[yeezy]

Wanted to see if this was common place but when going to a dealer for an oil change do they typically use an after market filter?

My car's maintenance program just ended so i figured i'd do the oil change myself that's when i discovered the after market filter. I would have assumed going to BMW dealer would be BMW parts given the price tag.

[nioh_lbbm2]

what brand did you receive? Any BMW dealer would be using BMW only parts.

for the oil filter MANN = OEM

[nebrilon]

What he said. Also, did you talk to the manager about it?

[E92inPHX]

It may have to do with contracts. At the dealership I used to work for if you bought a prepaid maintenance plan your oil changes came with Penzoil and if you paid it was Mobil 1.

[BMWCCA1]

Originally Posted by E92inPHX

It may have to do with contracts. At the dealership I used to work for if you bought a prepaid maintenance plan your oil changes came with Penzoil and if you paid it was Mobil 1.

I'm betting that wasn't a BMW dealership.

[yeezy]

Unless the filter possibly changed over the years, and honestly i'm not 100% familiar with the oil filter and brand and etc.

Reason i'm saying it was after market was because when i did my own oil change the filter i purchased was from the BMW dealer and it was visibly different than the filter that was already in the vehicle. Also required a different key to open the filter plug when letting the oil drain from the filter.

I didn't bring it up to dealer because I didn't notice this issue until the next oil change was due. Wanted to see if anyone else was experiencing something similar. There's the change that the filter i purchased from the dealer was the aftermarket one, i just know they were clearly not the same.

[E92inPHX]

Originally Posted by BMWCCA1

I'm betting that wasn't a BMW dealership.

Mercedes

[spielnicht]

It's not uncommon for you to receive a BMW filter from a Mann-filter batch without a BMW logo stamped on it.