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02-28-2015, 08:48 AM | #1 |
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Does every oil service include changing microfilter?
Went to dealer today with F10 520d. Booked for oil service.
After checking my key I was told that microfilter should be changed otherwise they will not reset oil service indication. When I looked at my service booklet, they have changed microfilter on every single oil service. So price doubled up with adding microfilter. What is the experience of others? On e9x it was changed on every other oil service. Is it excessive service requirement? Something which bmw changed with F-series?
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The user manual states that the oil service and microfilter are changed together. The air filter and fuel filter are changed every second oil service.
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Still confused though? So micro filter should be changed on every other service? Looking at my service history, it has been changed on every oil service. Oil change with filter was £150 and then micro filter alone was £150 with labour. Looking at dashcam video, technician hardly spent 30 minutes doing both jobs. He did not follow the correct procedure which states that; - Front bumper should be covered with protection sheet -Air filter and plastic trim underneath should be removed to access oil filter. He left it floating and connected to air hose. -Used normal water to top up coolant! -Used normal water to top up screen washer! No wonder why our screen washers get clogged! And best part, they could not reset oil service light and were after another £100 to diagnose it. Other than that, customer service was brilliant. I inquire about bmw performance kit. I was quoted £950 for kit and similar price for installation. So, £1800 performance kit which consist of - new ecu - intercooler - bigger air duct And thats it. Manager was honest enough to say that if your car is out of warranty then why dont you try local remapper.
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1st service = Oil and Micro filters 2nd service = Oil, Micro, Fuel and Air filters 3rd service = as first service etc. In my user manual this is explained under "Maintenance" from page 210 £150 for oil service seems pretty standard for BMW but £150 in addition to change the microfilters (I think there are 2) seems expensive. The filters though appear much more expensive than the e90 filters which are cheap now and a breeze to change. There is a DIY on changing the F10 cabinet filter (link below). My car came with a 5 year / 60k service package so I can at least avoid being ripped off for another 2.5 years or 40k miles. http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=768047
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I looked at that DIY long time ago and dont mind changing it. BMW said that they will not reset the oil service which can be done easily. I wanted to keep bmw service history so paid that. Next service is due in 1 -2 year so I will be taking it to independent as its out of warranty now. Cheers
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Used to infuriate me with my E39 530i Touring that they'd change the Microfilters w/o asking - dead easy to lift the covers, de-dust energetically and replace in 5 mins ... really only needed changing every 3rd time ....
Can they really refuse to reset the Service Indicator for this ? Sounds like an excellent idea to leave the Camera running & expose their shoddy working practices !
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I bet service pack works out cheaper. Quote:
Its money making scheme. Do you really need to change cabin filter every 15K miles? Come on, UK roads are not that polluted compared to many other countries. And charging £150 for a filter which is hardly £40-50.... re: Dashcam, I was not cheeky. I have dashcam which records if there is any movement when car is parked. So technician moving in front of my car means, it was being recorded. Good to see how work is done on your car.
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Hi guy's,
I am new to this forum after acquiring a 2011 530D. I need a brake fluid and vehicle inspection this service, even though just had the 120 point AUC check mid Jan with fresh MOT. I'm wondering if BMW will waive that? The oil service is due in 4900 miles so I'm thinking of changing early as it has travelled 16000 miles since the last and change the air-filter as the car has touched on 70000 miles now. Would you guys say changing the fuel filter is required regularly and with all this work, do you think BMW could give a discount if I ring a few. I just want to make the car last for the long haul and thinking that the current oil change periods aren't really ideal. I know this will cost me £££££££ but opinions welcomed. |
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My view is that there is nothing wrong with the oil change intervals calculated by the CBS, when using modern BMW spec oil. Others will disagree. I kept rigidly to the 20k miles or so change intervals on my recently sold e90 330d and drove 180k miles in it without issue.
Fuel and air filters are changed every alternate oil change according to the service schedule. I wouldn't expect to be paying for a service of any kind within a few weeks of buying an AUC car. |
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The oil change will be due in 3-4 months anyhow and I just want to dream about trying to get the close to your mileage (brilliant)' but stick to the CBS if it works for the majority. |
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Don't blame you for using that at all |
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Get a print out of it. Then go https://www.bmw-service.co.uk/ Put your car reg and see what price you get for the jobs you need to get done. And request it via website. Some dealers give you price more than that website.
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I just put my details in and brake fluid is coming up as £51 assume it's including VAT. Obviously a lot lower than BMW-Williams quote of £87. Does that mean I should tell them and they will match it? Or is it at the dealers discretion? CHEERS UP |
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I did it twice and never heard from the dealers as they hate this website. So I rang my dealer and mentioned that I requested twice. They apologized and said system might be down and booked me on the basis of the price mentioned on the website. Your dealer should price match that.
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That is correct. It takes 2 minutes to do that yourself, but since its dealer, so 1 minute = £10.
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The micro filter thing really annoys me and makes otherwise reasonable servicing costs very expensive.
I am fairly sure that it is NOT necessary to replace it at EVERY oil service - the BMW Service website even quotes for an oil service WITHOUT microfilter yet the dealers seem to disagree. If it really does need doing every time then why does the BMW website provide a quote for a service that the car will never have - oil service w/o microfilter? |
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He said that he could do oil service only and stamp the book but they will not reset the oil service light. To reset oil service light they have to change the filtre as well. That is not convincing and I let them do both. But for next time, I will get oil serviced from them and get the book stamped. Will do filtre myself and reset of computer takes less than 2 minutes. I do not mind paying £150 for oil change which should cost £50-60. And that is to keep bmw stamp in the book however £300 for oil change with mandatory cabin filtre change is money making strategy.
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