Easiest oil change ever

[etcetera]

I've changed oil on every car/truck I've owned, which is something like 50 vehicles. So far my 525i was the easiest. No need to jack up the car, or even crawl under it. I pulled the bolt out and let the oil drain from the filter. Changing O-rings adds a bit but being able to do the job without spilling a drop and without crawling under the car makes up for it.

Just thought I'd share

[markus]

i agree. BMW made the filter easy to get to and the drain plug is easy. im pretty sure on my 540 i can be able to get the drain plug without even jacking the car up. my driveway has a little big ot an incline before it levels out so all i really need to do is just back it up and crawl under there. hopefully my drain pain will fit.

i used to work at one of those quick lube places and let me tell you. the german cars (besides VW) were always the easiest to get to. Mercedes are the same way but u need a special socket to remove the filter assembly the proper way. or use a rag and a pait of oil filter pliers. american cars are the worst. particuarly the ford V8s. Those damn filters are burried in there.

[BillionPa]

my car is lowered, so i need ramps to fit the drain pan under there... but i didnt before it was lowered!

[Paul in NZ]

my 535 with m tech suspension isnt quite high enough to get under there to get the bolt out,but if you know where it i you can just get it out.Sometimes i get the jack just to raise the car a few inches.The oill filter is gret though.

[Phatty5BMW]

I love changin the oil in the bimmers. Just changed my intrepid 3.5 ..... how you supposed to fill that filter and get it in there.... its like a 20 degree angle.... makes me more appreciative of my 535 every day i drive some other p.o.s.

Pat

[John B.]

I used to hate changing the filter on my 2nd wife's early 90s Honda Civic. It was up behind the engine inaccessible from above & loved to spill its contents all over the exhaust. Back then I was still crawling around under cars, nowadays they all go up on the lift so oil changes are a breeze even on my daughter's Sentra.

[BillionPa]

20 degree eh, well a nissan murano is on a 90 degree angle!!

no use in filling that sucker.

[ryan roopnarine]

i hate to rain on people's parade, but i think that doing an oil change on the e34 sucks compared to ford's vulcan motor. i can do one of those in 15 minutes without spilling a drop of oil, whereas the e34 likes to dribble in 270 degrees for about a foot around, and takes me near an hour (including soaking a new filter in oil in a ziploc, cleaning all of the removed components like can lid, drainplug, et cetera with carb cleaner). perhaps it is because the sump is so big, that the wind gets a chance to blow more of it around. the only thing the e34 has going for it IMHO is that you can stick a bag under a cartridge easier than you can a spin on to avoid a mess.

[etcetera]

You just need a bigger oil pan...

My 01 250 V10 wasn't too bad. It was lifted so you could almost sit under it. Still spilled oil though.

Isn't the vulcan the V6? I had a 3.0 ranger that was OK, although my memories of changing it are fading. My 5.4 150 sucked.