N54 Cam and Vanos removal 

Bro those ledges are $600 a piece. $50 😂

Great vid!, keep em coming, 09 N54 owner myself and Ive had my fair share of issues with it, still love it to death, great to see an inside look of the block.

Oh my god!!! Thank you SOOOO much! The fact that you mentioned that the sprockets were in and ex for intake and exhaust fixed my car!!! I brought my engine to a shop and they put the two sprockets on backwards and I've been trying to figure this issue out for the last year and a half!! From the bottom of my heart thank you so much!!

@37:20 you zoom into what looks like a blue paper towel stuffed in what looks like a freeze plug to the left of the spark plug. What exactly is that? I have a little oil in that spot and can’t figure it out.

I can do this while the engine is still in the car right I'm doing a complete engine tear down cause I did the money shift bent valve I'm very mechanically inclined but this it the first time I'm doing this I'm doing a complete tear down on my 2011 BMW 328xi I know it's hard but I'm thinking the hardest part is the timing of the engine but this video helped me a lot thanks

Very appreciative of your demonstration.Thanks for sharing

Can you re-use the camshaft bolts ? I mean the bolts that keep that camshaft cover together

Hello, while changing CCV(due to high oil consumption), the old hose that went from CCV to crankcase was not even connected, after installing new CCV and connecting all hoses, engine started fine and was driving good. After changing oil, engine went into limp mode, long crank, wanting to stall, jumping rpms , check engine light. Engine is N52 002A82 VANOS INTAKE 002A9A Crankshaft inlet camshaft synchronization P0341 Camshaft position sensor "A" circuit range/performance (Bank1 or single sensor) Clearing codes does help, but mechanic said it will return and didnt advise me to drive since chain can jump off vanos Any idea? What could be broken?

your expert opinion needed dropped a piece of gasket two and a quarter inches long while cleaning valve cover gasket job I tried to retrieve by vacuum but no luck I also tried to flush it still no luck some says eventually will end up in my oil pan is this going to ruin my engine 335i please response I thank you

tomorrow i will start my work for n54 as i seen in this vid

Does your n54 have the OEM round steel blocking rings around each piston ...now replaced for either plastic or silicone blocking rings? I need the newer OEM plastic ones

What would be symptoms of faulty 11mm bolts that hold the intake/exhaust Vanos plates and vanos unit to timing chain?? I kno the N52 bolts were 9 or 10mm so I know they can become insufficient. What symptoms would occur at this point? Thanks again!

What is your email? I have some questions

Do you have a second video, where you put it all back together, this is one of the best I have seen!

I have an N54 and developed a 2A87 exhaust vanos mechanism fault code. I tried to swap the intake and exhaust vanos solenoids but the code did not follow. Would the next course of action involve replacing the exhaust vanos unit? Thank you.

Hi. My mechanic rotated the engine counter clockwise when doing leakdown test, a few rotations, i think i heard the tensioner rest and click, im scared!! What could happen? We haven't started it yet

i have to replace my head gasket. do i have to take the engine out of the car completely???

I keep getting vanos solenoid (exhaust) codes even after ive changed both solenoids. As a result, the ecu forces the engine to go into limp mode. To fix this, will i have to replace the vanos camshaft unit?

great vid, what are your plans forward with it?.. :)