Man I almost brushed this video off... good thing I didn't though. You're explanation of the vanos system, it's common failures, symptoms of each failure, and the breakdown of exactly how each symptom is caused was awesome! Not to mention your editing skills were top notch and your delivery was clear and concise. RUclipsrs take note... or better yet just let channels like this make the content and stop over saturating the platform with shit videos.
Thank you for the compliments! Yeah this one was a video that took a lot of planning and organization, and I used a lot of material from a report I made on the single vanos system in college 😂. I appreciate your support on my work 🙏!
I just want to say I worked in Aerospace with parts thats tolerants went down to the millionths when finished. As far as your concern about sandblasting as long as you use masking tape to protect sensitive areas that cant have blasting materials thrown at it. Which is literally what we use to at a shop I worked at that makes $50,000 rear rotor gears for the sikorski Blackhawk helicopter and I can promise you that yes it can handle it. Only thing is you will want to run it through a hot tank after words or other cleaning product pretty much anything to rinse off the dust. In Aerospace we used Acetone, Hot tank (for parts in early stages of machining), mineral spirits, methanol, and isopropyl for cleaning. Typically blasting was only used for pre copper plating for heat treatment and glass bead blasting especially after copper plating was removed. I personally don't think at all blasting should ever be used for cleaning. Blasting is like for surface issues like rust or resurfacing, pretty much using friction to get a smoother surface. Now as far as sandblast for heat treatment goes I have no clue all why they do other than to remove all grease and oils on the surface and to leave the surface dry and protected from rusting before heat treating and they take the shit serious too like when you sand blast for heat treating you have to use gloves to put the parts away when you are done and even wrap them in paper to avoid cross contamination from the surface they were packaged in. Thought I should add that any time you use a sand blaster keep in mind that you are removing STOCK as well from the part and in areas where the tolerance is tight that can have some really bad consequences if you blast some parts for too long or too many times
I have a 98 323i and I've been having issues with no power under about 3k. I replaced my crankshaft and camshaft position sensors which fixed it for about 2 to 3 weeks and its right back to not working again. I'm gonna give this repair a shot.
Hello. Thanks alot for your nice video. I could solve a stuck vanos issue with that. The guys before was putting in the spring and coil wrong way so it couldnt work.. also i want to link an video which allowed me to change he seals of the single vanos without touching the timing it works good but is a bit tricky with the screws inside. Its found with seraching " Rebuilding E36 M52 Vanos the "WRONG" way! No Re-timing needed! || E36 Turbo Build [Ep. 8]" its not the wrong way just without taking the vanos completly off. for me it worked good. Thanks alot for your video again.
nice clean video super helpful, wish there were more youtubers like you out there, also do you by chance know if the U.S. spec e36 m3 so s52b32 has the same unit, from what ive read on the forums it does???
You are the man. I did all the maintainance involved with the vanos with great results. I did a crappy video aswell explaining all that stuff but never uploaded to youtube. I think I will keep it this way. It was in spanish BTW. Great work!
Fabulous video. The way some mechanics talk about the VANOS system, it just about scares you. Your concise description makes me realize that it is something I can tackle myself and that it is actually quite a simple system. Thank you so much for your wonderful video. I am definitely bookmarking this one.
one of few informative videos out there that actually explained all I need to know about vanos,,, have a question?- is there a recommended time interval you would absolutely advised on overhauling the vanos? I have 2004 with barely 50k miles-runs smooth no issues with power or torque, no rattle, no strange sounds,,, however age wise it is getting close to being 20 years old
Great job with the video! Do I need to have the engine in TDC if I wanted to replace that vanos unit with a rebuilt one? Also, what were the torque specs on the screws? Thanks.
Gra8t job on full explanation . My only question, does the outer gear that's on the vanos needs to be aligned with the cam gear , because I can pull the vanos unit without a cam locking tool and I can reinstall the vanos with a slite movement of crank bolt back and 4th to where the vanos gear goes in to the cam gear smoothly .
