Oil filter Mann or Hengst

Bought 2 x 20 litre drum of Havoline® ProDS Fully Synthetic LE SAE 5W-40 when the Caltex name left Australia & Ampol sold off all the left over Caltex oil cheap at Repco. $42 for 20 litres!!!!

I also use MANN W719/30. That filter is designed to go a longer interval and for synthetic oils.

New Mann oil filter

My E550 gets M1 0W40 every 5k, with a new fleece Hengst filter. I don't drive it hard until I see past 80C on the water temp (I don't have an oil temp gauge- only the E63s do). Basically the same procedure I use on my S54 BMWs, and every performance car I've ever owned

Mine was from May 2001, changed it out last year and it for sure made a difference.

wenn möglich Ölwechsel bei Mac Oil durchführen lassen, kostet je nach benötigtem Shell MotorÖl zwischen 50 und 80€ inkl. mann Ölfilter und zurücksetzen des Service, plus eintrag ins Scheckheft. dauert ca. 15 min reine Arbeitszeit und kann im Auto sitzen bleiben. unschlagbares Konzept.

As far as filters: Mann. If it's isn't Mann I won't put it in my car.

A vehicle engineer friend of mine recommended Motul X-Cess 8100 5w40 for my C43 (W205, M276) and a Mann HU 7025 Z filter.

some mann filters have a nut at the buttom to make it easier to repmove on g60 but tis more cash for a dumm nut

To me it looks like you have a cheap shitty non oe/oem filter installed. I'd change the filter to a good brand, (mann/mahle/oem bmw) and then clean the area with brake clean then let vehicle run and recheck. If it's leaking as bad as it looks like it is it will be easy to verify that you fixed it