Anyone has Vanos troubles?

[s.mac]

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Originally Posted by s.mac
there's a good post on e46 fanatics about the vanos.

I had to look a while ago because I didnt know what one was :whistle:

You dont need to no as you have a nice shinny new 1 :thumbs:

:hahaha:

[pinkpanther008]

Warranty feed back?

phoenixcsl, does this point ot a bad third party warrenty company, would your advice be to go with BMW warrenties in future??

Sorry for your woes and hope it gets sorted soon

[shimmy]

You dont need to no as you have a nice shinny new 1 :thumbs:

i had two :beer:

[giraffe]

there's a good post on e46 fanatics about the vanos.

I had to look a while ago because I didnt know what one was :whistle:

You dont need to no as you have a nice shinny new 1 :thumbs:

[Bounce]

Where in the engine bay is the vanos solenoid? Anyone have a picture?

I think its no2 in this diagram

[s.mac]

there's a good post on e46 fanatics about the vanos.

I had to look a while ago because I didnt know what one was :whistle:

[magnust]

I found out my vanos solenoid was at fault unbolted it off car, removed sealed cover and resoldered all joints on printed board resealed cover, refitted cleared fault codes now works perfect full power back and saved myself £400 plus ;-)

Where in the engine bay is the vanos solenoid? Anyone have a picture?

[phoenixcsl]

I found out my vanos solenoid was at fault unbolted it off car, removed sealed cover and resoldered all joints on printed board resealed cover, refitted cleared fault codes now works perfect full power back and saved myself £400 plus ;-)

You could make yourself a few £££ by refurbing solenoids! I was under the impression once they were dead that you couldn't fix them...

[giraffe]

lol means it works :thumbs:

[shimmy]

I found out my vanos solenoid was at fault unbolted it off car, removed sealed cover and resoldered all joints on printed board resealed cover, refitted cleared fault codes now works perfect full power back and saved myself £400 plus ;-)

All I heard was blaaaaaaa blaaaaaaa......:smokin:

What does it all mean?

[rs4steve]

I found out my vanos solenoid was at fault unbolted it off car, removed sealed cover and resoldered all joints on printed board resealed cover, refitted cleared fault codes now works perfect full power back and saved myself £400 plus ;-)

[outnumbered]

Just had some good news, the cam timing was miles out, clearly from when i had the gears changed!

Vanos now operating as it should, no fault codes and has passed vanos tests!

Whoops. Actually I guess you've been a bit lucky because you haven't had valve/piston interface as a result.

[mattCSLnut]

Just had some good news, the cam timing was miles out, clearly from when i had the gears changed!

Vanos now operating as it should, no fault codes and has passed vanos tests!

What a palava, can't wait to go ge the car now...and to top it off..its lovely and sunny :thumbs::thumbs:

Result :thumbs: Enjoy :smokin:

[phoenixcsl]

Just had some good news, the cam timing was miles out, clearly from when i had the gears changed!

Vanos now operating as it should, no fault codes and has passed vanos tests!

What a palava, can't wait to go ge the car now...and to top it off..its lovely and sunny :thumbs::thumbs:

[mattCSLnut]

I had Vanos issues about a year into ownership (2007) and it was sorted under BMW Warranty. Don't think they changed the whole unit, just a part of it which I can't remember.

Haven't heard of many Vanos issues on the S54 engine though.

More common then you think Baz especially in the CSL :bigcry: Yours, mine, Shimmy's ... I'm sure there are others :whistle: