P1553 after fixing P0015

mark458 · 11-08-2018, 03:51 PM

2007 335i coupe.
So I just bought this car, I don't know the service history but I can tell its not been done properly. The oil was WAY past due. I changed the oil and put in 3/4 of a can of seafoam, ran it for 2 hours and then changed out the intake VANOS. Ta got the same P0015 again so I cleaned the exhaust cam sensor and that code was gone! But then immediately I got P1553... So I replaced the other VANOS and cleaned the intake cam sensor but I still have P1553.

When I crank up the vehicle after clearing the code it runs perfectly smooth for about 8 seconds, then the exhaust tone deepens and it starts misfiring at idle, it also runs like there are no turbos, it runs like a 325 at WOT.

330istocknot · 11-09-2018, 02:39 PM

Maybe you got bad turbos. Check your cam shaft position sensor thats what the P0015 means

mark458 · 11-09-2018, 05:51 PM

The P0015 is gone, now I just have the P1553. I also cleaned the VANOS filters today, they looked pretty bad.

mark458 · 11-10-2018, 08:59 AM

And this morning the P0015 is back and the P1553 is gone... Im replacing the exhaust cam sensor.

mark458 · 11-14-2018, 05:13 PM

New VANOS solenoid and new exhaust cam sensor and still P0015

nsjames · 11-14-2018, 05:49 PM

terrible maintenance leads to cam ledge issues.
or plugged oil passages in there.

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=973045

mark458 · 11-15-2018, 09:18 AM

So basically at this point I have to removed the valve cover, remove the exhaust cam cap and see if I see gold?

mark458 · 11-19-2018, 01:52 PM

???

nsjames · 11-19-2018, 07:22 PM

everything you need, including diagnosis procedures, is in the link I posted.

mark458 · 12-01-2018, 11:59 AM

I swear to GOD im going to lite this POS on FIRE! I bought the timing tool set. I put the car at TDC, the crank pin doesn't fit in the hole without a LOT of twisting and force and wont go all the way in and the cams are at 1130 and 1230 instead of 12 and 12.

11-08-2018, 03:51 PM	#1
mark458 New Member 2 Rep 16 Posts Drives: 07 335i Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Texas iTrader: (0)	P1553 after fixing P0015 2007 335i coupe. So I just bought this car, I don't know the service history but I can tell its not been done properly. The oil was WAY past due. I changed the oil and put in 3/4 of a can of seafoam, ran it for 2 hours and then changed out the intake VANOS. Ta got the same P0015 again so I cleaned the exhaust cam sensor and that code was gone! But then immediately I got P1553... So I replaced the other VANOS and cleaned the intake cam sensor but I still have P1553. When I crank up the vehicle after clearing the code it runs perfectly smooth for about 8 seconds, then the exhaust tone deepens and it starts misfiring at idle, it also runs like there are no turbos, it runs like a 325 at WOT.
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11-09-2018, 02:39 PM	#2
330istocknot First Lieutenant 185 Rep 394 Posts Drives: 330chino Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: chino iTrader: (0)	Maybe you got bad turbos. Check your cam shaft position sensor thats what the P0015 means
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11-09-2018, 05:51 PM	#3
mark458 New Member 2 Rep 16 Posts Drives: 07 335i Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Texas iTrader: (0)	The P0015 is gone, now I just have the P1553. I also cleaned the VANOS filters today, they looked pretty bad.
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11-10-2018, 08:59 AM	#4
mark458 New Member 2 Rep 16 Posts Drives: 07 335i Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Texas iTrader: (0)	And this morning the P0015 is back and the P1553 is gone... Im replacing the exhaust cam sensor.
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11-14-2018, 05:13 PM	#5
mark458 New Member 2 Rep 16 Posts Drives: 07 335i Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Texas iTrader: (0)	New VANOS solenoid and new exhaust cam sensor and still P0015 Last edited by mark458; 11-14-2018 at 05:21 PM..
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11-14-2018, 05:49 PM	#6
nsjames Brigadier General 2440 Rep 4,330 Posts Drives: 08 328xi Touring Join Date: May 2017 Location: ohio iTrader: (0)	terrible maintenance leads to cam ledge issues. or plugged oil passages in there. https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=973045
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11-15-2018, 09:18 AM	#7
mark458 New Member 2 Rep 16 Posts Drives: 07 335i Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Texas iTrader: (0)	So basically at this point I have to removed the valve cover, remove the exhaust cam cap and see if I see gold?
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11-19-2018, 01:52 PM	#8
mark458 New Member 2 Rep 16 Posts Drives: 07 335i Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Texas iTrader: (0)	???
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11-19-2018, 07:22 PM	#9
nsjames Brigadier General 2440 Rep 4,330 Posts Drives: 08 328xi Touring Join Date: May 2017 Location: ohio iTrader: (0)	everything you need, including diagnosis procedures, is in the link I posted.
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12-01-2018, 11:59 AM	#10
mark458 New Member 2 Rep 16 Posts Drives: 07 335i Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Texas iTrader: (0)	I swear to GOD im going to lite this POS on FIRE! I bought the timing tool set. I put the car at TDC, the crank pin doesn't fit in the hole without a LOT of twisting and force and wont go all the way in and the cams are at 1130 and 1230 instead of 12 and 12.
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