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Yes, the plastic bit that the filter attaches to was still there. Checking after doing the oil chance that housing that has the oil filter had new oil going into it, so not sure if it’s that.

Double checked there was no o ring, and replaced it with the old o ring and filter to see if that would fix but wasn’t that. Wish me luck though, hopefully the garage doesn’t try to scam me.

Thanks for this. Just ended up bringing it to a garage as fault codes didn’t make much sense. : 2A82 – Intake VANOS fault * 2F71 – DME (engine ECU) plausibility/communication-related fault, often logged when the engine cannot control VANOS correctly or stalls. * 2F9E – Usually associated with...

Hi all, I’m posting this partly to get some thoughts while I wait for a mechanic, but also to share my experience in case it helps someone else. I’ve got a 2010 BMW Z4 E89 sDrive23i, which was running perfectly before today — no warning lights, no rough running, nothing. Today I did an oil...