I love your videos man, you have helped me with my e46 M3 so much I cannot thank you enough, you are a major contributor to keeping these gems on the road for that I salute you !
Yeah I remember rebuilding the VANOS unit 2 summers ago.. getting that oil pump disk back together into the unit was a royal PITA; those springs and caps are STUPID! lmao ;) now I'm back disassembling her again for a cut/cooper ring head gasket replacement and valve shim job.. thanks again for all your AMAZING videos! Your helping me keep repairs on my 04 M3 cheap and straightforward! lol
At 12:59.....the unit you are removing is called the “VANOS Adjustment Module” (11-36-7-838-161). I have seen it also referred to as “AT(Adjustment Timing) Unit. The Pressure Accumulator is at the lower end of the vanos oil feed line. I hope this will help. So many thousands of parts to keep track of. Thanks again for the vids. 👍
Thanks for these awesome videos! A tip for getting the Vanos off the head as mine was beyond stuck and couldn’t fit anything between to pry it off: use a rubber mallet and tap vanos at an angle towards the front of the car. It will pop right off and you also don’t risk scratching any of the mating surfaces.
mine wouldnt come off either after a year i finally got it off with a torch and the 2 tools you need and a rubber mallet and i kept hitting until it finally broke lose and this was only about a week or 2 ago cause my thermostat went out so i needed to get that shit off now before my belt just broke and i looped the new one around the fan and just left it but i needed off this time and im glad i got it off cause itll never go back in my car lol made the switch to electric after watching one of your diy's
Thanks for another great video! I've got a Beisan Oil Pump Disc problem. While reassembling the Beisan oil pump disc and reinstalling it into the VANOS body, I noticed that the diameter of one of the holes on the side of the disc that houses the small spring-loaded pin caps was to narrow... None of the four pin caps fit into that one hole and are able to move freely inside. The only way to get any of the pin caps inside of the hole is to force it in with a rubber mallet (the pin cap gets stuck in place and does not move freely once forced in). All of the four pins fit into the other three holes on the side of the oil pump disc just fine and are able to move freely once inside, so I don't think the issue lies with the diameter of the pin caps. Have you ever heard of this problem before? Is there any remedy to this problem besides sending the disc back to Beisan to get drilled out a bit more? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
i think I skiped a tooth on my e46 s intake manifold? will it still run? becouse mine runs but not that well no niose either from valves clacking iether would you hesr the valves hiting if the intake was off one tototh?
You are right, a lot of DIY'er mess up the timing on this job. Even when everything seems to be working properly and the car passes the vanos test. If you put your car on the dyno and it doesn't keep making power to redline (the graph flat lines), the timing is off. It's a PITA if you do not know what you are doing.
The most difficult to understand part of the work is removal and reinstallation of the spline gears. They need to be in the exact position. Just one gear tooth off and your your S54 will not develop its full power. 2 teeth off and you can hit the valves with the pistons. Yikes!
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@@ShopLifeTV was just wondering what size of tank you guys used on the air suspension or which specific.tank it.is, from what I remember you guys planned on.putting everything under the trunk. I wanna do the same on my setup
Thank you for watching! I hope this video helped! Links to parts and other vanos videos are in the description box
I love your videos man, you have helped me with my e46 M3 so much I cannot thank you enough, you are a major contributor to keeping these gems on the road for that I salute you !
Yeah I remember rebuilding the VANOS unit 2 summers ago.. getting that oil pump disk back together into the unit was a royal PITA; those springs and caps are STUPID! lmao ;) now I'm back disassembling her again for a cut/cooper ring head gasket replacement and valve shim job.. thanks again for all your AMAZING videos! Your helping me keep repairs on my 04 M3 cheap and straightforward! lol
Once again thanks for another awesome video, thank you. Any s54 or e46 m3 -how to- video you post is a great asset to the BMW community.
Thanks Dustin! Appreciate the support!
That was riveting. This should have been a BMW recall item. Great video!
Thanks Ray!
At 12:59.....the unit you are removing is called the “VANOS Adjustment Module” (11-36-7-838-161). I have seen it also referred to as “AT(Adjustment Timing) Unit. The Pressure Accumulator is at the lower end of the vanos oil feed line. I hope this will help. So many thousands of parts to keep track of. Thanks again for the vids. 👍
Rebuilding a Vanos with Jason and Selena featuring special guest spider @ 5:47 lol
Haha she got scared. I surprised she didn’t drop the camera
Thanks for these awesome videos! A tip for getting the Vanos off the head as mine was beyond stuck and couldn’t fit anything between to pry it off: use a rubber mallet and tap vanos at an angle towards the front of the car. It will pop right off and you also don’t risk scratching any of the mating surfaces.
