E60I

Thanks for the info, Twh.

But seriously, I wouldn't know how to do it if my life depends on it.

Are there any other 530i owner out there who can tell me if the plug goes to the top or bottom vanos solenoid? Pretty please??? :-)

Thanks,

Daniel

twh

Are you able to see the wire colors going to the connectors?

These are the DIN color names used:
WS = white
BL = blue
RT = red
OR = orange

WS/BL means a wire that is overall White with a Blue stripe.
WS/RT is White with Red.

Here is the wiring diagram:

E60I

Thanks!

Okay, I think I can look and find out the colors of the wires.

From the attached picture, can you or anyone please tell me which vanos solenoid is for the intake? Is it #1 or #2?

Just curious, since both vanos solenoids and their connectors look identical, what would happen if they are connected backward? Can they cause the engine to misfire or do some other weird stuff?

Thanks again for help and the education!


Confirmation: Thanks to twh's help.
From the attached thumbnail (picture I provided), #1 is the vanos solenoid for the intake and #2 is for the exhaust.

twh

The picture has the solenoids labeled.

Each solenoid has two wires.

Intake has Orange and White-with-Blue.

Exhaust has Orange and White-with-Red.

E60I

Hi twh,

I was referring to the picture (attached thumbnail) that I provided with the labels of #1 and #2. :-)

Can you or anyone tell me is #1 for the intake or the exhaust vanos solenoid?

Thanks

twh

Gottcha...here is another picture from that same web site that has the connecter locations. Use the first picture to get the connecter id and then look at this one.

E60I

Okay, thanks! I finally got confirmation that I connected the vanos solenoids correctly. lol

For the record, the top vanos solenoid (#1) is for the intake. And the bottom (#2) is for the exhaust.

Per twh:

Each solenoid has two wires.

Intake has Orange and White-with-Blue.

Exhaust has Orange and White-with-Red.


Here is a related video:
I hope this info will also be useful to someone else one day. :-)

pcy

Dan, that info will definitely help others in the future.