BMW 328i Oil Filter Housing Gasket DIY - E90 N52
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- čas přidán 1. 01. 2017
- Oil filter housing gasket failure is a common cause of an oily BMW engine. On this episode we run through what steps are needed to replace this problem gasket on an 2007 BMW 328i.
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I literally paid 1,100 to get this done today. Felt like I got robbed lol lessons learned. Buying my own tools, going to start to do DIY's.
MarioBMW335iXDrive I took my bmw to the dealership today to get a brake fluid flush and they tried to get me to pay $1000 for this housing gasket job which doesn’t even look too difficult to do yourself. Sorry you had to pay so much!
Angelica Tapia it's crazy how much they try to charge for something so simple. Hopefully you don't end up paying as much. Best of luck.
MarioBMW335iXDrive I'm paying $270 this Thursday from a foreign car repair shop compared to $544 from the local BMW dealer.
Great instructional video. Thorough. Can you tell me what you used to clean the housing where the gasket goes? Did the scorch rite pad alone do the trick? I was told alcohol or dw40.
While you’re at it: you should do the serpentine belt with the belt tensioner... these are 3 (including the oil filter housing gasket) of the 5 areas that this engine needs regular repairing on/with. The failed gasket allows oil and coolant to hit the belt.
This guy is literally saving me 700 bucks...man I miss my civic
No you don’t ;D
Your kidding me right ....lol
Why so much?
@@AZTECPRIDELOCOS Because taking a BMW to a shop would be way expensive, some shops tend to act as if having a BMW is a luxury and you should pay accordingly, even if its 30 years old.
Alex My son has a bmw and damn its all a struggle thank god i have a Camry
Are we all just going to ignore @6:37?😂 Had to subscribe after this
"I needed some extra length here... ha, doesn't everyone?"
Just got back from the dealer in Chapel Hill, NC and the dealer quoted me $605.49. I thank you for this video, already ordered the parts and will get this done as soon as they get here. Thanks again!
Just finished this job today, I had the same issue with the bolt blocked by the coolant hose. I disconnected the coolant hose, it's just two 10mm bolts. Probably a cup of coolant came out of the oil filter housing, so be prepared for that with rags. It was a breeze getting that bolt on and off without it in the way. Just double check your coolant level after, no biggie.
Once again, great vid, helped a lot. Thanks.
Got my gasket at Oreilly for $15. The 2 difficult to access bolts i have an 8 millimeter box end wrench ratchet that fits on those bolts perfectly. The one bolt under the manifold I could not get even a flexible extension to crack the bolt loose. I ended up using the 8mm wrench with ratchet and i put a large cloths beneath the manifold in case i dropped the wrench. took me like 2 hours but I am kind of meticulous about the order of things so it takes me longer than most DIY'rs.
Other videos had you take the carriage cover under the car off and drain half the coolant and remove the alternator and buy new bolts for the alternator because suppose they are one time use bolts and l was thinking this job is way to complicated and luckily I saw your video. Thanks man for your video that inspired me to see if there is an easier process.
This was a greatly informative video! This was the first video on replacing the housing gasket that has actually been helpful. Keep the videos coming! Love what you're doing.
Happy to help!
Bro... 5 months I've been looking for this damn leak... You just saved me so much headache and money!!! Thank you!!!
I noticed that on my sons but i could tell right away because there was like grease around and on the hose below was like oil stain
This was my first time working on my car and the only reason why I was able to do that successfully was thanks to your video!
Best Vid for the job i found. I'm from germany. Suprisingly you'll not find such vidios in german (except for the old e46 modell), but get tons of english ones. Most of them are from the usa. Seems US people aren't that afraid to get such jobs done by themselves.
I'm glad this video helped out!
the cost to maintain is a motivation
The real reason is these car are over-engineered and dealerships charge too much money to maintain them. So people learn to do many things themselves.
The issue is that us dealers are real stealers and always find something if you go for a standard service, mine was so called leaking but does not leak, tried to steal 600 usd ! Bmw and mercedes are professional rip off companies not making enough money on new cars so stealing it on owners of older cars !
So, Germans don't like to work on their cars??
Or they don't take videos to help others?
Absolutely outstanding tutorial. Thanks for making it.
Glad I found this video. Everything I found about this job had me taking the intake manifold off. Great tutorial!
