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Hello,
I am trying to do my first oil change on the MINI:
2004 MINI Cooper, Manual
1500 Miles on it.
I took the filter housing off and I was shocked to see a filter in there that doesn't really look like the one that I got from my MINI Dealership service center yesterday. The filter I got from the MINI dealership does look identical to the one in the "Oil Change - How-to" which i was following.
The filter that came with the car that was in the housing has rubber top and bottom instead of paper/foam type on the replacement. Also once the filter was removed there was still a black mesh blastic cylinder left inside the housing. It is held in place in the filter housing by a spring arangement of some sort. None of this is seen in the pictures or discussed in the how to.
So my question is, is this a 2004 change? What do I do about this? should I just slide the new filter on top of the existing plastic mesh housing or what?
Please someone respond as my car is sitting on the jacks and i have no idea how to proceed. Thanks!!
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