Hey Guys just got the oil changed on my X5M. Just wanted to make a DIY since I didnt see one.
Difficulty: 1/10 Ultra easy if you can put gas in your car and can turn a wrench you can do this.
Tools:
18mm Hex bit Socket
86mm 16 flute oil filter wrench.
Torque Wrench
9 bottles of oil
1 oilfilter kit.
First Things First. Drive your car for a bit until your oil temp gauge is at least at the first dot. If you need to ask how to do this stop and go to the dealer.
Next get your car on some ramps, like so:
Now go under your car, be careful of hot components.
And locate where you see something like this: Should be at the front of the car maybe 2 feet back from the bumper.
If you cant find this stop right here and go to the dealer.
The bolt inside the blue circle if the drain bolt (18mm hex)
The black cylinder looking thing inside the red circle is the oil filter housing.
Closeup of oil filter housing
Get whatever you are going to catch your oil in and remove the drain bolt. Oil should start pouring out.
After it slows down remove the oil filter housing (86mm 16 flute)
there will be some oil in the housing so be careful try to catch as much of it as possible.
The oil filter is "snapped" into the housing. Just pry up it will come off eventually. Now clean the inside of the housing out. Use a papertowl or whatever you want, doesnt matter too much.
Now look inside your new oil filter kit. You should have a package of seals. You should see a large rubber ring inside your package. Replace the seal at the bottom of the threads on your oil filter housing with this new one. Make sure you wet the seal really well with new oil before replacing it. You should also see a large copper washer. This is the crush washer for the drain bolt. Make sure you remove the old one from the drain bolt, sometimes they get stuck on, and replace it with the new one.
Now "snap" the new filter back onto the housing. This side down:
Make sure it snaps. It will make a sound when it does. Its obvious.
Now put the drain bolt back in. The torque is 40nm.
You want to saturate the new filter a bit so there is less oil starvation when you first start the engine. This is easy just pour about a half bottle around the oil filter in between the edge of the filter and the housing itself. NOT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
Put the filter housing back into the car. Torque on this is 30nm initial back 180deg final torque 40nm. Or just use your hands and get it back on as tight as you can get it. It should tighten a bit when it heats up anyway.
Now you already have .5qt in the car because you poured some into the oil filter housing. Now fill another 8qt in through the top.
Take the car off the ramps and idle it at around 1500RPM's for about 5 mins. Check the engine oil level in iDrive. If it shows up as half way between the min and max lines. Add the rest of the .5qt after you turn the car off otherwise if it is already at max. You're all done. Take it out for a spin and come back and check for leaks.