Nicely done young star. I've recently acquired an m52 to keep my m54 company. I look forward to seeing the differences in the 2.8 throttle cable initiated motor and its electrical throttled 3 litered brethren.
Outstanding video. Excellent information and presentation. Thank you for posting this. I have a 97 528i with a M52. assume this is the same vanos unit.
Good to know, I plan on buying a used N73 V12 from an E66 (760li) that I would like to rebuild, I know that they are a very complex piece of machinery, but that’s what I like about them. I used to own an E38 (750il) with the 5.4 liter SOHC V12, no VANOS though. That N73 is probably the closest to the S70/2 that was only used for the McLaren F1, possibly the best V12 engine BMW ever built.
I do not, but I recommend checking out my friend Quinn's channel M3nace 🤘. He has a ton of useful diy videos and I believe he's made videos with vanos work too 😎
hello , hell of a video. love it will watch again and again. only question that did have. what did you torque to spec? The outside cover plate? or the torx screw inside the unit? and what were those torque specs i would greatly appreciate it.
great vid, man. nicely done. i did this myself several years ago with the instructions from Beisan, I wish I had this video to reference when i did the rebuild.
Nice job on your explanation with disassembly procedure! Just a quick question, are you experiencing a check engine light or are you hearing noise when deciding to rebuild unit? Or is this part of the tear down of the engine re-build? Nice job.
Man great video!! Not sure if you check this or not but have a question. I just rebuilt mine and it sounds the same. Very noisy! Does shaving the ring down help with the play? Really Dont wanna but a new unit but man the rattle is annoying. Thank you if you see this
Just subscribed your Chanel! Really nice work my friend!!! The fact that you have 2 units to compare themselves and doing the actual work on one of them is the best you can make. I'm doing some research to repair my s50b30 vanos unit. That's from my M3 that I'm restoring. If you're interested, I can give you some feedback after. Good looks!
great video, but you have some video that show how remove the vanos from the engine.? What are the correct procedure!? if I have lock, the engine or something? thanks
Excelente! sobre todo por hacer referencias a las medidas de las piezas. Todos cambian piezas sin saber que medidas deben llevar. O si realmente hay diferencia entre la medida de la pieza nueva y la pieza vieja. Muy bueno!
Hey. Awesome video.. I have a 2004 L322 RangeRover with the single Vanos BMW M62 4.4 ltr V8.. Have looked up the 'beisansystems' and 'Drvanos' sites and neither seem to have a kit for these engines.. Not sure what to do here.. can u help?
Hey man! I'm sorry you haven't been able to find a kit to work on your m62. I'm not too familiar with that engine platform so I cannot help much unfortunately. Have you tried contacting FCP euro? They're one of the best companies when it comes to oem parts
Приветствую) Большое спасибо за столь ясныйи подробный обзор устройства Vanos. Многое я узнал их этого ролика. К сожалению я плохо знаю английский, но я надеюсь для тебя не будет это проблемой) Хотел попросить тебя сделать подобного рода обзор на устройство механизма ГУР. На то какие бывают с ним проблемы, в следствии чего, и как их можно решить. Например у меня есть два механизма ГУР. Один из них перестал работать на холостых, пропадает усилие. А второй течёт в месте соединения двух частей. Он же из двух частей состоит, соединенных на болтах. Большое спасибо тебе и удачи в съёмках!
Much better to vapour because of the close tolerances required. Also a sticking VANOS solenoid is relatively easily with two Mannol intake cleaner runs each followed by a 100 mile delayed full oil+filter change. This allows the concentrated intake cleaner to break down slightly the dried over aged long--oil change solids.
Love the video, Pawin! Huge fan of your turbo beast! Planning to do the vanos rebuild on my e36. Is it possible to replace the vanos seal without locking the cams in with cam blocks? I'm assuming there is no need because you dont mess with timing by removing the vanos piston. Thank you!
