Thank you so much for explaining the new style gasket to me! I thought they didn't sell replacements or something, didn't realize styles were changed, thumbs up
I got a client with a 2011 BMW 1M with SES light and yellow half engine light. Fault code 2A82 VANOS Intake that mostly comes on during the first cold start. Replaced VANOS solenoids, oil check valves, oil filter cap, engine oil filter and fault still came back. According to manufacturing date, this engine has the updated teflon cam seals. We ended up removing both the intake and exhaust cam trays and found deep grooves on both of them. Engine has 118k miles but the VANOS fault first appeared at 111k miles. I was told that even with the upgraded teflon seals, the grooves will still occur on the cam trays.
Hello I have a question , I know older n54s have different cam trays than newer n54s , mines an 09 , can I use the old cam trays from a part out that is a 2007 which is older model on my n54?
I do not recommend old cam trays always buy new because they will have wear in them that may cause issues down the road...unless you get lucky and there is little wear on the trays.
when my car starts it’s fine but once it warms up after a few minutes it starts idling weird and making a light knocking sound. At first i had a vanos code so i replaced the solenoids and cleared the code. Never got new codes but it’s still doing the same thing. it has a lot of white smoke and it still has the weird idle and knock. I do have lifter tick now but the car sat for 2 months. i did have the 2a82 code and a 3100 boost code. but they haven’t came back
This is exactly what I wanted to know about. What causes it. How will I know if it's happening or has happened. And how do I know this is the problem. Thank you! This video is very helpful. I have a 2008 335XI with extremely high mileage. 308,000 KM's or about 191,000 Miles. I bought the car last year (May 2021) for about $1500 USD or $1900 CAD. I am Canadian or Chinadian as it seems now days unfortunately, so that's why the conversions. After paying so little for the car and doing the repairs it needed (HPFP and a wheel bearing plus all the maintenance etc I've been wondering about anything I may have missed or it might need. I have no codes or problems but the paperwork of past mechanical work done on the car only went back about two yeas. So exactly what was done or not is only known that far. (Wow did I get a blessing on buying that car! I really got blessed on the price of that car and then to get any paperwork on it at all was even more amazing. Lol. So thank you I now know what to watch for or what might be at the bottom of a vanos light instead of a solenoid etc.
@@335iN54Enthusiast ok thanks. But that is a hard one then. I suspect I need to replace this too as I did already all the other known mitigations. But I don’t have any reduced performance and the exhaust vanos only throws an error here and there but not daily. Also the engine check light does not come always and if it comes up it goes away after 2 days. But I did have to fill up some oil after 8000km (5000miles). So I assume it only gets worse over time?
@@335iN54Enthusiast interesting, and the head is aluminum. Reason I ask is because I found a couple of aluminum flakes in my oil filter. Wondering if its coming from the cam ledge.
@@335iN54Enthusiast definitely will consider the cam ledges as the culprit. When yours were wearing did you notice aluminum flakes in your oil/oil filter?
About the ticking noise you mentioned, how often can you hear it or is it always ticking? I have some ticking on mine maybe a minute after start up but is off an on maybe 50/50 after that. Thought it was purge valve turned out it was not.
I couldn't tell you about the ticking. Mine never ticked except for normal injector tick. Yours could be lifter tick try driving it harder at high rpm to tighten up those lifters.
Love the videos and the information even better, if I was interested in adding Turbos or doing mechanical detailed work where can I find your shop and handle for contact?
Thankyou. I am located in Canada, if you visit my channel via a desktop computer you will find my email address in the "about" section. You can contact me there.
Hey I I'm gonna be running the JE pistions 9.5 and I kinda wanna bump the compression back to stock, I see in video u ran a stock thickness head gasket and u had your head decked .008, will u have any clearance issues?
@@tylercernik yeah makes sense...I couldn't find a thinner head gasket to increase compression but thats okay i will be able to run more boost this way.
Hopefully. But if you have grooves in your camshell then that needs to be replaced. They're around 500$ US. Each. Cam itself should be fine unless it has bad scoring
My 2010 128i with 85,000 miles is getting persistent "02A87 exhaust VANOS mechanics" codes, even after installing brand new VAICO solenoids. Is bearing ledge wear possible with 85,000 miles? Oil change intervals are 8500 miles with Castrol Edge 5w-40.
If you installed brand new BMW vanos solenoids and you're still getting those codes...Yes your cam ledges is worn out and it's not keeping consistent oil pressure.
