From a former BMW master technician ; Great job on this repair you explained the repair perfect!

@Zeiten

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, appreciate your feedback

@Everybodyshinetogether1

Жыл бұрын

How much is the average cost for this at a shop?

@rayisdashit

9 ай бұрын

Can you change the PCV Diaphragm on a 2014 328i xdrive without cutting it? I'd like to know.

Bravo, Tim! My wife has the N20 so this will be very useful information. Your N52 oil pan gasket really made a difference on my car this year 👍🏻

@Zeiten

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it, thank you for watching👍

Awesome job with the video though man you’re a really good European mechanic I see you’re one of the top top mechanics I’ve ever seen next to myself so big props bro

Yo bro I just wanted to say that the video you made is really good I think it’s the only thing I had to say about the video is that you don’t explain how dangerous the fuel can be in about not working on the vehicle when it’s hot it’s only work on it when it’s cold when you’re using fuel rails or removing them at least in high-pressure fuel pump I need that’s what I learned in my OSHA class

You my man deserve way more subs keep killing it 🙌🏻

@Zeiten

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, doing my best to share most valuable diys🙌

Great job’ will do this work next week ordered my valve cover now

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, if you’ll have any questions you can ask here😉

Great tutorial and helpful repair suggestions!

@Zeiten

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you🙌

Key point: show the tightening sequence for the valve cover bolts to avoid uneven stress which will cause it to crack. The new pcv dont seem to have vacum line that was temoved from the old cover. Some earlier engine covers have vacum reservoir attached.

Thank you. Very useful and detailed video

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

Happy to help👍

Great video. Subscribed!👍

@Zeiten

8 ай бұрын

Thank you🙌

Thanks for your time and knowledge sharing. This is perhaps the best video on replacement ive seen. Appreciate also your calm manner and detailed advise. Other videos seem to love to fast forward clips to save time, of course, but accompany those clips with pulsating rock music! For a nervous DIYer all we need is more stress and tension showing the process! Anyway, awesome job. Ill be attempting my 228i soon. Im replacing my injectors soon also. Since all is already disassembled, i imagine it might be best to do both. Or perhaps doing my injectors first will give me greater confidence and familiarity for the larger job of cover replacement. Thanks for your great job!

@Zeiten

2 ай бұрын

Happy to help🙌 is there any reason for injectors replacement?

@Hyytekk

2 ай бұрын

@@Zeiten I had a misfire code using my cheap Carly code reader. I just bought a much better XTool D8S scanner so will run a diagnostic and see if the injectors are acting up for certain. I keep hearing that with 100,000 miles it's not a bad idea to replace anyway. Are you in the camp of, if it's not really broken no need to address it? BTW, very kind of you to reply. I'm a grizzled senior citizen who tries to fix and build everything myself because it's so tough to find anyone honest or who really knows what they're doing! Thanks again so much. I'll be going through all your videos now to glean your advise.!

@Zeiten

2 ай бұрын

@Hyytekk happy to help, i’d say there is no need for injectors replacement if they are fully functional. There are plenty of reasons for misfire, get a reading it will point you to some direction for sure

@Hyytekk

2 ай бұрын

Thank you again for your kind reply. I'll be mentioning your channel to my BMW owner friends. You deserve a much wider audience. Stay well.

@Zeiten

2 ай бұрын

@Hyytekk thank you, come back with updates😉

It's a great video our 2016 320 cover doesn't leak but at 150000km+ I watched your video as a preventive measure! I'm surprised the pcv membrane still works just fine. Of all the alternative brands you mentioned do they all use the same material?

Красава! Работы на открытом воздухе 😅

@Zeiten

2 жыл бұрын

Так и живем😂

Tovarish...in terms of reliability and maintenance how would you compare n51/52 with n26...? Possible light track use... Thanks for great videos!!

Thx for another great video!! I.hope I don't need to do it soon, but with bmw plastic use , you never know...any service/repair manual you can recommend? I just bought 2016 228i and can't even find a Bently/haynes or anything, just some ebay CD' seem available....Thx!!

@Zeiten

2 жыл бұрын

Can’t really recommend anything regarding the manuals, more videos will follow so you might be able to apply those to your car😉

Quick question I was wondering if that noise normal for this cars ?I seeing a few of this cars and they all sound like that

Hey I just ordered my valve cover gasket from Amazon ? Is it good ?

The vacuum pump has a pivot on the left side with a hose but it is disconnected, where is that hose connected?

