Oil Leak - anyone seen this

[Jmiller911]

Hey

I have a 89 325i which has an oil leak I just discovered. Oil is slowly dripping from the bottom of the component that the oil filter screws into. This component appears to have a plug with a snap ring at the bottom, oil is slowly dripping out of there.

Anyone have this problem? Can anyone give me advice how to stop the leak?

Thanks
Jim

[takaaco]

i have a leak in the same place , but i havent really looked into it yet

[MrM3]

i'm 99% sure this tech article has the fix to your problem...http://e30.bmwdiy.info/oil-leak/index.html

should be an easy fix, though a little tricky to figure out. that one part number includes the 3-piece gasket set.

[tyro2001]

i got the same problem dont really care much cause its a very slow drip and only if the engine was on.