PuMA notice about it, however they have also revised the oil filter structure to more deeper seal grooves to help with this problem, this is BMW induced problem with the structure and their problem to solve cost wise in my opinion.
"B57, B58 - Oil filter element cannot be disassembled during engine oil service without being destroyed
NE 64357017-03 - 30/06/20"
Model series: [G20, F21, F20, F23, F22, G21, G02, G01, G06, G05, G07, G29, F30, F32, G31, G30, F31, F34, G11, F33, G32, F36, G12, G15, G14, G16, G38]
Engine range: [B58M, B58C, B57S, B57T, B57O, B58D] up to 30/11/19"