The cam locks are necessary because there are steps where you need to rotate the cam gears to remove/install the vanos unit. Check out my m50 disassembly video!
Thks for posting this. My question is about bmw x3 2013 model vanos sulystem is same to this videon or different ? If you any exprience by series X3 2013 please let me know . Regards
Those couple washers that sandwich the bearings, are they specialty or can you just replace them with some generic washers from the hardware store? That seems more cost effective than buying the thick ring washer :s
Quick question sir. I had my engine rebuilt and the guy who rebuilt it said he rebuilt the vamos as well. I noticed the actuator spring is facing away from the solenoid in this video. I replaced it today but the spring seems to be facing the solenoid. Could that be at fault of the code I’m getting? The code is p1519
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Man I almost brushed this video off... good thing I didn't though. You're explanation of the vanos system, it's common failures, symptoms of each failure, and the breakdown of exactly how each symptom is caused was awesome! Not to mention your editing skills were top notch and your delivery was clear and concise. RUclipsrs take note... or better yet just let channels like this make the content and stop over saturating the platform with shit videos.
Thank you for the compliments! Yeah this one was a video that took a lot of planning and organization, and I used a lot of material from a report I made on the single vanos system in college 😂. I appreciate your support on my work 🙏!
Honestly I've seen many e36 youtubers but I think your the best very detailed on instructions.
Thank you :)! I appreciate your compliment! I strive to keep getting better!
Ha ha cool man anyways if ever in need of parts from Europe just give a buzz. I do many exports on European cars.
Excellent video. Maybe, should mention about left hand thread on bearing retaining bolt.
Dude, I'm new to the E36 world, you made the VANOS repair very straight forward! Great video!
Thanks man! I'm glad my content has been helpful for you 😎
I just want to say I worked in Aerospace with parts thats tolerants went down to the millionths when finished. As far as your concern about sandblasting as long as you use masking tape to protect sensitive areas that cant have blasting materials thrown at it. Which is literally what we use to at a shop I worked at that makes $50,000 rear rotor gears for the sikorski Blackhawk helicopter and I can promise you that yes it can handle it. Only thing is you will want to run it through a hot tank after words or other cleaning product pretty much anything to rinse off the dust. In Aerospace we used Acetone, Hot tank (for parts in early stages of machining), mineral spirits, methanol, and isopropyl for cleaning. Typically blasting was only used for pre copper plating for heat treatment and glass bead blasting especially after copper plating was removed. I personally don't think at all blasting should ever be used for cleaning. Blasting is like for surface issues like rust or resurfacing, pretty much using friction to get a smoother surface. Now as far as sandblast for heat treatment goes I have no clue all why they do other than to remove all grease and oils on the surface and to leave the surface dry and protected from rusting before heat treating and they take the shit serious too like when you sand blast for heat treating you have to use gloves to put the parts away when you are done and even wrap them in paper to avoid cross contamination from the surface they were packaged in. Thought I should add that any time you use a sand blaster keep in mind that you are removing STOCK as well from the part and in areas where the tolerance is tight that can have some really bad consequences if you blast some parts for too long or too many times
The detail and editing in this video is on point!!
Thanks man!!
Finally - theory of operation along with DIY repair. Plus, a couple of vendors for the parts thrown into the mix. Thanks!
Excellent video! I'm doing this on my 95' M3 right now and this is a big help. Thank you!
Just bought a 323ti, this channel is perfect for me as a bmw newbie ;)
Thanks man! Glad my content is helpful!
excellent video. I just installed a new Vanos on my 98 e39 today from Dr. Vanos. Already noticing extra power and better gas mileage
Many thanks for your video. VANOS rebuilt and no rattle. Old unit had a lot of play
Dude i dont even own a bwm but wanted to see how vanos works. Your vid was excellent! Thank you.
Hey man thanks for the love! I appreciate your support 😁.
I have a 98 323i and I've been having issues with no power under about 3k. I replaced my crankshaft and camshaft position sensors which fixed it for about 2 to 3 weeks and its right back to not working again. I'm gonna give this repair a shot.
