OEM BMW Oil Filters

The oil filter in your BMW vehicle plays an important part in protecting your engine from harm and serious performance issues. Without your oil filter, pollutants would build up on your engine parts and lead to trouble. That's why your car or SUV was shipped from the BMW factory with one already in place.

The oil filter removes impurities from the motor oil, ensuring that clean oil runs through your engine to lubricate the many moving parts. Eventually, though, even the best oil filters will get so clogged or degraded that they can't perform their role properly. You'll want to replace yours before this happens.

How to Tell Your Oil Filter Needs Changing

Fortunately, there are signs and symptoms to warn you that your oil filter is beginning to go bad. These include:

• Diminished engine performance
• Metallic sounds coming from the engine
• You spot dirty smoke coming out of your exhaust
• The oil pressure dash light comes on

How Often to Replace Your Oil Filter

Your recommended oil filter change schedule depends on your model year, so follow the maintenance schedule detailed in your owner's manual. In general, though, you should plan on changing it every 10,000 miles, or every or time you change the motor oil. When you do buy a new oil filter, though, make sure to choose the best one for your vehicle. That means choosing genuine BMW, since they're the only oil filters that are guaranteed to be compatible with your engine. That ensures the proper gasket seal that you need. Find yours in our online auto parts inventory. Buy today and we'll ship your order right to your front door!