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Post Tue May 15, 2007 7:00 pm

Changed the rocker cover gasket on the 525i today, thought some of you M50 types might be interested in pics of the cam wear. I thought it looked pretty good considering its on 249000 8)

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Post Tue May 15, 2007 7:43 pm

Dont you just love those hydraulic lifters :cool:
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Post Tue May 15, 2007 8:33 pm

Cam lobes are a bit pointy.........
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Post Tue May 15, 2007 8:46 pm

Looking good. Sooooo looking forward to getting there myself :D
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Post Tue May 15, 2007 9:09 pm

Those engines are bomb proof...
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Post Tue May 15, 2007 9:44 pm

Here are some 70,000 mile cams for comparison

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Very pointy compared to a worn out M20 cam :)
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Post Tue May 15, 2007 10:05 pm

why are they so pointy ?

Even my new'ish M20 cam was not like that....
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Post Tue May 15, 2007 10:10 pm

You should see my Schrick cams winkeye

Enough point to poke your eye out
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Post Tue May 15, 2007 11:03 pm

They're hand made by The Pointer Sisters.
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Post Tue May 15, 2007 11:04 pm

So just how much oil were the spark plugs bathing in then :D
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Post Tue May 15, 2007 11:32 pm

hows the plastic water pump propeller wrongness on those badboys then?!
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Post Wed May 16, 2007 7:42 am

SPADGE wrote:So just how much oil were the spark plugs bathing in then :D
LOL a fair bit! I took the plugs out to drain it into the cylinders, you should have seen my neighbours looking when I started it up :twisted:
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Post Wed May 16, 2007 8:20 am

Simon13 wrote:hows the plastic water pump propeller wrongness on those badboys then?!
I can't comment on that but the f**king oil pump just died on me :-x :x :x :evil: :(

I give up :cry:

edit - ever get the feeling you're not meant to have something? I swear BMWs and me are cursed :(
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Post Wed May 16, 2007 7:59 pm

Can anyone tell me if the sump can be removed with the engine still in the car? I'm thinking my only option is to fix this myself... 8O :? winkeye :roll:
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Post Wed May 16, 2007 8:32 pm

Take it back the the trader you brought it off!! :wink:

More seriously i'm not sure if the sump will come off in situ. I know on the m20 its a pain in the arse with the engine needing to go up a fair bit to release the sump. Horrible job to be honest.
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Post Wed May 16, 2007 9:20 pm

Even if the engine needs raising there is plenty of room to lift it 8)
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Post Wed May 16, 2007 9:36 pm

Jon_Bmw wrote:Take it back the the trader you brought it off!! :wink:
I didn't buy it. I don't blame Spadge in the slightest it's just one of those things. It's ironic (to me) that the day after I sort out the tax and the rocker cover gasket it goes wrong but I am getting used to BMWs doing this to me. I may as well fix it as it doesn't look like that bad a job, bloody knew there was a reason I downloaded the Bentley 5-series pdf....
Do I need a new sump gasket? :?
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Post Wed May 16, 2007 9:47 pm

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Jon_Bmw wrote:Take it back the the trader you brought it off!! :wink:
I didn't buy it. I don't blame Spadge in the slightest it's just one of those things. It's ironic (to me) that the day after I sort out the tax and the rocker cover gasket it goes wrong but I am getting used to BMWs doing this to me. I may as well fix it as it doesn't look like that bad a job, bloody knew there was a reason I downloaded the Bentley 5-series pdf....
Do I need a new sump gasket? :?
Hi mate rotten luck yet again :(
Obviously i had no idea the oil pump was on its last legs or i certainly wouldn't have driven it all the way to you. With a quarter of a million miles on the clock its had a good innings and of course things don't last for ever.
Are you sure you didn't drop anything into an oil way whilst doing the cam cover gasket as its a bit coincidental it should go just after you did it?
Best of luck with it mate
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Post Wed May 16, 2007 9:57 pm

Yep I am having fun this year, it can only get better!
It's not done yet mate - I am going to try and fix it, I barely drove it once the warnings came on and was about 2 mins from home on my way to work.
I am as certain as I can be mate, I was bloody careful :) - I went for a good 60 mile round trip to a mates after doing it and it was fine. I have been deliberately not caning it too, I reckon cars are like women - treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen winkeye
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Post Wed May 16, 2007 9:59 pm

Appart from the oil light coming on what other signs do you have that the oil pump is fecked mate?
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Post Wed May 16, 2007 10:12 pm

It's telling me low pressure on the display and the lifters are clattering over about 3.5k ( I only tried this a couple of times ) I know it has the right amount of oil in.
Not sure what else it could be to go that suddenly, I think maybe some crud has moved about where I had the cover off, might be worth trying a flush?
Or some thicker oil, in fact maybe it's because I put some new oil in it :mad:
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