Changed the oil housing gasket today thanks to your video. I removed the coolant hose to remove the 3rd bolt and it came out easy. The one using the universal joint was the hardest but I had 1/2” set and e10 wouldn’t work, changed it to e11 and it came out easy. Thanks a lot! I will take it on the highway and hopefully nothing stops working :) interesting enough the engine hiss sound disappeared immediately after changing the seal! Thanks a lot man.
Happy to help!
I just changed my OFHG on my 128i yesterday after the dealer recommended that I do so the last two times I brought it in for recall issues.
I was quoted about $800 from the dealer. Thankfully I looked this up. Thanks for putting this up!
The only recommendations I can make in addition to the parts used are as previously mentioned, get an e10 torx wrench. In addition when making that jig to get that back bolt, use a 1/4” extension. I tried 3/8” first but the thinner diameter made it a tad easier to get to the bolt cleanly.
Oh and definitely have some covering over the serpentine belt. Coolant started shooting out and it surprised me!
Thanks again! Great vid!
rogerito77 hey Rogerito!
I have same car ‘11 128i 6 speed and the other day I noticed a little oil leak around the oil cooler not too bad though.... little cold now up in NY but I will do it soon...what do you mean by OFHG? What does that mean??
@@bmny78 Oil Filter Housing Gasket
Great video, I need to do this on my E90 (after I get the oil pan gasket replaced). This DIY will save me a nice $ (make the pan gasket hurt less).
You made this look so easy. Great job!
Thank You for the video. I just did this job on a 2008 328xi. 2 items to add. First, when re-installing the bolt under the manifold, I couldn't get my big hands to hold the bolt to screw it w/o it falling. What worked perfectly was to put that bolt first into the housing and slide the housing in place. Then you can hold the bolt while using your e10 contraption to screw it in. Second, check the radiator hose (see @ 7:38 in your video) next to the short bolt for failure. As soon as I touched it with my hand it came apart. It saved me from being stuck on the road. The flange costs only $30 and has only 2 10MM bolts. Again, thank you for saving me $1200+!
I recommend getting some Torx wrenches as an alternative to the universal socket. I was actually able to use a 3/8 set for the under-manifold bolt, but I semi-stripped the small troublesome front bolt. So I unbolted the in-the-way coolant hose to get at it better... but of course the hose broke apart inside the housing! (it was 10yrs 170k old ) - so now I need to get a new hose ($15 OE) and coolant. I also ordered some torx wrenches for future use!
Best DIY on this repair I've found. Thanks!
Great video!
I was having issues with oil seeping out of the oil filter while trying to put the housing back on the engine. This led to the gasket constantly getting covered in oil at the bottom. If I were to do it again, I would remove the oil filter entirely before reconnecting the housing.
Why is a gasket covered in oil an issue?
Great video. Thanks for the effort to record it. It's worth mentioning that the filter housing bolts are aluminum one time use bolts. They should be replaced each time you do this job. The sensor you refer to on the housing is the oil pressure sensor. I would also recommend a genuine BMW gasket. The BMW ones have nibs on them to help add pressure against the engine.
Doug Robinson
Thanks
I know a lot of guys reuse these aluminum bolts that are everywhere on BMW engines but they don’t cost that much. Another never do. Never substitute an aluminum bolt with a steel one. The reason aluminum bolts are used on BMW and a lot of other engines with magnesium alloy blocks is called galvanic corrossion. The different metals will react to each other causing them to freeze together. Also many aluminum bolts are made to stretch when torqued. If you reuse them the torque will not be right causing bolts to break or vibrate loose.
satt1313 I was about to make the same comment! You have to replace those bolts. My tensioner assembly didn’t come With one so I went to bmw to get it and it was 9$ well worth loosing that sound!! This is my first bmw and the first bmw I’ve ever attempted to work on. I hate the aluminum bolts
I don't think they are aluminum bolts though.
@@LeppyV No a good way to know if it is aluminum is to use a magnet. Because aluminum is non-magnetic.
@@LeppyV there's a Magnesium valve cover on early E90s.
Using steel bolts on Magnesium is no good.
That's why they use aluminium.
But later ones use steel bolts on cover because it is plastic.
As far as I'm aware you're meant to use aluminium bolts strictly where it will come in contact with Magnesium.
Otherwise, it's fine to use steel bolts on aluminium base.
