Good day all!! Here is the latest and greatest from the garage...

New toys since mine is nearly ten years old... Or more!!



These are the valve springs... The intake are shorter... Additionally, if you look at the springs, all the intake springs end at the same side it starts... The exhaust, while being taller, end 90 deg from where it starts... I've lined them up, more or less for viewing pleasure!!



And all clean!!



Okay, pulling the seals off should be straight forward... I'll put how I did it in here in the event someone is having issues...

Long needle nose... These are cheap and flex a lot... Tight grip is better...



Twist slowly until it releases and moves...



Once it releases, just pull up and off...



Dirty block... Not crazy heavy, but be gentle!!



And all clean!!



Dirty head... All apart!!



And all clean!! Side by side... Amazing!!!



And all the caps... Clean!! All numbered so no mixing up... Even the cams are marked... It is almost impossible to mix these up due to confusion!!



Cam mark... EIN 58... There is also EIN 14, AUS 14, and AUS 58...



And the fun stuff... This is the finished product... I didn't get pictures of it as I was pulling it apart... So, I'll work backwards with the pictures... Make sure you pull the eccentric cam sensor... If broken, it will cost you a hefty $350 from the dealer...



If the cam isn't lined up like this, you will more than likely have a couple of, what BMW calls, idle levers out of place... The cam lobe will push the idle lever forward and off the spring... I had trouble getting the cam in the perfect spot to keep all idle levers from popping out of position... This seems to be the magical position...





To start, you can rotate the cam until they idle levers are all like this, or use a strong hook to pull the spring up and pull the levers out... I made sure they were put back in their original location, as I think you should as well...



Just pull the bolt holding the spring... The caps will come off, so be ready!!

And these do come apart for cleaning...





These are numbered too...



pull these off like this for cleaning or replacement... The bearings do come off...





Gotta tilt to get it out...



And these are directional bearing shells...



So, assy is reverse of tear-down... This is the DS intake... I didn't get to the PS intake assy yet... That will be next time...

If you have any picture requests, don't hesitate to ask!!

Cheers for now!!