Where to buy filters for servicing?

bigbru · 19-02-2007 10:17pm #1

Lads,

I was wondering where best to buy filters for servicing the motor ('02 320d) - oil, air, fuel, pollen filters?
Joe Duffy's was a bit steep the last time I bought them there.

Cheers

Max_Damage · 19-02-2007 11:09pm

bigbru wrote:

Lads,

I was wondering where best to buy filters for servicing the motor ('02 320d) - oil, air, fuel, pollen filters?
Joe Duffy's was a bit steep the last time I bought them there.

Cheers

Pretty much any motor factors should have them. I get nearly of of my stuff for servicing the car from East Coast Motors in Greenhills, Tallaght. Ph. 01-4521646. I find them to be quite good.

Seth Brundle · 19-02-2007 11:15pm

I recently read that many non-OEM filters contain about 1/3 of the paper compared to OEM filters

crosstownk · 19-02-2007 11:23pm

kbannon wrote:

I recently read that many non-OEM filters contain about 1/3 of the paper compared to OEM filters

When I had the 'pleasure' of working at MDL one of the guys took apart a spurious filter and an OEM filter for a golf (MkII). A lot, lot less filter material in the spurious. The strange thing is that the spurious filter was a Mann filter. Mann are part of VWs commercial division:eek:

JHMEG · 19-02-2007 11:40pm

If quality is your #1 concern: any main dealer
If price is your #1 concern: any motor factors

Except oil. Good oils can be had at motor factors in 5L cans, instead of 1L bottles from the main dealer.

maidhc · 19-02-2007 11:45pm

JHMEG wrote:

If quality is your #1 concern: any main dealer
If price is your #1 concern: any motor factors

Indeed. OEM filters are cheap as chips anyway.

kaizersoze123 · 20-02-2007 9:19am

Will main dealers sell you the filters over the counter? i.e. they wont say..you have to get them fitted by us too...?

Seth Brundle · 20-02-2007 9:28am

Main dealers will sell most stock over the counter.
Get your part numbers on www.realoem.com/bmw/select.do - just enter the last 7 digits of your chassis number and bob's your mothers brother!

bigbru · 20-02-2007 10:25am

So the aftermarket OEM filters like Mann and Hengst aren't as good as the ones you buy in the BMW dealer?

conor_mc · 20-02-2007 10:32am

Never used them myself, but you could try Otto who are a specialist german car motor factors. They're located behind the Ford garage on the Airton Rd in Tallaght.

bigbru · 20-02-2007 10:39am

For the sake of a few quid, I think I'll buy them at the main dealer again.

Anyone know how often you need to change a diesel fuel filter?
If I don't need to change it, I won't.

Kimbot · 20-02-2007 10:41am

Goto GSFCarparts!!

http://www.gsfcarparts.com/

Cheap and cheerful!!

Where to buy filters for servicing?

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