Ok to use a painted oil filter(i.e. Bosch) in the K bike?

[treehouse99]

Is is ok to use a painted oil filter like a Bosch?  Someone told me the paint would flake off and clog misc. passages?

[billday]

Paint is OK. Paper labels not.



http://www.beemerboneyard.com/11421460845c.html

[F14CRAZY]

I use AC Delco PF53 filters (changed it today actually) and yeah, paint is fine. I remove stickers and their residue though

[Chaos]

Fram used to have a filter that fit the K-bikes  but they started putting grippy black stuff on it.  That flacks off for sure.  Paint is fine.  I've been using the AC-Delco pf-53  for many years and never had an issue, but do remove the sticker.

[Photog]

BMW's filters are painted too, if that helps.

[treehouse99]

BMW's filters are painted too, if that helps.

not sure about that... the BMW filters I've seen sort of a grey finish that looks almost anodized

[Photog]

Could be, I didn't actually look at them closely when I did the oil change this morning, but at a glance, it looked painted to me.
Either way, the Bosch filters are known to many to work well. The Bosch filters have become a little rare around here, however, so I've been buying OEM instead.

[jetpoweredmonkey]

Here's where I've been getting mine.  They do carry the unpainted Mahle filter, though it's twice as expensive.

http://www.euromotoelectrics.com/category-s/915.htm