Wow you are showing the seller how to properly wrap and ship a set of pistons that are all damaged. Maybe he or she can learn few things from yur wrapping job.

Good day all!! Here is the latest and greatest from the garage...

New toys since mine is nearly ten years old... Or more!!

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These are the valve springs... The intake are shorter... Additionally, if you look at the springs, all the intake springs end at the same side it starts... The exhaust, while being taller, end 90 deg from where it starts... I've lined them up, more or less for viewing pleasure!!

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And all clean!!

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Okay, pulling the seals off should be straight forward... I'll put how I did it in here in the event someone is having issues...

Long needle nose... These are cheap and flex a lot... Tight grip is better...

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Twist slowly until it releases and moves...

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Once it releases, just pull up and off...

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Dirty block... Not crazy heavy, but be gentle!!

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And all clean!!

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Dirty head... All apart!!

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And all clean!! Side by side... Amazing!!!

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And all the caps... Clean!! All numbered so no mixing up... Even the cams are marked... It is almost impossible to mix these up due to confusion!!

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Cam mark... EIN 58... There is also EIN 14, AUS 14, and AUS 58...

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And the fun stuff... This is the finished product... I didn't get pictures of it as I was pulling it apart... So, I'll work backwards with the pictures... Make sure you pull the eccentric cam sensor... If broken, it will cost you a hefty $350 from the dealer...

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If the cam isn't lined up like this, you will more than likely have a couple of, what BMW calls, idle levers out of place... The cam lobe will push the idle lever forward and off the spring... I had trouble getting the cam in the perfect spot to keep all idle levers from popping out of position... This seems to be the magical position...

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To start, you can rotate the cam until they idle levers are all like this, or use a strong hook to pull the spring up and pull the levers out... I made sure they were put back in their original location, as I think you should as well...

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Just pull the bolt holding the spring... The caps will come off, so be ready!!

And these do come apart for cleaning...

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These are numbered too...

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pull these off like this for cleaning or replacement... The bearings do come off...

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Gotta tilt to get it out...

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And these are directional bearing shells...

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So, assy is reverse of tear-down... This is the DS intake... I didn't get to the PS intake assy yet... That will be next time...

If you have any picture requests, don't hesitate to ask!!

Cheers for now!!

Man are you having fun or what!!!!

Absolutely!!! I was upset I ran out of time today... I wanted to get the other intake valvetronic assy torn apart and cleaned... I have to work the next three days, so all is put on hold till Monday...

Cheers!!!

Looks great. Did you pull the oil squirters from the block to clean out any crud?

Whenever I have a block machined, I take it to the local high pressure car wash. A few cans of gunk and a couple of brushes from the dollar store and it looks great. Dirt and machining grit is not your friend. I'm always amazed at what else comes out when it looks "clean".

What are you using to clean all this with? The block and heads look amazing!

Thanks!! I did not pull any of them... I used compressed air to get out any of the cleaner and rinsing water. I'll use compressed air and a lint-free cloth again prior to assembly... I'll pull the oil squirters just to make sure nothing got in there during disassembly...

I am using the carb cleaner in the gallon can... It is absolutely amazing stuff, even saturated with oil and gunk!! I cleaned both heads and the block with a half gallon of used cleaner... I have another gallon for the rest of the parts pulled from the motor...

Good news everyone!!! I got my six valves today... I still don't have my valve stem seals yet, but I hope to get that box soon enough!!!

Here is the box the six valves I need came in...

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I'm sure there is a complete DS cyl head along with the six valves I need...

I had to work the past three days, so not much got done... Soaking valley pan bolts in the cleaner... But that is about it... I'll be pulling the cyl head apart tomorrow... Let me know if you need something...

Cheers until tomorrow!!!

Good day all!!!

Well, I got some more cleaning done and a little assembly, as it turns out... I'm still waiting on the valve stem seals and rod bearings, so no pistons can go in, nor can I finish assembling the heads... All parts of the heads are cleaned and ready to assemble...

This seller knows how to protect the item they are selling!!

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This is the alignment for the intake cam... You will have to tweak it's position in the eccentric valvetronic assembly...

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And all complete, kinda... Would be complete if I had valve stem seals...

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This is what came out of purging the oil squirters... loosened the bolts first, then purged with compressed air...

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Crank caps in place... The torque on these, as per the internet, is 20nm (177.02 in/lbs)... this is step one of three... In the event you were unaware, the conversion from nm's to in/lbs, you multiply the nm needed by 8.851...

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And part two... tighten the spacer bushing to 6nm or 53.106 in/lbs... (took picture prior to completing step one, obviously)...

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Okay, this is where my curiosity got the best of me!! The third step is to tighten the 10 main caps 100 deg... So, I was going to use the two adapters up to my 3/4 inch breaker bar set-up to make the 100 deg easier... Then I figured it would be good to know how tight the extra 100 deg would make the bolts... So, I used my new 1/2 drive torque wrench to get that number... I started at 100... Then 80... then 60... then 70... then 65... then 68... and 69 and 69 and 68... So, somewhere around 68 ft/lbs is the main cap bolt torque...

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With that finished, I moved on to assembly of the clean left valvetronic assembly...

Here are the other three cams... The exhaust cams seem like they are made at a different location as they are considerably smoother on the non-machined surfaces... noticeably smoother and generally more detailed...

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And the completed assembly... this is the ideal position for the cam so the levers don't jump out of place...

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That is it for now...

More to come!! Cheers all for now!!!

Man, Awesome Progress!

So much work done in a month!:thumbup:

Hi all
new member and BMW owner (e53 4.6is) this is really interesting stuff i am so impressed. top fella..
quick off the thread but is there a newbie introduction page to the forum? would like to post my experience so far.

keep up the good work, that's every one on the forum, not just williamx5