Well i think if you are using the bolts where they removed from, nothing can happen because its only 22nm. İt can be dangerous to use same high torque tightened bolt due to metal fatique
Just finished this job with my 16 yo on his car. I also had a hell of a time with the one e10 bolt that is closest to the fan, that faces the opposite direction than the other two. When putting the bolt back I used a 5/16th box end wrench that was about 5 inches long and that bolt went back super easy. I’m guessing that taking off using the 5/16 would also make it easier. Thanks again!
Wow what a nice professional and descriptive video ! You just saved a bunch of people thousands of dollars!
Thank you sir and God bless you!
Thank you for this video. I have watched a few and you are the only one as far that showed how to get that last bolt under the manifold without taking unbolting the manifold. My 2013 328i F30 has a front and back gasket but your process is still the same from what i have seen from the other videos. I greatly appreciate your video because i was worried about unbolting the manifold.
Thanks great job awesome video.
Glad it helped and thanks for the kind words!
Well done bro! one concern though is that you put the old aluminum screws back in. they're aluminum screws and should be replaced as well. because once you torque them to spec, they lose their integrity.
Yep these stretch bolts will fail and leak if not replaced. And then you get the privelage of extracting a broken bolt or 3 from your block. Also the fact your top rad hose didn't puke a bunch of coolant is a good sign it was low.
Thanks for this, I was about to just use the same bolts. The replacement kit on fcp euro also includes the Engine Oil Pressure Switch, should I be replacing that as well, if not why would they include that?
@@zackzarechian5271 Yup! I got the exact same kit and replaced it as well. It only makes sense to put the new one. it's a very simple screw on replacement.
Damn I’m so glad I read this rn
@@saulgoodman2538 It's all good, man.
My car is @ the dealership having 3 recalls done. Got the call about this. Quoted me 565. He honestly said it’s a 50 dollar part. Service rep was cool and is aware I do my own work on the car. Glad I came across this video. Was thinking to do this when the winter is over ( I have the 3 series cabriolet) but thanks to this video, looks like I can get this done sooner than later.
Happy to help. Good luck
Do it sooner is better, when that gasket really gets bad it squirts oil on your belt which will pop off and leave you stranded somewhere.
That happen to me yesterday, luckly I was on my block lol.
Just had the shop do this for $580 USD. Wish I had seen this a little sooner! Great vid. Thanks!
Thanks for the great instruction video. I like BMW engineering. But if you're not a DIY mechanic, it can get very expensive to pay a mechanic to service these routine maintenance. But if you're OCD mechanically inclined individual who likes your engine bay clean and are religious about service maintenance, bmw is a perfect car for you! There are much quality info on CZcams such as yours and abundance of parts (although pricey, that's german). And finally, these machines are a blast to drive when they're maintained. I owned my 2009 128i and I do all the work myself.
Dude! This has to be the best method I've seen to complete this job...thanks!!!
Excellent work ! This would of been a good time to replace that plastic flange from coolant hose to cylinder head , those are made from cheap plastic and eventually will brake , upgrade to aluminum flange and youll never have to worry about it. Great job
Thanks for the instruction! I'm glad this is a gasket I can change myself for less than $20!! The dealership changed it once under warranty already and they said it was $600+
They charge that because they charge it as 150$ per hour hour and they charge 3.5Hrs plus Tax and having the car is their parking. I asked for my car and it's 450$ because they had a discount sale but if not about 650$. I'm glad I learned alot in Tech school so I do everything by myself. But I also do mobile service and im honest about all my work.
Well done. I need to do this on my 2011 328i and your video answered all my questions before I begin. Thank you.
I was quoted $970.00 yesterday for this job. Like most other jobs (oil change, brakes, low control arms, etc.) BMW sucks the life out of you. I've NEVER had them do any repairs on my car. I've been doing them ALL - the ones that it has needed until now - for a fraction of the cost. Talk about saving at least 75% in the cost of ownership. Thanks for the video! I will be doing this repair sometime this week.
This is the best video on CZcams about this job man! Great job!!! Thanks man frfr
Cheers.
Great video! Loved the cardboard idea. Recommended to replace the bolts.
Good video man. Very well step by step, easy for anyone to save a lot of money & DIY!
Great video. Went to Turner motorsport for the OEM gasket and they also had new bolts and a recommendation popped up at checkout for a 1/4" swivel E10. Got everything for $55. Thanks again!!!
