Replacing VANOS solenoid valves woke up my N62!

[ajacks8]

Originally Posted by dadysev

Just did all 4 of mine on my N62. Took me half hour. Need 4 of each. Good time to clean up the little screens on the solenoids. I found some filter material on mine !!

Going to take it for a test run in half hour

Thanks! Do you need both sets of O-Rings, or just 4 of the larger. It looks like NEW genuine solenoids already come with the smaller one attached. Also, I scored 4 solenoids (pn #11367560462) for $120.99 apiece. I pulled the trigger on 4 after trying to get a few other vendors to price-match. I soon learned that this was less than cost, so I could not resist purchasing. Right after I hit submit order, they were jumped back up to $167.99. Interesting, right??? RealOEM shoes $118.xx...a little hard to figure why. Anyway, hopefully I only need the larger O-Ring for replacing with new solenoids. Thanks.

[dadysev]

Originally Posted by ajacks8

Thanks! Do you need both sets of O-Rings, or just 4 of the larger. It looks like NEW genuine solenoids already come with the smaller one attached. Also, I scored 4 solenoids (pn #11367560462) for $120.99 apiece. I pulled the trigger on 4 after trying to get a few other vendors to price-match. I soon learned that this was less than cost, so I could not resist purchasing. Right after I hit submit order, they were jumped back up to $167.99. Interesting, right??? RealOEM shoes $118.xx...a little hard to figure why. Anyway, hopefully I only need the larger O-Ring for replacing with new solenoids. Thanks.

If you are getting new solenoids, then they should come with both orings. The big one seals it into the front of the timing cover, the smaller one seals the main oil gallery where the oil is sent up to the vanos actuators on the front of the cams.
Now i believe the most important one is the smaller ones. Mine were kind of brittle when i took them off.
And btw..... My N62 motor has now woken up and is working amazing again after the cleaning and new Orings!