Got my first e36 328is and didn't know shit about vanos. Thanks so much for your time bro💯💪🏾
Nicely done Sir. Adding this to my list of “things to do” while the head is off to the machine shop. Keep up the great content.
sorry but this video keeps being so useful, i was just wondering wher can i check the torque and specs for the unit
Hello. Thanks alot for your nice video. I could solve a stuck vanos issue with that. The guys before was putting in the spring and coil wrong way so it couldnt work.. also i want to link an video which allowed me to change he seals of the single vanos without touching the timing it works good but is a bit tricky with the screws inside. Its found with seraching " Rebuilding E36 M52 Vanos the "WRONG" way! No Re-timing needed! || E36 Turbo Build [Ep. 8]" its not the wrong way just without taking the vanos completly off. for me it worked good. Thanks alot for your video again.
Hello, can you send me a video link on how this can be done without timing, only replace the o ring, I would like to do this too
Thanks for the video, makes a lot more sense now!
nice clean video super helpful, wish there were more youtubers like you out there, also do you by chance know if the U.S. spec e36 m3 so s52b32 has the same unit, from what ive read on the forums it does???
Jc Finch yes, it does. The s52 is actually a bored out euro 2.8 m52. So same running gear for vanos.
Definitely one of the best how to videos. What lube did you use on the bearings during assembly?
You are the man. I did all the maintainance involved with the vanos with great results. I did a crappy video aswell explaining all that stuff but never uploaded to youtube. I think I will keep it this way. It was in spanish BTW. Great work!
Wow! Thank you for such detailed videos that allows us to keep these motors going. God bless!
Just got a 95 M3, thanks for the write up, very informative.
You're welcome! Glad I can help 🙏
Great content. I really need my vanos oil line replaced for a start.
Thank you!
Just gave me the confidence to try and tackle this myself. Thanks bud. Subbed! 👍🏼
No problem! Good luck 😎
Fabulous video.
The way some mechanics talk about the VANOS system, it just about scares you.
Your concise description makes me realize that it is something I can tackle myself and that it is actually quite a simple system.
Thank you so much for your wonderful video.
I am definitely bookmarking this one.
great video and informative the vanos left hand thread can be tuff to remove once out of the engine have you any cost on new vanos units
one of few informative videos out there that actually explained all I need to know about vanos,,, have a question?- is there a recommended time interval you would absolutely advised on overhauling the vanos?
I have 2004 with barely 50k miles-runs smooth no issues with power or torque, no rattle, no strange sounds,,, however age wise it is getting close to being 20 years old
Great job with the video! Do I need to have the engine in TDC if I wanted to replace that vanos unit with a rebuilt one? Also, what were the torque specs on the screws? Thanks.
Great instructional video, clear, concise and to the point!
Love this video, keep em coming.
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoy my content :)
Gra8t job on full explanation . My only question, does the outer gear that's on the vanos needs to be aligned with the cam gear , because I can pull the vanos unit without a cam locking tool and I can reinstall the vanos with a slite movement of crank bolt back and 4th to where the vanos gear goes in to the cam gear smoothly .
Love your videos! Has helped me tremendously eith my e36 project.
Thank you for your support. I’m glad my content is helpful for your projects 😌
Nicely done young star. I've recently acquired an m52 to keep my m54 company. I look forward to seeing the differences in the 2.8 throttle cable initiated motor and its electrical throttled 3 litered brethren.
What an excellent tutorial. Thanks!
Great video, really enjoyed it and I don't even own a BMW!
Many thanks for your good explanation on vanoes function in BMW .
Happy to help! You’re welcome
Subscribed. My M3 is about ready for some vanos love.
good luck with your work!
Outstanding video. Excellent information and presentation. Thank you for posting this. I have a 97 528i with a M52. assume this is the same vanos unit.
Dude is thorough, great job bro!
