Here is the second deviation from the standard BMW process.
While BMW requires you to remove the bracket shown below, I did not do that because there are two oil filters that can be used.
The "short" one p/n 11 42 7 673 541 does not require you to remove the bracket (that is the one shown)
The "long" one p/n 11 42 7 721 779 does require, and what I did was just to loosen the three bolts enough to gain enough space to spin on the filter, will need to do the same when you remove it
For reference - the 3 T45 bolts to remove are shown*
If you do need to remove/loosen them you will also need a 13mm wrench tha holds the bolts in place on the back side.
Once the majority of the oil has come out of the filter, remove the filter and clean off the oil on the mounting area for the new filter.
Shop Tip - to facilitate the removal of the filter lifting the it up is better than trying to get it to drop down and out. Also on installation of the new filter it drops down and in
Please note from the image below that the rubber o-ring from the original filter stayed stuck on the engine block.
At this point the engine block has been drained, the oil tank has been drained and the oil filter has been removed and replaced.
The refilling process is done in 3 stages:
Stage 1 brings the oil tank to register full on the dip stick - Don't forget to put the screen back in if you used an extraction device
Stage 2 fills the engine by turning on the motor and running it for 20 seconds
Stage 3 completes the fill by putting in the rest of the recommended oil amount then going for a short test ride and checking the oil level and adding additional oil (if needed) to bring the level to recommended requirement.
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