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07-04-2016, 05:35 AM | #1 |
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Valve Cover Gasket...
What a goddamned F'ing pain in the ass.
Sorry had to rant...
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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You can remove a M20 valve cover AND adjust the valves in less time it takes to just get the cover off of a N52 sitting in an E90 engine bay. Just sayin'
Hell, maybe even throw in the cam belt too...
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LOL!!! But I guess it would be a bit better if it were on your Z4 with that big engine bay...
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But really, getting the valve cover off an N52 out of the E90 engine bay is a complete PIA. I look forward to the Z4... you just buy a new valve cover and go from there. The E90 is all wrapped up. I broke the oil breather hose (of course). A little JB Weld and a 1/2 copper pipe butt connector and we'll she how she does tomorrow. I remember when BMWs were designed to be repaired. Gotta love Bentley... "Remove the oil breather hose from the rear of the valve cover..." No shit Sherlock... but HOW?
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For the LHD versions, there is a bracket bolted to the firewall that keeps the right front brake line and another line tight to the firewall. It's all cramped there with the ECU box and harnesses in that corner.
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Reason for asking about the difference between LHD and RHD, just before I bought my car, BMW had apparently replaced the valve cover gasket due to a leak, and there is no signs of "engine bay modifications" to get the valve cover off, so it must be an easy task on the RHD models. |
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Yeah... in the name of progress and cost savings they continue to heap on us even more cumbersome procedures and process to deal with parts that in the past were easy to access and easy to repair. The plastics on motors these days drive me bat shit crazy some times. Glad to hear the repair is holding.
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I have fond memories of these sort of repairs... One of the reasons I preferred BMW's. Even the E30 M versions wasn't all that bad to work on.
At least it made sense.
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I'm so glad a veteran thinks is a pain as well. So much tedious work in such a small area.
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My wasn't leaking too bad - about a quart a oil change. It'd have to be leaking worse than that for me to attempt again. Although the spark plugs wells were getting oil in them as well... |
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Sorry you had to put up with an F30 loaner. I hope the trauma of driving it subsides soon.
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You need E-Torx sockets. Allen sockets. A 1/4-drive torque wrench. And a BMW scan tool to reset the Valvetronic limits. Read the DIY.
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07-14-2016, 09:18 PM | #20 |
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That's how I roll...
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Being that it was late at night and I couldn't get my hands on the right socket, I elected to use a 1/4" deep socket. It gripped the head fine with no stripping. I would not recommend doing this as I am usually a stickler for using the right tool for the job, but it worked fine for this. Also, the most helpful DIY I found was this video The tips he offers were very helpful, including cutting about a quarter inch of plastic off one of the e-box tabs. Although such a small amount this helped a lot in getting the VC off and on. Take the extra step to ensure the VC gasket is not rolled over inside when you finally finagle it back on (it will go, really helps if you have two people one on the front and one on the back). Mount it on and then lift it up about an inch and feel all the way around so that you are 100% confident the gasket is seated correctly. It goes without saying but I'll say it anyways. Unless you know your spark plugs are new, replace them while you are in there. Also replace the valvetronic motor gasket (turns out this one was leaking more than the VC gasket on my car) and the eccentric shaft sensor seal. I had a very small amount of oil in the eccentric shaft sensor plug, so I cleaned it out. The recommendation is to replace the eccentric shaft sensor if this is the case, I did not. You may wish to to be preventative. It took me about 8 hours to do the job, including running around the city looking for an e-torx set and going at a pretty slow pace to make sure everything is done right. This is not an overly difficult job but it requires patience and organization. One final thing I just thought of, when you remove the injector harness, a lot of DIYs say just yank it straight up. This will sometimes not work and it will feel like you are about to break something. Take 5 minutes to remove the 6 individual little clips on the injector harness and it will pull off easily. Reseat the clips as soon as you pull it off, then when you go to put it back on it will click into place nicely. I did not have to reset the valvetronic limits, follow the instructions at the end of that video for calibrating the valvetronic and it should be fine. Mine fired up with no bad noises, codes, lights or anything, and after about 1000 km I am confident that the install went perfectly fine. Good luck! Last edited by the dope steez; 07-15-2016 at 03:32 PM.. |
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