Hey all,

i studied this job pretty hard before i took it on and surprisingly little info out there..
The info i did find was not accurate for my application.
My car does not have valvetronic but the DIY i found did. perhaps the DIY was for n52 vs my n54?
Anyway, not bad of a job. Autozone had thin wall spark plug socket cheap it worked great.
I should have written up a DIY myself with some little tricks I found like removing vacuum reservoir next to coil wire harness, and removing bolts completely from fuel rail mount.
Also, I struggled to remove valve cover after all bolts were loose. I had to grab each bolt with a needle nose and kind of shake them even though bolt threads were completely backed out before it popped off.
My question now is what is the torque value? I have read in several areas its a torque turn method, and I have seen straight torque numbers posted as well. I know a BMW tech and will ask him and post here as well, just wondering why I'm struggling to find it. Maybe its just me...

 

DIY E90 N54 Valve Cover Gasket

Torque specs: 7-7.4 lbs
you do not remove the bolts

 

Will do this soon.... Hate that burning smell coming in when i turn on the heater.

 

7-7.4 lbs, but it have a extra turn to it after u torque them down "bentley manual".

 

If that winds up being 10 n-M then cool. Anymore than that could result in broken bolt.

 

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Make a DIY please

 

I'm NOT doing that job again lol. If I do anything else amazing I'll video it 😁😁

 

@docbubba1

Sounds like you didn't enjoy it lol, how long did it take? Did you replace or reuse those aluminum bolts?

 

My son and I did it together, took our time. Probably had 2 hours in disassembly, hour in cleaning and prep, another 1.5 in assembly. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
BMW techs do not replace bolts so I didn't either, just torqued to spec and let er buck! 😁