Very nicely put together. I should definitely do mine on the trusty S50. Probably losing good amount of power there.
Great video. I really liked the dancing bolts timed with the music.
100% helpful, exactly what I needed
Good to know, I plan on buying a used N73 V12 from an E66 (760li) that I would like to rebuild, I know that they are a very complex piece of machinery, but that’s what I like about them. I used to own an E38 (750il) with the 5.4 liter SOHC V12, no VANOS though. That N73 is probably the closest to the S70/2 that was only used for the McLaren F1, possibly the best V12 engine BMW ever built.
Very good! I've watched all of your m50 videos. Thanks dude.
Excellent video. Do you have a video that shows how to reinstall the vanos back onto the cam shaft?
I do not, but I recommend checking out my friend Quinn's channel M3nace 🤘. He has a ton of useful diy videos and I believe he's made videos with vanos work too 😎
@@Pawinning Thanks! Those videos had EVERYTHING I was looking for.
That was awesome. Great presentation
ayoooo good vid. e38 boi over here speeding in comfort, catch me on them M parallels mobbin thru ur hometown
hello , hell of a video. love it will watch again and again. only question that did have. what did you torque to spec? The outside cover plate? or the torx screw inside the unit? and what were those torque specs i would greatly appreciate it.
Great video, that's called a bearing race though not a washer
Thank you and thanks for the info 👍
Liked and subbed. The style, substance and quality of this video is amazing, thank you!
Outstanding excellent video...congratulations on this very clear and well explained tutorial......
Thank you! I appreciate the feedback 👍
great video dude. helpful :)
one small question: this unit is on US base model e36 3 series, and also US M3's ... correct?
great vid, man. nicely done. i did this myself several years ago with the instructions from Beisan, I wish I had this video to reference when i did the rebuild.
Nice job on your explanation with disassembly procedure! Just a quick question, are you experiencing a check engine light or are you hearing noise when deciding to rebuild unit? Or is this part of the tear down of the engine re-build? Nice job.
Man great video!! Not sure if you check this or not but have a question. I just rebuilt mine and it sounds the same. Very noisy! Does shaving the ring down help with the play? Really Dont wanna but a new unit but man the rattle is annoying. Thank you if you see this
My man! The Si/e36 combo !!
gr8 video am doing my vanos unit soon very help full thanks
No problem! Thanks for watching 🙏
Great Video!!! And thank you so much for your explanations!! 👍🏼 💯 🙏🏼
Just subscribed your Chanel! Really nice work my friend!!! The fact that you have 2 units to compare themselves and doing the actual work on one of them is the best you can make. I'm doing some research to repair my s50b30 vanos unit. That's from my M3 that I'm restoring. If you're interested, I can give you some feedback after. Good looks!
Great informative video. Is the double VANOS system basically two of these or are there differences?
Yes they are similar. It applies similar timing control on the exhaust camshaft. Double vanos has its own tool set as well!
Great job man, awesome presentation. I will copy some of your technique, you were that good, thank you!
Thank you! I appreciate your feedback!
you should get an N54 project car & do videos on it too
How is the build coming along? Looking forward to the block getting put back together
Build is halted at the moment due to funds. College loans come first 😂
Excellent explanation dude!
great video, but you have some video that show how remove the vanos from the engine.? What are the correct procedure!? if I have lock, the engine or something?
thanks
Hey, great video. Where can i get the rapair kit today? link not working anymore :/
It was interesting and helpful! Thank you, man!
Very professional,cam i turbo a 320 i automatic ?🤔
I believe so, but I am not sure about what tuning options are available if you are trying to keep the stock ecu
Pawinning cam a chance my ecu ?thanks 🤓
Best video im sooooo glad that discovered you man, keep the good work.
Excelente! sobre todo por hacer referencias a las medidas de las piezas. Todos cambian piezas sin saber que medidas deben llevar. O si realmente hay diferencia entre la medida de la pieza nueva y la pieza vieja. Muy bueno!
