I've read the "stuck oil filter" correspondence from May last year, and would just like to ask a couple of questions in addition. Does anyone have any other methods of routinely removing a K100 filter and installing the new one without the BMW tool? I can't get one here (Cape Town) at the moment, and anyway it's an expensive item here, it seems. (Which is likely, as that is true for anything that's Beemer.) The screwdriver penetration option does seem a bit vicious, although my concern is rather how one gets the right tightness on the replacement filter, given that you don't have the appropriate tool.

"Crazy Frog", if you're out there: do I understand correctly that you suggest filling the filter with oil prior to installation? The handbook gives two engine oil capacities at oil change, one when the filter is replaced and one when it isn't, the difference obviously being the filter capacity. Is there any particular reason why you suggest not just oiling the seal but filling the filter? If one does so, then when replacing the oil you would use the lower capacity recommendation, I imagine.

Cheers, All. Thanks for the Forum.

Hey Mike

The reason that I fill up the filter is that I don't like to have my oil pump running dry (even for few seconds). The other reason is that when the filter is pre-filled, when filling up the engine you just have to look at the site glass. Usually, If I fill it up to 3/4 of the site glass I don't have to add any oil after. I never rely on the book for oil quantity. The site glass is what count.

A filter wrench is cheap here in Cdn. I may be able to send you one. Just contact me by Email.

Cheers

Bert