08 BMW 328i E90 Valve cover Gaskets Replacement Oil Leaking 6 Cylinder Engine 

I did this job a week ago without any issues. A couple of notes to help anyone else who needs to do this. Took me about 8 hours as I ran into a couple of things that required more time than usual. 1.Have the torque specs for valvetronic motor + gasket, essentric shaft sensor and valve cover(should say right on it) before hand so you dont have to spend time looking. 2.Take pictures of the wire routing so that you can place the wire harness back in the proper locations. 3.Have lots of towels and rags ready because it can get messy fast with all the oil. 4.Removing the oil breather hose was the hardest part and took me an hour, I was super careful because I did not want to break it as replacing adds a couple of hours to the job. You can only grab one side of the clip with your hand the other side is hard to get leverage on so I bend a screw driver into a weird U shape in order to get pressure onto the other side of the clip in order to remove it. Take a look online of the oil breather hose so you know what to expect. 5. Removing the valve cover was not that hard but I could not do it until I removed the rubber gasket that is around the windshield wiper cover. Could not remove the cover for the life of me until I removed that gasket as this gave me an extra couple of mm to pull the cover out. 6. You do not need to cut anything as other videos suggest but you do have to kind of figure out the best angle and make as much clearance for yourself as possible. Nothing required extreme force so if you find yourself using all your strength to get something off you are probably doing it wrong, stop and reassess the situation. 7. To get all the bolts of the valve cover I highly suggest you get a good set of swivel attachments and different size socket extensions. This was key for me. Im sure it can be done with one set but having multiple sets of sockets helped me allot. 8. When you finish there might be smoke and weird smell from oil dripping on the exhaust, this is normal. It should go away after a short drive. It kinda freaked me out for a couple of mins because it smelled like burnt electronics for some reason but it was just oil. 9.Disconnect the battery of you might have a badddd time. 10.I had a tiny leak coming from what I suspect is the two security bolts for the valvetronic motor mount. This went away in about a week and stopped leaking. This might be due to a bad cover but it went away. Hope this helps someone

I bought my daughter a 2011 BMW 328i SULEV with barely 75,500 miles about a year ago for college. And to my surprise it is still cover for maintenance up to 150,000 or 15 years from the dealership. Just had the valve cover, one oxygen sensor replace, new radiator, one solenoid replace, and a free rental car for two days for FREE. 😀

Removing the fuse block cover and wire bundles out of the way did the trick for me. I tried yanking the cover out for almost an hour before that!

Great video! good Quality quality, informative, and no one talking on and on. Accurately titled, simple and straight to the point, keep up the good work.

Man, you need to put up more 'how to' videos on N52s. This is really well done

Thank you for the video! I did this on my 2006 BMW 330i couple of weeks ago after watching your video. Everything went great, no problems. I have a Bentley manual but your video was still immensely helpful. Thanks again!

I like how you humbly note mistakes you made! I watched enough to decide I don't want to do it myself. Great job! :)

I was also planning to replace the valve cover and eccentric shaft sensor. The instructions were very clear, thanks for making this. Unfortunately, all was going well till I dropped the bottom bolt of the eccentric shaft sensor down the timing chain tunnel. My mistake was not having a magnet around to insert the new screw in. So for those who wants to also replace the eccentric shaft sensor, be sure to not drop a screw in any way like I did. Now I have to get it out somehow maybe from draining the oil and using a magnet or worse case tow it to a shop to open the oil pan.

Well i just completed changing the valve cover gaskets with success. Edward your taking the time to make this video was a tremendous help. Thanks so much.

Excellent video, very detailed and no talking. Just finished mine up last night. Getting the cover on without touching the gasket can be tricky but it's possible. Take your time and don't get frustrated. Take breaks and don't overwhelm yourself and get it done. Thanks again.

This video was an amazing help. For me there was a metal ac line by the firewall that was not letting the cover come off. Push this down gently, and you will get it off. Took me hours to realize it was blocking the cover from coming off.

Great video, I especially liked how you took the nozzle from a spray bottle to siphon off the oil in the spark plug tubes. I never thought of that nor have seen anyone do that. That was very clever.

Nice edit job at the end where you forgot the vanity cover before putting on the shroud. liked the video, getting ready to do my own.

I followed this as a guide today. It took me 7 hours and three trip to the parts store. I appreciate the video. I could not have done it otherwise. I had to glue the gasket into the groove on the valve cover to keep it from falling out during reinstall. Will drive it a week and check for leaks. Hopefully, all is good.

Outstanding video, keep ‘em coming. 👍

Thank you for the video. My advise: disconnect the battery, make sure you do no start the car before double checking the ground connections on the valve cover between the coils, if run without the grounds being connected you might blow your oil level sensor. Check the air valve on the valve cover, often the membrane inside is gone, it will give you trouble later.

