Oil filter housing gasket question

[Bmac]

Anyone have any experience with these gaskets from FCPEuro? They're way cheaper than BMW gaskets, but I don't know if they are the same quality? I don't mind paying for OEM if the quality is better, but wondering if it's worth the extra cash.

https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw-oil-filter-housing-gasket-kit-11428637821kt

 

[camberadam]

For OFH you should be fine; if it were a rear/front main seal I'd stick to OEM. I've used that brand on my GF's 328 & my mini cooper commuter w/o issue.

 

[doublespaces]

May as well give some of the after market stuff a shot. A lot of it is decent stuff and sometimes exactly the same.

 

[PaulKendall]

I used a rienz gasket when I did my ofh. I have only put about 12k miles on it but it's holding up so far.

 

[1and1]

Nifty thing is that kit costs roughly the same as the two OEM gaskets I purchased (~$60), but it includes new bolts and the oil pressure switch

 

[PaulKendall]

Yea I bought just the gaskets and didn't mess with all that other crap..

 

[zmon1300]

Im not sure if this applies to OFH gasket or not . But I am good friends with a BMW Tech and he says he has cars come in all the time with aftermarket oil filters and the aftermarket O-rings break and he's actually seen it get eaten up by the motor and motor took a shit. I would just get OEM for something like this. You don't want the gasket to break or destroy anything else..Oil flow is pretty damn important for these cars lol. To each their own tho! Let us know how it goes if you decide to go with aftermarket!

 

[dyezak]

Im not sure if this applies to OFH gasket or not . But I am good friends with a BMW Tech and he says he has cars come in all the time with aftermarket oil filters and the aftermarket O-rings break and he's actually seen it get eaten up by the motor and motor took a shit. I would just get OEM for something like this. You don't want the gasket to break or destroy anything else..Oil flow is pretty damn important for these cars lol. To each their own tho! Let us know how it goes if you decide to go with aftermarket!

Have you done an OFH gasket? That's an impossibility with the way BMW designed the housing. It's possible in other designs, but not this one. I've actually seen someone (successfully) seal the OFH with nothing but RTV so I wouldn't have a problem putting an off brand gasket on my car.

 

[zmon1300]

I have changed the gasket by myself before. I'm just paranoid with this car LOL and all of its "issues".

 

[Bmac]

I'll probably just go with OEM. It's not that much more.

 

[Stück]

Avoid Victor Reinz whenever possible as a general rule. They do not manufacture quality gaskets and seals.

The OFHG on these engines should always be OE BMW, nothing else will hold up long term.

 

[Bmwfixerguy1]

Avoid Victor Reinz whenever possible as a general rule. They do not manufacture quality gaskets and seals.

The OFHG on these engines should always be OE BMW, nothing else will hold up long term.

Haha I don't mean to laugh at you but you know that victornreinz

 

[Bmwfixerguy1]

Haha I don't mean to laugh at you but you know that victornreinz

Sorry sent when I didn't want to. Basically what I was saying is that Victor reinz is the oes in a lot of cases lol.. So yes we know bmw gaskets are shit

 

[langsbr]

As long as it's OE, I wouldn't worry. https://www.fcpeuro.com/page/oe-academy