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How A $50 Oil Drain Plug Solved My BMW i3’s Biggest Problem

How A  Oil Drain Plug Solved My BMW i3’s Biggest Problem

My BMW i3’s rear differential has been a gigantic pain in the butt in that — thanks to a Technical Cost Reduction by BMW after the first model-year — it no longer features a fill plug. How, then, am I supposed to change the oil? BMW doesn’t want me to, but I’m doing it anyway, and my first attempt went …

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