One thing you might want to look for when doing this are cracks in the VC, I found a few after doing the VC gasket. Rather than pulling it apart again and paying for a new one I V-groved the cracks and used Devcon to seal them up. The beauty cover covers the valve cover so you can’t see these area and the it’s been leak free for the last two years.

Thanks for the video.. was able to do an oil change, plugs, and gasket replacement in around 3 hours because of this video. Cheers

You should make more DIY videos. Your breakdown and progress shown is amazing

Thanks for putting the tool reference in the beginning... I had no e-sockets and didn't know what I needed to get before beginning. This video is a good reference, although I did a few things differently than you, it came out the same in the end! Thanks again.

All of that and he still left the leaves in the water drains :D In all seriousness, thank you for all the details you added into the video, I really needed a list of all the sockets and tools I would need for this and this helped a ton!

Dude, you have over 2,000 subscribers and only one video. We like it, please show more!

man such an amazing video great job very useful and helpful well detailed, we need more videos from you!!!!

Great video Edward. When I took the oil out of mine I used an extension magnet with 4-5 Q-tips taped on the shaft with spark plugs in. Guess it depends on how much oil is in there. But I like your way very much as well.

The only item on a BMW that never breaks is the dash warning alert panel and chimes.😁

Thank you for posting. Just completed this project on a 2011 X3 today.

My 2007 BMW 328xi was making a very high pitched noise. Did some research and found it was the Valve Cover and I followed your video on replacing it. Guess what!! No more high pitched noise!!

Yeah, I like the fact he wipes everything down clean. Great job man.

Many thanks! Edward.. It gives a lot of confidence to me in pursuing this DIY!!!.. appreciate your efforts and unselfishness .!

Thanks Edward for the video! Honestly... it helped me so much!

This video is so explaining and detailed in every way. I love how things were labeled and what you need. This video deserves more likes. 👍 ❤

Man i must say this is one of the best videos i have seen of the gasket being replaced i really liked the details you put into this please more n52 videos and also what is a camshaft position actuator

Now this is how you make a tutorial video. Great job.

Awesome video! Clear, concise, Thank you!

Great video boss, pretty entertaining cant wait for my parts to come so I can have some fun.

More videos please. I like the background music. Clear and not rambling on like other videos.

Removing the oil from the spark plugs was brilliant.

Thank God and thank you for this video! I had to replace my crank case cover because of the built in PCV valves and could not get the cover back in. I didn't initially realize the amount force that needed to be applied to push it in. To others doing this same thing I would suggest laying out the gasket first and then pushing the cover in, that way you do not damage the gasket.

really good work, you can even watch it in x2 speed and all the indicators are really helpful! nice work and nice edit!!!!

Thank you man, you helped me do my VCG on my BMW. I appreciate the awesome video and good help!!!

Thank you!! It is one of the best instructions for the valve cover gasket replacement!!

nice one man, loved the camera angles, and also the nut/screw notes on the vid. top one fella

Great instructions! Superb quality video, thanks. Totally decided to let the garage do this one.

The background music was fire. I fall asleep bout 3 times cuz it was soothing. Great video

The way you edited this video is fantastic. 👌👌

Victor Thank you Sir!....BMW shops must hate the fact that you posted this "Outstanding" DYI! (You are that Dude) 😉🙂

Great idea on how to remove the oil in the spark plug tubes. I have replaced the gasket on two 328's and an X5 4.0 V8. The V8 tubes were full of oil.

Great video.light,angles excellent. Wish you added a third track to this and added personal perspective commentary notes as you went along. Great job.Thoughtful planning. Well done.

Thanks for this. Now I can do my own valve cover replacement

Very instructional from start to finish. Great video!!

Thank you so much! I replaced the valve cover, watching you.

Thank You for a great video! made the job tolerable for me :) Car is running perfect with no oil leaks :)

Very clean video, excellent choice of lighting, music and adding comments rather than talking while working. Most videos with this length will get boring but you made it interesting to watch. You might want to add more tracks rather than repeating same track but it was still good. Hope you can do video with Essentric Shaft Sensor replacement for X5

DUDE 👍 ,,, I DID IT CUZ OF YOUR VIDEO ,,, IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY EASY ONCE YOU GET INTO IT .. THANK YOU BROTHER

This video is a life saver removing the Fuel connectors around 5:30 and finding the correct orientation of the new gasket 14:20 is a great time saver

Excellent video, thanks so much!! I have the same problem and thanks to your video I’ll do it myself.

Great work, thanks for sharing this helpful video.

Thank you for the detailed video very informative and straight to the point

After watching this video I see why they are considered the ultimate driving machine. I feel I am very inclined to learn anything. However, this procedure is not for the novice. I do something else for a living. Let me pay the people that know and get it right by this guy or guys like him. He’s a pro. European cars are the best.

