545isprt

Wat it dew people. To start off luved the car after the first test drive lol even tho i never owned a manual lol and the v8 and the power vedy nice lol but i have driven a manual. And i think I. Got a smokin deal on it with 84,000 miles on it from a dealer that sell used beamers benzs and range rovers... So basically I got the idrive under control but under the hood im still alil rusty but I know where all the fluids go. But ive recently had the car in the shop like 3 times in like the 4 mnth period ive had it so i took it back to the dealer and they have been takin care of me cuz like a mnth had past by. The first time i took it in the check engine light came on sumthing about the coolin system so they saId it could b the thermostat so they took care of that then I noticed wen its parked and its on for awhile it would throw out like white'ish blue'ish smoke out the tail pipe wen I step on the gas. When im at the light playing with the clutch when Its about to turn green sumtimes it would b a cloud of smoke but sumtimes just abit of smoke. So I called em and told them about the situation and they said it was probably the pressure release valves which are two one in each head I believe which are just a cap and a spring. They showed me the new ones but I didn't c the old ones so they did that. After they did that they said just run it for awhile so all the gunk could clear out so I did but still the same thing so I told em again that it still doin the same thing so now they say it could b the VALVE GUIDE SEALS so I left it at thier shope and they had it for a week and I didn't pay anything since it had been doin that since I got it. But I have no idea if they did wrk on it cuz it still does the same thing..... Can sumone plz help me out and tell me wat could b wrong wit my car cuz its pretty embarrassing seein smoke everytime im takin off from a stop light.

Isaiah_Charles

If the CCV's were changed as you said, unfortunately it probably is your valve stem seals its a pretty costly and tedious job. If you do have it done might as well change the mid pipe that runs thru the middle of the engine as you can develop a "weep hole leak" pretty soon. GL

545isprt

Are the valve guide seals and valve stem seals the same thing or no?

Isaiah_Charles

Yes samething here's my thread on it. I had a lot of other things done too which included, head gaskets, mid pipe, some other coolant hoses and motor mounts

https://5series.net/forums/e60-discu...ebuild-113253/

545isprt

How long did that take and wat and wat did u need to replace.

Isaiah_Charles

Well my mechanic had extra N62 heads laying around the shop. But turn around time took about 1 week to have them sent to a machine shop and another day or 2 to have all of the labor done.

545isprt

Can u tell me wat else was replaced and thanx for ur help

Isaiah_Charles

Mentioned it in the previous post