[Sealevel]

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Originally posted by dennis

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Seems like you may have skipped some steps prior to this. The filter is located inside a canister for which, as I understand from previous threads, you need a 13 mm wrench to open the canister, which is accessible from the top.
The rest of your instructions seem complicated, especially since I was given a pleated filter insert with a "O" ring seal. Oddly enough, the part number of the pleated filter is 11 42 7 509 208 compared with the number labelled on the box which is (correctly) 11 42 7 512 446.
Something isn't right here.

see posts by Juanello and Sealevel here:
http://www.mini2.com/forum/showthrea...t=oil+filt er

dennis--the wrench or socket needed to remove the canister is 36mm, the largest 1/2" drive socket commonly stocked, for one of the smallest cars on the road! frails description doesn't quite match the experience I had either, so I'm also now a little confused about what, if any, changes have occurred. My impression of the tube he describes is that it was part of the canister itself. It didn't come off with the old filter element, or during the "pre-fit" of the filter to enlarge the holes in the ends. The filter part # on my receipt and the box was the one you list that ends with 446, and I recall confirming it on the filter itself. The filter element I used matched your description though. About the complicated instructions, I can tell you it's indeed hard to describe, but becomes clear when you do it, noting how the old filter was intalled before removing it from the canister. And until The New Answer emerges, obviously it's necessary to call a MINI parts department for the story on the filter # discrepancy and verify you indeed have the right part before getting started.