Thanks for all info and your time to create this great video.

Just paid my mechanic $550 to do this job. It takes 3 gaskets. I came here to see why I paid so much. Now I know. I usually do my own work, but I have been to busy lately. I usually multiply by 2 when it comes to hours against mechanics that have all tools & knowledge handy. I did not have 8 to 10 hours. Great video!

Subscribed since I own a 08 328i this was well done and a great video for the first time i did it and understood very well keep up the great videos man

Best e90 video on youtube my Mech's was liking it

damn this is this guy only vid wtf haha he could make serious money woth more dope stuff like this

Getting this and new battery done tomorrow $3800 from dealership. Entertaining to watch and am glad I now know I can't attempt. RU-vid algorithms are watching my every move.

Love this video, hopefully it can help me in the future with my non running bmw 😢😢

Thanks for posting you have given me confidence to do my own work. Thank you. I appreciate you.

man i like this song playing the background Im a Cancer Survior this song lifted my spirit brother

I'm actually about to do this for the second time, since owning mine. It sort of becomes easy after doing it the first time.

Awesome Video! One of the best do-it-yourself videos I have seen. Thanks for putting it together!

Thank you bro Very helpful 👍😀

Nicely done, but I’d be a little worried using a pry bar to separate the valve cover since it can sometimes cause deformations on the surface causing vacuum leaks. But other than that, you did everything perfectly and it’s a good idea to do this by yourself because it’s saves a lot of money. BMW just quoted me $961 for the same job but I got all the parts from them and just fixed it myself after watching a lot of videos on it and this was one of the most helpful.

You’re the goat bro ! Showed exactly where and what you using

Great job. I am doing this job myself right now. I hope I get it done successfully. Thanks alot Comment: I broke the vent hose back of the cover and had to order and wait. You've got to be very careful to disconnect it.

After 5 minutes, I knew this is not what I'd want to do myself. I guess it's time to pay the shop. Great video though. Hi res, clear, nice music.

Excellent video, fantastic job 👍🏽

Great job, very professional

This video is much appreciated

Wow what a good job 👏🏻 make more video we need them 😁😁

This is real good and detailed. Great video

Great video and a great way to get oil out of those tubes, up to today, I am still using paper towel. Appreciated, Good job.

Dude, i have to say thank you for uploading this video, you can't imagine how helpful it is. I watched it and changed my valve cover myself on my e92 with no issues what so ever. Thanks a lot

This is a very nice and very well displayed video!

Great video. I'll give you an advice that will help many people including myself even though I'm an apprentice technician. Just try to explain it verbally step by step I think in my opinion it'll help alot more. But great video

IM GOING TO ATTEMPT THIS! Thank you!

can't thank you enough for this video ....

Nice..I have to do my 09 328xi.Your video is tops.Blueslover says..Grazie!!

This guy is really good.

Will be my first time doing this on my 2008 328xi, Thanks for the video, I ordered all the same parts, Eccentric Shaft Sensor and seal, the Valve cover gasket, the Camshaft Adjuster Seal, in addition I got the Electronic Spray Cleaner to clean the shaft sensor connector (mine had a lot of oil around and in it) and the Permatex High Tack Gasket Sealant because of the amount of oil on the edge. I'm planning on 12 hours start to finish and a few shots of Tequila along the way for stress and frustration.

Thumbs up for you. You really did very well. Load more videos brother

This is really well done. Bro 😎

Beautiful job my friend

You made it look so easy. I wonder how long it takes you? It took me almost two full days! But of course, I'm an amateur and you're a pro. I couldn't have done it without the video. I think I saved almost $1000. I'm taking my wife out to a steak and lobster dinner with the money I saved.

Great video!i had more trouble to take that cover out and back in...! But anyway job done.Thanks.

I did this job once. Huge pain in the ass. The dealer improperly installed the gasket around the spark plugs hole and oil leaked into the spark plug tubes. By the time it started to cause a misfire, it was out of warranty. The video I found took apart more of the rain gutter area. Windshield whippers and some plastic around the bottom of the windshield. It gave you more room to wiggle the value cover off. It still required some magic angle but I think it made it easier. Finding that magic angle is the worst part of the job. It was amazing what a pain in the ass this was to do just to remove a valve cover. It felt more like removing a head. My Porsche 914 valve covers pop off in three seconds with a screwdriver. Replacing gaskets on that car is like a ten minute job, tops.

Brilliant video. Master class

woohoo just changed my oil filter housing gasket. Now to tackle this task :)

U make everything look so easy.. Im struggling to put valve cover back in. Wish you were somewhere in SoCal!

EXCELLENT VIDEO GREAT JOB THOUGHTFUL PLANNING WELL DONE. THANK YOU

Fantastic video you saved me a lot of money and time thank you very much