Update- 1 1/2 hour to do the job taking my time to clean everything. Not sure if already noted but a 8mm box wrench works great for the hard to get to fwd/ bottom bolt next to the coolant hose. I also flipped up the hose clamp with a screwdriver and was able to completely remove the housing to clean.
Exactly 👍
Good job. I ended up using a 8 mm ratchet wrench for the bolt that is closest to the radiator. The bolt under the manifold is not the tough one. It’s the one closer to the radiator
Thanks for the straight forward on how to do. Nice job
Happy to help.
Doing this today! Bought the tools listed in the description. Wish me luck! Thank you for the video!
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How’d it go?
Great vid, thanks. I have yet to work out how to loosen the torx bolt at 7:39 however. Given a standard 1/4" ratchet won't fit in there I am at a loss as to how to loosen it. You can only just fit a socket on there with no ratchet attached.
Feeling pretty good right now. Just did this job in literally about 20 minutes. I'm not exaggerating at all. I used an 8 mm box wrench to get the lower Bolt, and an 8 mm short socket on quarter inch with some long extensions and in universal joint to get the one under the intake manifold. I can't believe all data says this is a 3.7 hour job!
Glad to hear it went well!
It is one of the best compact DIY videos. Thanks! My question is about coolant bleeding (even you replied similar one). Is it required or preferable? I guess it is in case of remaining air inside. If it is inevitable, should I completely drain(bleed) and then fill it up?
This is way better than draining all the fluids thanks bud!
Great DIY - glad I haven't had to do this one yet.
Bro!!!! You literally just saved me 900 buck!!! Thank you! I did remove the coolant fitting. Very carefully, it’s plastic!
Glad it helped
awesome video. thank you. i got this and oil pan gasquet leaking in my car.
You just saved me close to $1200 in labor. This is an amazing video. Doing this on my 128i on my own now. I really love the cardboard trick!
Great video ! Thanks for taking the time on making this video.
I'm up for the challenge on my beamer, thanks your awesome!!
Thank you for the video. This what ill be doing this weekend.
Really nice video. Hopefully could have more DIY video on E90
Thanks man! You’re showing us how to save thousands!
Saved $700. I did this job without removing any of the air intake, fan or manifold. It's all about the tools. I used GEARWRENCH 8mm 12 Point Flex Head Ratcheting Combination Wrench - 9908D
for the bottom screw and thin 10 inch extension with a swivel and a 8mm socket for the screw under the manifold. It's a pain but doable.
Luv the Stepbrothers reference dropped in there!
It's a great car I'm about to do this as preventive maintenance
BMW-E90-HQ it’s been two years since your comment I think it’s time again lol
david guerrero lmao these cars money pits
Is this why I got oil mixing with my coolant?
Do it because u don't want oil sipping to your alternator
Excellent video my dude! Gotta change mine on my 2006 325i thx
Happy to help. Good luck!
I miss my N52. I have the N55 now in my 335i and could not get to the oil cooler bolt by the intake manifold without loosening and sliding the intake manifold off partially. Also, had to remove bunch of the trim by the windshield to get to the nuts on the intake. N52 is so much easier!
Great video and good explanation. Keep up the good work!! You are saving people huge $$$ by the day!
Happy to help!
This happened to my 328i and the oil from the leak contaminated the serpentine belt and tensioner, so following the leak path was important to making a long lasting repair. These items are all close together and can be addressed in one repair event. This is an important repair that owners can "easily" manage with the help of this video.
That’s completely my approach!
Good job. Very good video. So how did you end up taking out that bolt that’s closest to the radiator fan?
The earlier models have another gasket (oil cooler gasket) too
Great video. I strongly suggest covering the alternator with rags - fluids and alternators are a bad mix.
I installed new H7 bulbs today. I'll be doing the oil housing filter and the valve cover gaskets and the spark plug coils next.
Shyne 1337 good luck
Thanks for the great video! Man is that third bolt hard to get to!
You can use a 5/16 socket if you're in a pinch. I did it without damaging the bolts but I would only suggest this if you cant get the e10 socket.
