M52 vanos seal and bits and pieces part numbers.

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Post Sat Aug 18, 2012 1:30 am

After fitting some S52 cams, I realised the vanos unit is doing fookall only pissing air past the o-ring and obviously oil once being driven.
Makes sense anyway though as after driving it recently I thought it wasn't pulling quite as well as it used in the top end as it did before when I put the engine into first or fitted the M50 inlet

took it apart now but I can't find the part numbers on realoem or anywhere for rebuilding it and I need it back together fairly quickly.

Probably just not looking hard enough or if somebody has all the bits lying in a corner ready to go, it would be quite handy too... Dan? :)
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Post Sat Aug 18, 2012 1:36 am

danthe does the upgraded vanos seals mate
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Post Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:42 am

Yep, I know. Hopefully he has a few in stock and could send them over quickly to me :)
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Post Sat Aug 18, 2012 7:44 pm

bmw dont sell the seals just the unit RIP OFF!!
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Post Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:21 pm

yes Rich, but danthe's seals last 4 times longer than bmw's own. so in theory, the engine would die before you need to change them again lol
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