This is the best vid I’ve seen on vanos. Very Excellent Job 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟. Can’t find part 3 ?
Thank you and it is still being edited. It will be up on Wednesday
ShopLifeTV .....I look forward to it 👍 thank you 🙏
Thanks for the great videos you do! Has helped me out a few times with my BMW
Awesome! Thank you for watching!
Great second part guys. Thumbs up!
Thank you 🙏🏽
mine wouldnt come off either after a year i finally got it off with a torch and the 2 tools you need and a rubber mallet and i kept hitting until it finally broke lose and this was only about a week or 2 ago cause my thermostat went out so i needed to get that shit off now before my belt just broke and i looped the new one around the fan and just left it but i needed off this time and im glad i got it off cause itll never go back in my car lol made the switch to electric after watching one of your diy's
Loved the M3 E46!
Can’t go wrong with the e46 m3!
Do you think just the pump disk is enough, or would you replace the exhaust hub with something like the VAC hub and leave the pump disk alone now?
Where's the 1st part? Or the next? I'm addicted to you guys!!!!
Haha thanks Michael it is linked in the description and we also just uploaded a new vlog on our vlog channel “shoplifevlogs”
Thanks for another great video!
I've got a Beisan Oil Pump Disc problem.
While reassembling the Beisan oil pump disc and reinstalling it into the VANOS body, I noticed that the diameter of one of the holes on the side of the disc that houses the small spring-loaded pin caps was to narrow...
None of the four pin caps fit into that one hole and are able to move freely inside. The only way to get any of the pin caps inside of the hole is to force it in with a rubber mallet (the pin cap gets stuck in place and does not move freely once forced in).
All of the four pins fit into the other three holes on the side of the oil pump disc just fine and are able to move freely once inside, so I don't think the issue lies with the diameter of the pin caps.
Have you ever heard of this problem before? Is there any remedy to this problem besides sending the disc back to Beisan to get drilled out a bit more?
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Dude your videos are a life saver! Thanks
Thanks for watching! Glad they help
What spray did you clean the house with ?
You are a GOD SEND brother thanks for posting I will support you with a donation $ on your website.
Thank you so much!
@@ShopLifeTV Your welcome bro! Hope to see u this weekend at bimmerfest. Cheers!
i think I skiped a tooth on my e46 s intake manifold? will it still run? becouse mine runs but not that well no niose either from valves clacking iether would you hesr the valves hiting if the intake was off one tototh?
great video man thanks
You are right, a lot of DIY'er mess up the timing on this job. Even when everything seems to be working properly and the car passes the vanos test. If you put your car on the dyno and it doesn't keep making power to redline (the graph flat lines), the timing is off. It's a PITA if you do not know what you are doing.
Exactly! 👌🏽
A bad vanos coul be cause a misfire?
You are a legend thanks ✌👌
Thanks for watching Joel!
Where is your shop at? Would love for you to be my regular mechanic.
The most difficult to understand part of the work is removal and reinstallation of the spline gears. They need to be in the exact position. Just one gear tooth off and your your S54 will not develop its full power. 2 teeth off and you can hit the valves with the pistons. Yikes!
Great video man, did you see my instagram pictures I tagged you in?
Thank you! And no I haven’t, I’ll check
@@ShopLifeTV your welcome man, I enjoy your work
sorry not manifold da.ment cam.
great work! poor oil change intervals on that engine. just sayin'
Turkish subtitle PLEASE !! :(
hey PM'd you on your IG.. would appreciate it if you can take a moment and check it out.
I don’t read my dms anymore because it is filled with spam. Now I only take questions on my website www.shoplifetv.com or on my live-streams every Friday
@@ShopLifeTV was just wondering what size of tank you guys used on the air suspension or which specific.tank it.is, from what I remember you guys planned on.putting everything under the trunk. I wanna do the same on my setup
oh ok for the e46? if so this is the tank we used amzn.to/2C1lQwU hope that helps
and we put it in the spare wheel well
@@ShopLifeTV thanks!!!
I can have that fan clutch off in 5min flat.
👍🏼
@@ShopLifeTV by using a snap on air hammer not shit gearwrench tools.
STFU.