X won't idel after replacing valve stem seals - receiving misfire codes.

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Originally Posted by crystalworks

Congratulations!!! Was starting to have second thoughts about doing mine after your problems. You were so methodical/cautious and still had issues... was unnerving. But glad you are set and good to go now.

Thanks CW!

Nah, don’t sweat it, you can definitely knock it out yourself if you’re comfortable under the hood - and I know you are

Not to mention you’ve got the entire forum behind you.

Make life easy for yourself. I used a 4 shelf garage shelving unit and labeled the top shelf “driver”, second shelf “passenger”, third shelf “intake and misc” and put the big parts on the bottom shelf.

I then made some quick labels for CPS upper, CPS lower, Vanos in, Vanos ex, etc, etc and as I removed pieces parts I laid them by their respective label. I also didn’t throw away ANY of the old pieces parts until I was ready to put that respective piece back on the car - Example I left the o-rings on the Vanos solenoids until I picked them up to put them back in, then I caned the old ones and put the new ones on. Did the same for my VC bolts, CPS o-rings, eccentric shaft sensor gaskets, etc.

Biggest concern I had, believe it or not, were the brackets on the timing covers and alternator and how they went on their respective components, take a decent picture of those and you’ll be solid!

Oh... and snap a pic of those Vanos plugs too