1974 R60/6 oil filter

[ARC8ECT]

Good morning.

I am changing the oil and was wondering the following. When I pulled the oil filter there was no gaskets or anything. So my a filter labeled OX37 and the cover of the oil filter door had a little rubber gasket.

So my question is the following. Should there be another little rubber gasket on the inner / other end of the filter I pulled out that didn’t come out? Does this filter come with two rubber ring like things on both ends? Do I need to look for that rubber piece . Is it stuck inside ?


The filter I purchased is OX37-D and it’s that two part filter and it came with many seals and rings. Did I purchase the wrong filter or I can use the filter without the seals and rings.

[schrader7032]

I've not actually done a filter change on a /6, but there should be a rubber ring on the far end of the filter. It looks like there is something round and black deep inside the canister area...can you use a coat hanger or something and hook that...see if it comes out.

[weh8127]

The /5 and/6 used the same filter. When the /5 was introduced the filter came with two separate O rings, one to slip onto the pipe behind and in front of the filter. When you changed the filter you had to fish out the old O ring behind the filter which was a pain. BMW soon changed to a filter that incorporated seals an the filter itself as seen here https://vintagebeemerparts.com/vintage- ... 1-337-572/ . It looks lime your bike still has old stuff in it. Use this filter and the only extra gasket you need is for the door itself. Take a close look and make sure there are no old O rings left behind.

[r67boxer]

I just changed the oil on my R80/7 and both rubber sealing rings came off the filter. One at the far end and the other on the cover plate. To remove the one inside the chamber I made a small wire hook out of a coat hanger. I bent the end at a right angle (2mm) and sharpened the tip with a file. Removing the inner sealing ring was then quite easy with my handy dandy tool.

Kevin

[schrader7032]

I don't think the D has any special designation. As for the inner bolt torque, Snowbum mentions 15 ft-lbs, but also says that's too high for him. It's a steel bolt into the steel pipe, so probably little danger in stripping. I usually feel what something is like coming off...then try and repeat that same feel going on.

[srankin]

15 ft/lbs can be the max torque. I set torque on bolts in stages. in this case I start at 5, then 10 then 15. If 10 "feels" right, perhaps stop there or go up one ft/lb increments. Does this make sense? St.

[chrishea]

On some of the other forums, it’s been noted that the rubber gaskets have been coming off the filters upon removal. That’s what happened here.

We all need to get into the routine of looking in the oil filter cavity to check for stray gaskets.

The short filter (two types, non-hinged and hinged) is used in all the non-oil cooler bikes. There needs to be a gasket on both ends.

The long filter is used in the oil cooler bikes. Only hinged. The long filter only has a gasket at one end, the end with the gasket goes inside the filter cavity.

[ARC8ECT]

Thank you everyone. All done