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Originally Posted by semcoinc
Looks like you narrowly dodged a bullet with the oil pickup being partially blocked. One more sizable bit of chain guide and that could have been a very bad engine day.
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Yes Mike.....I think a narrowly dodged a few bullets in that the chain didn't jump any teeth and cause further engine damage as a result as well as potential oil starvation!! Hopefully this thread will make people realise what could potentially happen if left.
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Originally Posted by dannyzabolotny
Good call doing the valley pan as well. The extra labor is pretty minimal so it's definitely worth doing. I also did my OSV and some rubber lines for it, as they were all rotted and falling apart back there.
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Yes, I was already going to do it anyway as I always had that warm coolant smell when the engine was upto temperature and when I removed the inlet manifold I could see that it was leaking too. I've also ordered all new separator & breathers too. Be daft not to do these at the same time.
Not much to update except I removed the camchain tensioners and noted that on the banks 1-4 the tensioner wouldn't fully compress unlike the other side. These are getting replaced anyway. Also cleaned up some more gasket faces and removed the VANOS housings too.
Picked up some new (overpriced) parts from the local BMW dealership and now just waiting on the reminder of the parts being delivered from Germany before I can start reassembling. Taking my rocker covers and timing covers to a powdercoaters too this week to get them refreshed.
I also quickly fabbed up a couple of locking plates to lock the camblocks in place too.
Installed in place..
