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      10-05-2012, 05:55 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by Sherj View Post
Just to update you guys I found the problem was not the valve gasket or the oil filter housing gasket. It turned out the o ring for the crank sensor which is right above the inlet vanos was not good, So I replaced it and not more leaking. This person also had a similar problem but his crank sensor was located by the manifold http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=737210
I replaced the crank position sensor not due to oil leakage but due to a bad sensor that would not let me shit gears at all.

what you more than likely replaced, because it was close to your vanos is the CAMshaft sensor Oring

crank and Cam are completely different
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