[khyle2112]

Good day everyone. I’m new to forum so please forgive me if this isn’t the right thread. I recently did an oil change on my F32 and ever since then I have been having issues with oil leaking from the filter cartridge housing or “cap”. It almost looks as if there was too much pressure or too high temps and the o ring expands creating an opening for oil to leak out. I’ve already replaced said O-rings twice and I still have the same issue. One thing to note is that at the time, I used liquid moly 5w-30 instead of what I had previously used, BMW’s own 0W-20 which has led me to believe that maybe the oil viscosity is too high building up an excess of pressure. I would really appreciate some general advice if this has ever happened to anyone else and If you recommend me something to do to fix this issue. Thank you in advance.

[F32Fleet]

Looks like the gasket was not placed in the correct groove on the oil filter cap.

It goes in the blue groove.

[khyle2112]

F32Fleet oh jeez I did not think that would be the issue at all! You’ve saved me from countless headaches, thank you so much!

[Orion4]

Bingo!! You're not the 1st to do that!

[khyle2112]

Haha, i never would have thought that played a role in the leak. lost a decent amount of oil trying to figure it out. Now i just have to clean the ever living heck out of the engine since it’s caked in oil