Oil filter

sackings · 09-24-2023, 01:08 PM

Does anyone knows if these oil filters are real or fake?

ClutchFC · 09-25-2023, 07:43 PM

Look genuine to me. What has you thinking they might not be real?

richardodn · 09-25-2023, 09:24 PM

Mann is an OE supplier to BMW. It's not surprising to see their name on the filter.

sackings · 09-26-2023, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ClutchFC

Look genuine to me. What has you thinking they might not be real?

The part numbers are different on the boxes if you look at them carefully. The QR code on the boxes look different. The brand logos on the boxes look different. The wording prints on the filters are different.

Opie55 · 09-26-2023, 08:41 AM

The part number thing is really odd. Which is the real part number? If one is a fake, I'm guessing the left (bottom) one.

Opie55 · 09-26-2023, 08:50 AM

953 appears to be the real number. So I guessed wrong.

deyrag · 09-26-2023, 12:28 PM

What I have sitting on the shelf
BMW filter purchased from FCPEuro - filter exactly matches the top one but p/n on box = 11427 953 129
Mann filter, also purchased from FCPEuro - filter mostly same as lower one, except for lack of BMW logo and p/n

slowblackx3f25 · 09-26-2023, 01:33 PM

just buy the MANN FILTER HU 816X , been using this in my x3 (2017), no issues, the cost I pay is CAD$14.50)

ClutchFC · 09-26-2023, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by sackings

The part numbers are different on the boxes if you look at them carefully. The QR code on the boxes look different. The brand logos on the boxes look different. The wording prints on the filters are different.

I noticed that too but they appear genuine, and like the others mentioned MANN is OE, or in other words, genuine. I did noticed after a quick DuckDuckGo search, 953 pulls up a lot more results than the 593 one. Why that is, idk. Where did you purchase them from?

sackings · 09-26-2023, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ClutchFC

I noticed that too but they appear genuine, and like the others mentioned MANN is OE, or in other words, genuine. I did noticed after a quick DuckDuckGo search, 953 pulls up a lot more results than the 593 one. Why that is, idk. Where did you purchase them from?

I purchased both of them from Amazon. Could they be both fake?

slowblackx3f25 · 09-27-2023, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by sackings

I purchased both of them from Amazon. Could they be both fake?

I would not buy car parts from Amazon... usually marked up...

ClutchFC · 09-27-2023, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by slowblackx3f25

I would not buy car parts from Amazon... usually marked up...

+2. If it was Amazon, then yeah I would suspect possible fake. I can't put much trust into Amazon but that's just me

tracer bullet · 09-28-2023, 11:50 AM

I've seen the same on Amazon. They are probably real, but it's easy enough to fake those things and happens so often I decided not to trust them. I buy from the Mann vendor directly for barely an more money and then feel 100% sure they are real.

pungo · 09-28-2023, 06:32 PM

The problem with the counterfeit ones is they don't filter very well and allow lager particles through, sure better than no filter, but not even close to meeting the filter specs of a legitimate one.

https://youtu.be/P4sBYVBoWBw?si=iJ9FBar5kcuv2qwF

09-24-2023, 01:08 PM	#1
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richardodn First Lieutenant 160 Rep 349 Posts Drives: '12 X3 35iX/'20 440ix cabrio Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Denver, CO iTrader: (0)	Mann is an OE supplier to BMW. It's not surprising to see their name on the filter. __________________ 1986 Delphin 528e - Roof rack equipped lumber hauler. 2008 Platinum-Beige X3 3.0si - Current project 2012 Alpine White X3 xDrive35i - My new snowmobile. 2020 Estoril Blue 440i xDrive cabrio w/MPPSK - This car is a blast to drive.
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Opie55 Colonel 1195 Rep 2,907 Posts Drives: '15 650i Convertible Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: US iTrader: (0)	The part number thing is really odd. Which is the real part number? If one is a fake, I'm guessing the left (bottom) one.
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09-26-2023, 08:50 AM	#6
Opie55 Colonel 1195 Rep 2,907 Posts Drives: '15 650i Convertible Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: US iTrader: (0)	953 appears to be the real number. So I guessed wrong.
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deyrag Private 15 Rep 79 Posts Drives: x3 2.8i Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: ma iTrader: (0)	What I have sitting on the shelf BMW filter purchased from FCPEuro - filter exactly matches the top one but p/n on box = 11427 953 129 Mann filter, also purchased from FCPEuro - filter mostly same as lower one, except for lack of BMW logo and p/n Attached Images
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slowblackx3f25 xdriv33 69 Rep 218 Posts Drives: 17' BMW x3 F25 xDrive28i xLine Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada iTrader: (0) Garage List 2017 BMW x3 [0.00]	just buy the MANN FILTER HU 816X , been using this in my x3 (2017), no issues, the cost I pay is CAD$14.50) __________________ BLACK 2017 BMW x3 xDrive28i [N20] xLine Package, Comfort Access, Build Date: 03/03/2017. [THE POWER OF 33]
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tracer bullet Brigadier General 2412 Rep 3,548 Posts Drives: '11 135i , '15 X3 35i Join Date: May 2011 Location: Saint Paul, MN iTrader: (1)	I've seen the same on Amazon. They are probably real, but it's easy enough to fake those things and happens so often I decided not to trust them. I buy from the Mann vendor directly for barely an more money and then feel 100% sure they are real.
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09-28-2023, 06:32 PM	#14
pungo Colonel 880 Rep 2,547 Posts Drives: Z4MC-X3-35i-525i, Corrado G60 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: MD iTrader: (5) Garage List 2011 BMW X3 x35i [0.00] 2001 BMW 525i [0.00] 2007 BMW Z4 M Coupe [8.76]	The problem with the counterfeit ones is they don't filter very well and allow lager particles through, sure better than no filter, but not even close to meeting the filter specs of a legitimate one. https://youtu.be/P4sBYVBoWBw?si=iJ9FBar5kcuv2qwF
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