Actually it prevents the cam ledges from having a groove worn into them from the metal ring from previous design. Very important with the vanos system keeping consistent oil pressure.
@@335iN54Enthusiast Old comment but yeah when I made my comment I thought LCI N54s had the teflon seals but apparently it's only since 2012. I would still have the metal rings. I'm about to tear apart my top end here to do the cam intake bearing ledge and new seals on both sides. I have a intake vanos code but only at 150k KM so idk but I did all the other torubleshooting as per BMW, the only thing is I only replaced the intake vanos soldenoid since that was my problem side, I even swapped both solenoids and the code reamins on the intake so I assume it's cam bearinge ledge..
@@JackRR15 How did it go for you? I’m about to replace the bearing ledges on my 2010 535i once FCP ships them and FedEx delivers.. Only 156km on the car and grooves are already worn, with the original steel rings.
Can't believe I haven't seen this before. Great work man keep it up! Already watched 4 out of your videos in a row lol
Thank you so much for explaining the new style gasket to me! I thought they didn't sell replacements or something, didn't realize styles were changed, thumbs up
if i’m replacing my exhaust cam ledge on my n52 should i get a new cam if it’s not in perfect condition??? lmk
Depends how bad the cam is..
Hi there, great vid. Basically, engine oil is a very important factor. What oil is recommended for minimum wear of the internals?
I got a client with a 2011 BMW 1M with SES light and yellow half engine light. Fault code 2A82 VANOS Intake that mostly comes on during the first cold start. Replaced VANOS solenoids, oil check valves, oil filter cap, engine oil filter and fault still came back. According to manufacturing date, this engine has the updated teflon cam seals. We ended up removing both the intake and exhaust cam trays and found deep grooves on both of them. Engine has 118k miles but the VANOS fault first appeared at 111k miles. I was told that even with the upgraded teflon seals, the grooves will still occur on the cam trays.
Interesting
Hello I have a question , I know older n54s have different cam trays than newer n54s , mines an 09 , can I use the old cam trays from a part out that is a 2007 which is older model on my n54?
I do not recommend old cam trays always buy new because they will have wear in them that may cause issues down the road...unless you get lucky and there is little wear on the trays.
when my car starts it’s fine but once it warms up after a few minutes it starts idling weird and making a light knocking sound. At first i had a vanos code so i replaced the solenoids and cleared the code. Never got new codes but it’s still doing the same thing. it has a lot of white smoke and it still has the weird idle and knock. I do have lifter tick now but the car sat for 2 months. i did have the 2a82 code and a 3100 boost code. but they haven’t came back
i feel like the cam ledge is the issue but i’m hoping it’s not. cant find anything on forums either so any kind of help would be appreciated
Hi, what was the issue in the end? Thanks
Its really hard to say but could be leaky fuel injector.....other than that it could be a few other things.
when I use headphones watching your videos, why is the sound exclusively in the left ear?
One of the mics in my phone was broken lol...
@@335iN54Enthusiast ohhh that explains a lot! Anyway, great videos brother 😄
I got the same Problem, should i replace both cam Trailes + seals or only where i got the vanos Code (Input Cam trail)??
Yes both.
@@335iN54Enthusiast okay thanks✌🏼
This is exactly what I wanted to know about. What causes it. How will I know if it's happening or has happened. And how do I know this is the problem. Thank you! This video is very helpful. I have a 2008 335XI with extremely high mileage. 308,000 KM's or about 191,000 Miles. I bought the car last year (May 2021) for about $1500 USD or $1900 CAD. I am Canadian or Chinadian as it seems now days unfortunately, so that's why the conversions. After paying so little for the car and doing the repairs it needed (HPFP and a wheel bearing plus all the maintenance etc I've been wondering about anything I may have missed or it might need. I have no codes or problems but the paperwork of past mechanical work done on the car only went back about two yeas. So exactly what was done or not is only known that far. (Wow did I get a blessing on buying that car!
I really got blessed on the price of that car and then to get any paperwork on it at all was even more amazing. Lol. So thank you I now know what to watch for or what might be at the bottom of a vanos light instead of a solenoid etc.
You only need to worry about this once you start getting vanos codes that won't go away.
What happens if you keep driving the car and accept the engine check light?
