PCV recall vs failing valve cover

mike sevel · 12-21-2018, 08:56 AM

Back in July I had the PCV heater replaced at the BMW dealer due to the recall . The SIB is # 11 16 17. Receipt sez "replace blow by heater (PCV heater elbow) 55215 WFGR". Now I have code problems popping up on the dash , P0050 (replaced 02 sensor) but code P2298 now appears. Local INDY sez code might be related to excess vacuum after he removed the oil cap with engine running. He also sez it points to the need to replace the valve cover due to the failing PCV.

QUESTION...while performing the PCV recall, did the tech remove the valve cover? If yes, could I claim PCV troubles are related to their work? Far fetched?

Pls advise.
Mikey
P.S. Merry Christmas to y'all!!

CTinline-six · 12-21-2018, 08:57 AM

No they wouldn't have touched the valve cover. The PCV heater is located under the intake manifold. On my 328i they removed the alternator (confirmed by the new alternator bolts) and replaced it that way.

nsjames · 12-21-2018, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by CTinline-six

No they wouldn't have touched the valve cover. The PCV heater is located under the intake manifold. On my 328i they removed the alternator (confirmed by the new alternator bolts) and replaced it that way.

this.

find the bulletin for the PCV replacement and it will have the instructions.
They don't do anything with the cover.

wdb · 12-22-2018, 01:57 PM

It it's an N51 the valve cover is among many items covered by the 10-year 150K warranty BMW put on those motors.

AM330i · 12-22-2018, 10:45 PM

Just had my Valve cover replaced under the sulev warranty. It was making a high pitched squealing noise and excessive crankcase vacuum.

Emilime75 · 12-23-2018, 12:47 AM

I don't get how people think that because 6 months ago someone touched their car, anything else that goes wrong with it is somehow their fault. This is like the 3rd similar thread I've seen this week.

12-21-2018, 08:56 AM	#1
mike sevel Second Lieutenant 44 Rep 220 Posts Drives: '08 328i atlantic blue Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: NEW BRAUNFELS, TX iTrader: (0)	PCV recall vs failing valve cover Back in July I had the PCV heater replaced at the BMW dealer due to the recall . The SIB is # 11 16 17. Receipt sez "replace blow by heater (PCV heater elbow) 55215 WFGR". Now I have code problems popping up on the dash , P0050 (replaced 02 sensor) but code P2298 now appears. Local INDY sez code might be related to excess vacuum after he removed the oil cap with engine running. He also sez it points to the need to replace the valve cover due to the failing PCV. QUESTION...while performing the PCV recall, did the tech remove the valve cover? If yes, could I claim PCV troubles are related to their work? Far fetched? Pls advise. Mikey P.S. Merry Christmas to y'all!!
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CTinline-six Hoonigan 6825 Rep 3,000 Posts Drives: '09 328i, '98 Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Connecticut iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 BMW 328i N51 [0.00]	No they wouldn't have touched the valve cover. The PCV heater is located under the intake manifold. On my 328i they removed the alternator (confirmed by the new alternator bolts) and replaced it that way. __________________ "Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." -Dr. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
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wdb dances with roads 4722 Rep 4,096 Posts Drives: '07 E86, '02 996, '95 Seven Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: the perimeter iTrader: (4)	It it's an N51 the valve cover is among many items covered by the 10-year 150K warranty BMW put on those motors.
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AM330i First Lieutenant 90 Rep 386 Posts Drives: 08 535xi 11 328xi Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Rochester, NY iTrader: (0) Garage List 2023 BMW M440 [0.00]	Just had my Valve cover replaced under the sulev warranty. It was making a high pitched squealing noise and excessive crankcase vacuum. __________________ Jb4/MHd BEF, XHD Stage 3 DCI, FTP Charge Pipe
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Emilime75 Colonel 1209 Rep 2,476 Posts Drives: 2010 335i E92 LeMans Blue Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Merica! iTrader: (1)	I don't get how people think that because 6 months ago someone touched their car, anything else that goes wrong with it is somehow their fault. This is like the 3rd similar thread I've seen this week.
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