Hey I noticed that you removed a vacuum at the top of the valve cover (6:22) but you never put it back. Is that vacuum line necessary? Also, the new valve cover you put on has a flat outlet for the vacuum line rather than the green circular outlet on the old valve cover. Does that outlet have to be exactly the same for me to put the vacuum line back?

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

New valve covers have updated pcv system that doesn’t require this vacuum line so just remove it

Tim do you recommend replacing the valve cover on a 70k miles or should I just do the gasket. It has begun to leak.

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

Well there is no clear answer, as a diy project i would opt out to whole new valve cover as a technician i would inspect it for cracks if there are none i would just do the gaskets

Hey! I am now not sure if to replace the cover or not I hav the smoke coming out from my engine for a while now and it scares me. I have a 328i coupe and it runs great but sometime the light goes on and off .

@Zeiten

2 жыл бұрын

Well, 328i coupe has different engine (it’s e92 body type) for that check out valve cover gasket replacement on e90 you can find this diy on this channel, with n52 engine which you have usually valve cover gasket replacement is all you need

I’m one of your new subscribers, please i want to buy 2013 BMW X5, which engine will you advice me to go for? I will be waiting for you

@Zeiten

2 жыл бұрын

I’d say xdrive35i, the best gasoline engine

Auto zone and orileys sell the gasket under the brand MAHLE have you ever used this brand are they good ?

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

Yes it’s ok

Going to atttempt this tomorrow wish me luck

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

🙌

Hey Tim, question, one of my o2 sensor plugs just won’t budge. I’m obviously doing something wrong, can you tell me the step by step on how to unplug it. Yes I got the other one off, but tbh, now I’m wondering how I did it

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

Depending on the year there are 2 types of connectors, later models use a pin that you have to slide out and then disconnect

@junkyardjoshua8834

Жыл бұрын

Haha thanks. Mine had one of each.

i saw aluminium valve cover for n20 on some marketplace, what you can say about it?

@Zeiten

3 ай бұрын

Complete garbage, don’t recommend at all

Can u replace vaccum pump at same time? Anything special for that?

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

Yes you can, you remove it anyway nothing special

Hi nice video, one question I have is the top of valve cover where the pcv is u didn’t reattach the hose ( 6:22 ) , I ordered a new valve cover but I can tell the little hose thing won’t fit, I’m wondering if I should just remove it but the thing is that little hose goes to the side of engine air filter box so idk if it’s important or not, pls lmk asap, thank u

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

New valve covers don’t need this vacuum line, just remove it

@RandomVidz9_

Жыл бұрын

@@Zeiten ok so do I just leave the little thing on the engine air filter box open where the tiny hose/vacuum line used to go or cover it up with something, cuz I’m wondering if it might suck little bit of air from that little opening or would it not matter at all

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

Leave it or plug it doesn’t matter at all, it’s before maf sensor so doesn’t affect air/fuel ratio

@RandomVidz9_

Жыл бұрын

@@Zeiten ok thanks, will be doing the valve cover soon, wish me luck

I did this and now I’m getting a misfire. Any ideas why?

What brand was that valve cover you installed? Also, what sequence you tightened the cover screws and what newton meter was used?

@Zeiten

Ай бұрын

Elring, it will have all the answers in regards of torque and sequence inside

@24jcsor

Ай бұрын

@@Zeiten Thank you very much Z, I appreciate your content.

@Zeiten

Ай бұрын

@24jcsor happy to help👍

Hi! I have just purchased BGA seal mate told it’s trusted 😉your advice mate?

@Zeiten

10 ай бұрын

Never heard of it and never used it, can’t tell, I found a product that doesn’t fail and i use it, that’s elring on all bmws

@inguss4891

10 ай бұрын

@@Zeiten thanks for replying BGA is a bit more expensive than Elring but will test it how good 👍🏻 cheers 🤘🏻

The VC you linked from eBay, does it come with all the seals/gaskets? Or do I have to buy the vacuum pump separately as you mentioned

@Zeiten

27 күн бұрын

It has all the seals except valvetronic motor seal which i can include if you request it

@Alba_BestiaF30

27 күн бұрын

Awesome, I will get back to you on that soon. I need to find a shop to do the job as the dealer quoted me $2300

@Zeiten

27 күн бұрын

@Ogee22 do it yourself and save a ton of money😉

@Alba_BestiaF30

27 күн бұрын

@@Zeiten you got a point ! That vacuum pump has me second guessing myself though 😅

@Zeiten

27 күн бұрын

@Alba_BestiaF30 it’s very doable don’t waste money😉 you can also become a channel member and I’ll provide one on one guidance if something goes wrong or if you have questions in regards of how to do something

I did chance my cover but is rough idling

Also, how small of a T40 are we talking about, there is literally no room back there

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

Drill bit small, you can find what i used in any autoparts store most likely

Valvule pulv?