My question as well…
Reduced performance....more oil consumption...poor valve timing ect
@@335iN54Enthusiast ok thanks. But that is a hard one then. I suspect I need to replace this too as I did already all the other known mitigations. But I don’t have any reduced performance and the exhaust vanos only throws an error here and there but not daily. Also the engine check light does not come always and if it comes up it goes away after 2 days. But I did have to fill up some oil after 8000km (5000miles). So I assume it only gets worse over time?
Thats correct. You don't need to worry bout it now id say but it will get worse over time.
@@335iN54Enthusiast thank you!
do you know what material the cam rings are made from?
Old ones are steel. New ones are Teflon.
@@335iN54Enthusiast interesting, and the head is aluminum. Reason I ask is because I found a couple of aluminum flakes in my oil filter. Wondering if its coming from the cam ledge.
Correct buddy that's why those rings dig grooves in the aluminum cam shells. Teflon ones don't hurt the aluminum.
@@335iN54Enthusiast definitely will consider the cam ledges as the culprit. When yours were wearing did you notice aluminum flakes in your oil/oil filter?
To be honest I don't know but I'm gonna say probably did have some aluminum flakes
About the ticking noise you mentioned, how often can you hear it or is it always ticking? I have some ticking on mine maybe a minute after start up but is off an on maybe 50/50 after that. Thought it was purge valve turned out it was not.
I couldn't tell you about the ticking. Mine never ticked except for normal injector tick. Yours could be lifter tick try driving it harder at high rpm to tighten up those lifters.
What year did BMW fix this issue?
I'm not 100% sure...I think 2010...2011
Which oil is better 5w40?
5w40??
I have this problem when engine is hot
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Solenoïde exhaust.
5w40 is recommended
Love the videos and the information even better, if I was interested in adding Turbos or doing mechanical detailed work where can I find your shop and handle for contact?
Thankyou. I am located in Canada, if you visit my channel via a desktop computer you will find my email address in the "about" section. You can contact me there.
So not even a thicker teflon gasket that can fill the grove wloud work around "broken ledgers"
No such thing as a thicker Teflon seal. Must replace bearing shell.
Hey I I'm gonna be running the JE pistions 9.5 and I kinda wanna bump the compression back to stock, I see in video u ran a stock thickness head gasket and u had your head decked .008, will u have any clearance issues?
No clearance issues
@@335iN54Enthusiast ok to my math at . 008 on decking, you only gonna be raising the compression . 2 of a point
@@tylercernik yeah makes sense...I couldn't find a thinner head gasket to increase compression but thats okay i will be able to run more boost this way.
Is it ok to just replace seal?
Absolutely as long as the ledges don't have a groove worn in them...
Hey is their a way I can contact you I have some questions about cam ledge on my N54 335i
Sure you can email me at Jwlinney83@gmail.com
Man, I wish I did this when I replaced my valve cover. Hopefully I can just replace the cam seal and not the whole camshaft.
Hopefully. But if you have grooves in your camshell then that needs to be replaced. They're around 500$ US. Each. Cam itself should be fine unless it has bad scoring
Much thanks state side. Great content running hi mileage n54 '$
Thank you! Enjoy
My 2010 128i with 85,000 miles is getting persistent "02A87 exhaust VANOS mechanics" codes, even after installing brand new VAICO solenoids. Is bearing ledge wear possible with 85,000 miles? Oil change intervals are 8500 miles with Castrol Edge 5w-40.
If you installed brand new BMW vanos solenoids and you're still getting those codes...Yes your cam ledges is worn out and it's not keeping consistent oil pressure.
I doubt it did any change. My 2011 335is N54 has this I think.
Actually it prevents the cam ledges from having a groove worn into them from the metal ring from previous design. Very important with the vanos system keeping consistent oil pressure.
@@335iN54Enthusiast Old comment but yeah when I made my comment I thought LCI N54s had the teflon seals but apparently it's only since 2012. I would still have the metal rings. I'm about to tear apart my top end here to do the cam intake bearing ledge and new seals on both sides. I have a intake vanos code but only at 150k KM so idk but I did all the other torubleshooting as per BMW, the only thing is I only replaced the intake vanos soldenoid since that was my problem side, I even swapped both solenoids and the code reamins on the intake so I assume it's cam bearinge ledge..
@@JackRR15 How did it go for you? I’m about to replace the bearing ledges on my 2010 535i once FCP ships them and FedEx delivers.. Only 156km on the car and grooves are already worn, with the original steel rings.
Did you got instagram?
No I dont
@@335iN54Enthusiast you should do, i love your stuff bro!
@@GabrielKristus Thanks bud!
Great info