Time to Cut Bait? (E70 4.8i Issues)

[Pushrod]

Originally Posted by byM5

I'm doing valve seals right now 1 seal at a time per day or whenever I feel like it.
I'm hoping to be done in a month or so.

I did the coolant valley pipe a few months ago. It wasn't as bad as the stem seals.

All that work for $60 dollars worth of stem seals.

I like german cars but I don't like their initial cost to buy new. And I like there to be a steering column.

The electric steering feels terrible to me.

So I'm addicted to the old bimmers with steering columns

How many miles did you get to before the valve seals really became a problem? I'm anticipating I'll have to do them eventually.

Agreed, it's a crazy amount of work to replace 32 valve seals that cost nothing. So it seems with most any repair on the N62 engine. The parts are minimal but it's 20 hours+ of labor to execute the repair.

Totally agree on the electric steering on the modern BMWs. I had not driven one of the electric steering cars until recently. I had a buddy who bought one and he said it drove like a Honda, but I never tried it out for myself. I agree. No feel at all in comfort mode, and sport mode is barely passable. Doesn't feel like a sports car at all. I like the steering in my X5 better!