Thank you for yourvideo, ESD. Do i need a torque wrench to ensure each screw is tighten to a certain amount of poundage? Or can i simply torque em' til hand tight? Thanks
Hey bro so just to be sure you used. The 1/4” e10 torx on top of the 1/4” universal swivel on top of a 1/4” locking extension and then you used the 3/8 socket?
Good job man i have to do this on mine 335 hood video thx.
Awesome tutorial! Only piece of advice would be to replace the bolts. They are aluminum bolts that are designed to stretch the first time they are torqued to spec, they're technically single use bolts.
bought new bolts from the dealer- stealer for $28 and oil filter housing gasket for $ 25 from Independent OEM supplier. I did check the price first with the dealer - he wanted$ 254 plus tax for damn gasket- ..... they also quoted me $900 CD to change the gasket. Thanks but No Thank you - after watching this tutorial on u tube i will do it myself. thank you .... p.S. the bolts are inexpensive but since the engine block is aluminum - the bolts cannot be retorqued. ..........+++++ excellent u tube tutorial.... again Thanks
Thanks, I was gonna use the same bolts. The replacement kit on fcp euro also has the Engine Oil Pressure Switch, replace that as well, if not why would they include that?
Drain coolant first if you have the oil cooler and change the gasket as well thats really important
Great vid!
Love the color of the car :)
Not bad my guy. Lots of other methods are much more intense, removing much more parts. This made it look too easy lol. 👍👍👍
Hey thanks for the video, question. Does it have to be a 1/4 inch socket?
dude, how soon would you advise taking care of an issue with the filter housing leaking?
Thx I used your vdo to change it on a bmw e60 2006
Do I need to drain the oil from the filter before any of this? I figured oil would be pouring out of there but it's not.
would i have to drain the coolant or add coolant after the job?? would I also need to add engine oil after the job??
Great video.
Thanks a lot bro.
You rock.
Good job on this video.
I have a 2011 328i that will need oil filter housing gasket replacement -- Do I have to drain the coolant before I start taking it everything apart, or is that not necessary? I do plan to take it to the shop after I do the DIY replacement
So you don't have to drain the coolant/oil? You can just go at it?
Bending upper radiator hose in that way can be dangerous due to possible develop of crack.. how you think about it ?
excellent video bruther! very efficent !
Thank you. You made me feel comfortable heading into this. Would you recommend changing coolant and the oil since in the video that they could mix?
It's not a bad idea to do. Might as well time it with an oil change if you're due.
should I add some gasket sealer along with the new gasket?
do you have a video replacing your valve cover gasket?
Thanks man very useful Video!
Happy to help!
Job took me 5 hours with a 8mm gear wrench tried to use an extension but the space was too tight. A few scratches and back blown out but we saved $500
Do you need to change the micro filters ?
A 5/16" ratchet wrench will get the front bolt off. Yes it's an e-10 torx but the 5/16 12 point will crank it.
You're referring to that really challenging bolt on to get off, correct? About to order this 5/16" ratchet wrench so just want to be sure ! lol
I'm having a lot of trouble with breaking this bolt loose. Is it threaded the same as the others? (Righty tighty)?
Hi, I tried this method and ended up stripping the bolt, searched on internet and it seems that I am not the first one
Ok if it appears to tight, tap it with a hammer, of course not to hard, to help it break loose. If it does break grind it down, center tap and drill a starter hole. A right sizesed screw remover should get it out. If all else fails remove and replace engine.
Also, tap the bolt a few times before drilling a stripped bolt. This will increase your chances to get it out with the screw remover. If screw remover does not work drill the head off with reverse working drill and center drill deeper with a smaller reverse working drill bit. You should be able to easy out your bolt at this point.
did you replace the oil cooler gasket too?
will the gasket in the description fit 2011 E90 328xi? Amazon states that it doesnt
can you list all the tools that you used?
Hi. did you had to drain out the oil.
Do you need to take off the hose? I noticed you didn’t. Not sure if it’s a big deal.
I changed mine and its still leaking. Everything in place and torqued properly. Is there something else i needed to change? This my second time changing it
Good video man!
If you're stuck and don't have the socket suggested in this video use 1/4 inch 5/16 12 point with a universal quarter-inch and 6 inch quarter-inch extension or you can use an 8 millimeter 12 point shallow socket all the socket should be shallow just when using do it very slow and make sure you keep your hand on the socket to make sure it doesn't slip if you feel any slipping and it is still seated properly wait for the correct tool