Great write up! Thanks for taking the time and sharing!

Good stuff! I am looking to do the same this next week or so. Thanks for making that much easier! :D

Great work MP. Thanks for giving confidence to the rest of us! :thumbsup:

Great write up there! Quick question though -- does this reset your iDrive for the service/oil change required message??? I realize you did this in between reccomended oil changes [kudos to you for that, btw], but I wonder if that would change the interval of time you would need between your next "due" oil change? I guess to answer this you would have to know if the iDrive senses oil quality or simply mileage [in which case it would not change].....

No I don't think so, when the 'oil service required' message comes up merely changing the oil will not reset the interval....... that, I am sure requires some sort deliberate electronic reset at the dealer.

Phill...great write up and DIY pics!

So, just how dirty was the old oil?

Hey guys wass' up, Question: I too have a 530 (2006 M.Y.) and I also have an older Toyota camry (please don't castigate me for having th b*lls to mention the word "camry" in this discussion) but if the oil filter is located on the top of the engine on my 06' like it is on your 05', then what I would do is let the car sit unused for a couple of hours, which I assume would allow all the oil to drain from the filter, then when I go to remove it, there will be no oil spillage. This is what I used to do all of the time with my Camry which also has the oil filter positioned on top of the motor. Changing the oil in that car took me five minutes with my eyes closed! I hope this one will be just as easy, looks like it will.

Seems pretty dirty to me....but with no dipstick for periodic checks, who the hell knows how long it takes to look like that. :D

I don't know if the 530 is like my 535 but the oil did not drain from the filter until I unscrewed it...which I thought was weird, so keep the drain plug open & pan in place until you do that part, just in case.

did you allow the car to sit idle for a couple of hours before unscrewing the filter? If you do not start the engine for a few hours, then unscrew the filter, there should not be any oil in it to spill out because it will all have drained down to the pan, if you start the engine, even for a minute, you will restart the circulation process again and oil will be carried right back up to the filter again, which is what we are trying to avoid. I just like to do things as neat and clean as possible, and this was something I found to be very useful on my Toyota. But anyway, let me ask you: I noticed what looks like a torque setting on the filter housing, do you know if it applies to the filter housing, and if so, did you use it and how? I've never seen a torque wrench that could be used to tighten something like that