Hey. Awesome video.. I have a 2004 L322 RangeRover with the single Vanos BMW M62 4.4 ltr V8.. Have looked up the 'beisansystems' and 'Drvanos' sites and neither seem to have a kit for these engines.. Not sure what to do here.. can u help?
Hey man! I'm sorry you haven't been able to find a kit to work on your m62. I'm not too familiar with that engine platform so I cannot help much unfortunately. Have you tried contacting FCP euro? They're one of the best companies when it comes to oem parts
So its basically a transmission for your cam. And did the double vanos fix the bearing system
Приветствую) Большое спасибо за столь ясныйи подробный обзор устройства Vanos. Многое я узнал их этого ролика. К сожалению я плохо знаю английский, но я надеюсь для тебя не будет это проблемой) Хотел попросить тебя сделать подобного рода обзор на устройство механизма ГУР. На то какие бывают с ним проблемы, в следствии чего, и как их можно решить. Например у меня есть два механизма ГУР. Один из них перестал работать на холостых, пропадает усилие. А второй течёт в месте соединения двух частей. Он же из двух частей состоит, соединенных на болтах. Большое спасибо тебе и удачи в съёмках!
Very impressive! Thank you.
Dang, killer video Pawin!
Thanks man! Hope you’re doing well :)
Much better to vapour because of the close tolerances required. Also a sticking VANOS solenoid is relatively easily with two Mannol intake cleaner runs each followed by a 100 mile delayed full oil+filter change. This allows the concentrated intake cleaner to break down slightly the dried over aged long--oil change solids.
Love the video, Pawin! Huge fan of your turbo beast! Planning to do the vanos rebuild on my e36. Is it possible to replace the vanos seal without locking the cams in with cam blocks? I'm assuming there is no need because you dont mess with timing by removing the vanos piston. Thank you!
The cam locks are necessary because there are steps where you need to rotate the cam gears to remove/install the vanos unit. Check out my m50 disassembly video!
DO you recommend the Dr. Vanos kit? I have a 95 M3 and regularly see the track. Great video BTW!
The Dr vanos kit is a good kit! Saves you a lot of the hassle if you don't want to bust into your own vanos unit 👌. Thanks for the compliments 🙏
Pawinning awesome. I’ll be ordering the DR kit soon.
Thanks for the feedback !
Gained a lot of knowledge with this video. Subscribed!
Thks for posting this. My question is about bmw x3 2013 model vanos sulystem is same to this videon or different ?
If you any exprience by series X3 2013 please let me know . Regards
Nice video. Alot useful info. Thanks and keep on going!
Really excellent video. Thank you.
Congratulation. Very good explanation.
Thank you!
FYI: The video actually starts at 3:00
Thank you for posting this! super helpful 🙏🏽
Those couple washers that sandwich the bearings, are they specialty or can you just replace them with some generic washers from the hardware store? That seems more cost effective than buying the thick ring washer :s
This is an awesome episode! Well done! 👍🏼
Thank you :)!
So glad I subscribed to you. Thanks!!!
Wowwww this is an awesome video! Thank you! I just subscribed
Thank you sir!
Awesome video !!! Solid information thx 👍🏼🎉👍🏼🎉
Thanks! You're welcome 🤘😎
После просмотра сам сделаю vanos...👍👍👍
Получилось ?🤝
Great Video! Thank you!
Amazing very thanx bro good working
Quick question sir. I had my engine rebuilt and the guy who rebuilt it said he rebuilt the vamos as well. I noticed the actuator spring is facing away from the solenoid in this video. I replaced it today but the spring seems to be facing the solenoid. Could that be at fault of the code I’m getting? The code is p1519
Is vanos rattle more apparent when the car is warm?
did you already buy the 85mm pisons for the M50 ? or some other parts ?
No, still slowly saving up for engine parts. I’m prioritizing cleaning up the turbo e36 and building the ti chassis 😎
Awesome video man
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it
Pawinn doing it again!
Thank you!