valve stem seals

[shanev]

im gonna do this myself but i little guidance its always helpful. anyone do this and can make a guide or know of a guide out there? this would help a ton!

[Blue4.8is]

Originally Posted by manfrmbklyn23

Yes the trafiic is a nightmare and gives me anxiety to know that I am going to polute the whole street. I tell my wife we look like exterminators when we drive by. Ah ha, so you still get oil changes? I am technically due for an oil change soon but, I second guess getting one as I am constantly pouring in new oil myself. Do I really need to change the oil? I am racing to the store to buy liquimoly.

I used liquimoly motor oil saver that i got from autohausaz.com . No luck. Still smoke. I also changed my CCVs and Use a heavy weight oil. Still no luck.

[candymaine]

same issue. I swear the dealer KNEW about this issue when they sold it. I had it checked out but nothing came up on computer as an alert.
now... smoking after idle and the huge plume of smoke... makes drive thru at starbucks impossible. trying to find the humor. dealer quoted 7k to fix.
sucks. I really liked this truck ... not sure what I am going to do with it.

[4.8isX5]

canymaine, search for the big 2006 x5 4.8is blue smoke thread here in xoutpost,,

there are a number of solutions, but i have posted mine, you'll find it in the post, and i smoke now maybe 15 min after idleing, and still a small amount, compared to 30 seconds before and a cloud.

[A B Able Truck]

Originally Posted by candymaine

same issue. I swear the dealer KNEW about this issue when they sold it. I had it checked out but nothing came up on computer as an alert.
now... smoking after idle and the huge plume of smoke... makes drive thru at starbucks impossible. trying to find the humor. dealer quoted 7k to fix.
sucks. I really liked this truck ... not sure what I am going to do with it.

A lot of reading but good info/debate on this issue;

545i Blue smoke after idle, Valve seals? - Page 12 - Bimmerfest - BMW Forums

[Bulk]

I actually never replaced my Valve Stem Seals. I replaced every piece of rubber that connects to the valve covers (There's a lot). Issue is almost completely fixed. Every once and a while after sitting for a very long time I'll let off a very small puff of smoke and I still have that slight oil smell to the exhaust but it's no where near the issue I used to have. I think one day I'll replace the valve stem seals just cause but for now it's very liveable