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srmmmm 01-07-2020 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Fifty150hs (Post 1175366)
How did you find the crack?


Diagnosed from CCV malfunction, confirmed during gasket change.

Vanguard 01-07-2020 02:06 PM

I had good luck with an ebay replacement cover on my e70. After watching a couple of videos, I decided just to replace the valve cover and gasket. Took a bit of fussing to get it back on, but I was pleased with the end result and no more leaks.

undef.e53 04-02-2020 03:48 PM

Turns out it was a cracked valve cover. Took it off and inspected the hell out of it and found a crack where the cap nuts go so the oil was being shot out from underneath the grommets between the ignition coils i went ahead and upgraded the valve cover to the newer style (among a few other "upgrades") and the issue is solved for the most part although those same grommets in the middle seem melted/completely flattened unlike the outside grommets even though i replaced the gasket with an OE kit from BMW

Bmwe5320023.0 04-02-2020 04:12 PM

Glad you fixed it. Grab some pics of you have a chance

oldskewel 04-02-2020 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by undef.e53 (Post 1180692)
Turns out it was a cracked valve cover. Took it off and inspected the hell out of it and found a crack where the cap nuts go so the oil was being shot out from underneath the grommets between the ignition coils i went ahead and upgraded the valve cover to the newer style (among a few other "upgrades") and the issue is solved for the most part although those same grommets in the middle seem melted/completely flattened unlike the outside grommets even though i replaced the gasket with an OE kit from BMW

Thanks for the follow-up, and glad you got it solved.

On those melted/flattened grommets - are you sure those are Genuine BMW, or at least OEM (Elring, Reinz, ???)? That sounds exactly like how a cheap Chinese substitute would perform - looks good out of the package, installs well, works for a brief period, then the sub-standard material does what it does.


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