Hello my mechanic broke the vacuum hose on top of valve cover please could you tell me where is that connect From valve covert to where??

@Zeiten

6 ай бұрын

Air filter box

How much for that valve cover cost

What about torque specs/sequence for the valve cover?

@Zeiten

4 күн бұрын

When you buy elring valve cover you’ll find all of those instructions inside

I need a valve gasket replacement for a 2012 328i coupe

@Zeiten

2 жыл бұрын

Then check another video for that on this channel, you have n52 engine

Can I reuse the screws for the fuel pump ?

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

Of course

One more question, So I followed everything and put everything back. Every plug is plugged and every bolt is replaced. But now, Car keeps turning over and shaking and dying. And I have a drivetrain malfunction, am I in limp mode and need to clear the code or is something wrong?

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

Well i can 100% guarantee you missed something, go over everything you’ve done if there were no codes before the repair there should be none after

@junkyardjoshua8834

Жыл бұрын

@@Zeiten okay, so unplugged everything and re did it. Car runs, idles smoothly, but I have Drivetrain Malfunction and error codes P15DF, P0202, and P0087.

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

Clear it, that from the time when you missed something most likely

@junkyardjoshua8834

Жыл бұрын

@@Zeiten I have repeatedly and it keeps coming back. I’m checked it all and it’s connected no loose ends.

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

Have you checked connection on fuel rail sensor in the e back, and injectors?

GetBMW original BMW have that entire kit for $369.00’valve cover with rear seal . If anyone is interested.

I did everything accordingly, bought from bilstein, same model, no vacum line on top, when I finished and turned the car back on, there is a strange almost whining noise from the air box and the car is iddleling crazy

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

Has nothing to do with vacuum line, have you replaced whole valve cover or just a seal? Retrace your steps you getting air leak somewhere, spot where vacuum line goes on air filter box is before maf sensor so it doesn’t matter, simply put you can remove whole air filter box and leave just maf sensor and the car will run just fine

@MrLinkinho

Жыл бұрын

@@Zeiten turbo sounds are crazy too

@MrLinkinho

Жыл бұрын

I replaced whole valve cover, drivetrain malfunction light popped up too

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

The best thing you can do is take everything apart and do it again, check your charge pipe to turbo sometimes it breaks right on turbo creating massive air leak

@MrLinkinho

Жыл бұрын

@@Zeiten wastegate is working like crazy too, any ideia what it could be, it was driving fine previously, awesome video by the way

Why are you replacing the whole valve cover . Age . Damage or just to show us how .

@Zeiten

4 ай бұрын

This one was cracked and i show where exactly in this video, very common for n20/26 engines

What about the PCV vacuum hose ?

@bandwalkin5472

2 күн бұрын

What did you find out about it I’ve tried to figure this out as well?!

After doing this I now have a drive Terrain malfunction! What should I do ?

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

As i said before you pinched the gasket, you have to remove valve cover and redo it, the bolt that you broke should be easily removable

@johnvega2528

Жыл бұрын

@@Zeitencould it be a bad coil tho? Or is it just that there are to many leaks cause of the bad gasket ?

@johnvega2528

Жыл бұрын

@@Zeiten so I think I found where it’s pinched I can see it ! Would this bring the car out of limp mode after repaired again ?

@johnvega2528

Жыл бұрын

And could oil have leaks down to the turbo and damaged it ? It was fine yesterday my first attempt but this morning the car went into limp mode

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

If it wasn’t in it before the job then sure

What about unpluging the battery

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

Disconnect the negative

Looks like norwalk

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

Well you are correct😁

@raouldelgado81

5 ай бұрын

@@Zeitenhey i change my valve cover on my 2015 bmw x1 and after o put everything back together its idle very rough every thing is plug in i even change the coils but still the same

I just did this job and it won’t stop smoking and the O2 sensor went off engine light turned on

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

You pinched the gasket, redo it

@johnvega2528

Жыл бұрын

I literally can’t because on of the screws for the valve cover snapped off

@johnvega2528

Жыл бұрын

What do I do !!?

@Zeiten

Жыл бұрын

Remove the valve cover extract the screw hope there is no damage to the thread, if you just broke the top there is no tension anymore and you should be able to remove it by just turning with pick tools but all of that after you remove valve cover

@johnvega2528

Жыл бұрын

@@Zeiten it’s already screwed down probably around around 6.5 - 7 nm just the top of the bolt popped off I can’t take off the valve cover Without unscrewing it first

Please help me !!