[rcharles30]

It appears that I have a small leak from my valve cover on my 2015 M5. I’m just under 60k miles. By small, I mean I can see some amount of oil on the passenger side below the valve cover and drips off the rear of the motor. May be 4-5 drops a day on to my exhaust. I found it because I could smell burning oil in the morning when I left for work. By the time I get to work, the small that had dripped had burned off so I couldn’t smell it any more until I let it sit over night. At no time have I ever found oil on my garage floor.

No to drag this out, I have only found one walk through of changing the valve cover gasket but it did not seem that difficult. Is it worth doing this work on myself or is it really a dealership job?

If I do this myself, any tips or tricks i should know about? Anything else I should plan on doing while I have parts off?

Thanks in advance for any info,