07-24-2019, 10:16 AM | #1 |
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Leaking valve cover ‘15 M4
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, |
07-26-2019, 10:25 AM | #2 |
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Will definitely look in to changing the valve cover gasket myself. Took it to the dealer to get an estimate and they confirmed it was gasket weeping. Quoted $3400 to replace. Really? Also said that 58,000 was the normal life expectancy of the gasket. So looking for any tips and tricks or insight.
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07-27-2019, 06:05 PM | #5 |
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There not too bad to do, I've just done mine. Just got to be careful to seat the new gasket in the valve cover firmly, it's very flimsy so you don't want it to drop down on reassembly. Have a cloth wrapped round the fuel pipes when undoing the unions to catch excess fuel. You don't have to disconnect the intercooler completely you can leave the coolant pipes on and just lift it to one side.
Hope this helps, good luck. |
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07-31-2019, 01:35 AM | #7 |
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don't use any extra to help sealing.
maybe some adhesive to hold the VC gasket in place as you fumble to install onto head.
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I use a 1/4" screwdriver in between the plug and the clip and twist it slightly, then pull straight up on the wires gently
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08-02-2019, 07:23 PM | #11 |
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Thanks. Thats what I thought looking at pictures of replacement coils, just wanted to make sure before I started pulling on it. I can see the small tab on the side a figured that had to be pulled out to unlock it.
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08-03-2019, 09:48 AM | #12 |
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Hopefully last question. Main power wire that goes across the top of the cover. Not sure how to move that out of the way and can't see any way to pull the valve cover through under it.
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The big wire that goes to the valvetronic motor? Unplug it and set it to the side. The valve cover comes off with just the big wire unplugged
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08-03-2019, 06:40 PM | #14 |
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I was talking about the main 12v power that run across the top. Didn’t realize it popped out of the holder on the passenger side.
Thanks for all the help. Just finished up so hopefully test drive tomorrow will be successful. |
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