so whats better metal end oil plastic filters?

[markus]

just oredered another liter or ate super blue and an oil filter. i decided to go with a metal ended one because i can always pull out the plastic support correct? its a mahle one if that matters. i have no idea which one the car has in it now.

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

was some kind of molded plastic ended one from Mann.

it worked the same, but I don't have that plastic do-dad adapter.

[Tiger]

Plastic... the redesigned it because of loss of oil pressure upon startup. That insert keeps oil in the filter rather than to let them drain out. I still have one metal filter that I bought by mistake... u want it?

[Alexlind123]

You forgot wooden.

[icehole2001]

They are interchangeable?

[BillionPa]

no. the metal ones WILL NOT fit in the oil filter container designed for plastic filters.

[icehole2001]

Will a plastic fit on a orig metal?

[BillionPa]

no, the entire canister was redesigned.

[632 Regal]

its just an insert that can be removed for the metal end filters.
no, the entire canister was redesigned.

[John B.]

So when did this all take place? What should I expect to find in our new 95 525iT? I was planning on dumping the oil this weekend & have a Napa filter with metal ends. Should I wait until the filters I ordered from BMA arrive & just return this one?

[632 Regal]

it really matters if it was upgraded with the plastic insert. unscrew the top of the filter and see which kind you have, nothing to leak out or anything.
So when did this all take place? What should I expect to find in our new 95 525iT? I was planning on dumping the oil this weekend & have a Napa filter with metal ends. Should I wait until the filters I ordered from BMA arrive & just return this one?

[Tiger]

For 540i engines, you can buy the plastic insert that goes on that middle tube and then you can start using that plastic top filters.

[John B.]

Has anyone here had a problem when using the metal ones?