So last year I changed the oil and filter.
Bmw filter # 1142 7 721 779 03 Made in Austria
Then the filters changed and made in Brazil and they had issues with them I was told. So then I heard they changed the filter design which kinda looks like the original one I had except for the inside.
The 1142 7 721 779 04 filter made in Brazil had the recall. MIne was Austria ending in 03 which was fine. Seems production of the filters has gone to Brazil now.
New part # 1142 5 B70 298 Made in Brazil still.
Top of the inside looks like the old one I took off but looking at the inside there is just a Spring.
The old one had a cap on the spring.
Anyone notice this? Lot of changes to a filter in 1 year.
Newest filter
Old filter
Side by side
Bmw filter # 1142 7 721 779 03 Made in Austria
Then the filters changed and made in Brazil and they had issues with them I was told. So then I heard they changed the filter design which kinda looks like the original one I had except for the inside.
The 1142 7 721 779 04 filter made in Brazil had the recall. MIne was Austria ending in 03 which was fine. Seems production of the filters has gone to Brazil now.
New part # 1142 5 B70 298 Made in Brazil still.
Top of the inside looks like the old one I took off but looking at the inside there is just a Spring.
The old one had a cap on the spring.
Anyone notice this? Lot of changes to a filter in 1 year.
Newest filter
Old filter
Side by side