Oil filter up dated?

[OMG]

Have bought a new filter for van and its not the same as the one taken out.Have not had this vehicle long enough to know if this filter is ok. The omission of a hole seems quite fundamental  unless it was never used. Does anyone no if the new filter in the picture is OK. Thanks

[saskak]

Have bought a new filter for van and its not the same as the one taken out.Have not had this vehicle long enough to know if this filter is ok. The omission of a hole seems quite fundamental  unless it was never used. Does anyone no if the new filter in the picture is OK. Thanks

Not certain for the B9 and I assume this is HDi (oil is too black to be petrol), but the filter on my M59 (1.6HDi; 2007) has always been the one on the left in the picture (without the hole). I do not think there have been that many design differences between the M59 and the B9.

[OMG]

Ok Thankyou. It is the HDI 2013. Seems the hole makes no difference . Wonder what it was there for originally? Maybe the new one is the right one and the used one isn’t.

[saskak]

Ok Thankyou. It is the HDI 2013. Seems the hole makes no difference . Wonder what it was there for originally? Maybe the new one is the right one and the used one isn’t.

I have not seen that design before, the one with the hole. As far as I understand/know the pointy bit is for positioning of the filter.

[Buki]

The new filter is OK. The hole in the filter housing is to allow the oil to drain when the filter is removed. I've never seen a filter like you old one.



   

[OMG]

Thankyou both for your input. One less thing to worry about.