If you have a 2001 BMW 325i (M56) with a production date of 12/01/2001- and it’s leaking oil, this is a very common issue with this era of engines, also know as the E46 development body style. It’s more common among the plastic valve covers, but the aluminum covers have been known also to crack with …
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If you have a 2001 BMW 325i (M54) and it’s leaking oil, this is a very common issue with this era of engines, also know as the E46 development body style. To repair this symptom correctly, you must do one of two things: replace the valve cover, or the valve cover gasket. It’s not uncommon for …
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If you have a 2000 BMW 325i (M54) and it’s leaking oil, this is a very common issue with this era of engines, also know as the E46 development body style. If you want to repair this issue the right way, you have to do one of two things: replace the valve cover, or the valve cover gasket. …
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If you have a 2000 BMW 323i (M52) and it’s leaking oil, this is a very common issue with this era of engines, also know as the E46 development body style. To repair this symptom correctly, you must do one of two things: replace the valve cover, or the valve cover gasket. It’s not uncommon for these …
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If you have a 1999 BMW 323i (M52 TU) and it’s leaking oil, this is a very common issue with this era of engines, also know as the E46 development body style. To repair this symptom correctly, you must do one of two things: replace the valve cover, or the valve cover gasket. It’s not …
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If you have a 2004 BMW 325i (M54) and it’s leaking oil, this is a very common issue with this era of engines, also know as the E46 development body style. It’s more common among the plastic valve covers, but the aluminum covers have been known also to crack with time. To repair this symptom correctly, …
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In this article you can find 13 of the most common problems on BMW E46 models. Like any other vehicle BMW’s also have problems, the only difference is, they’re something more expensive to fix. If getting ready to buy one, or have one and want to know what might be some of the common problems …
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There’s probably over 500,000 E46s on the road today, and due to the historical problems E46 engines have with valve cover gasket leaks, many BMW owners replace their VC. Luckily, there’s no shortage of places of where to buy E46 valve covers.
Think you have an E46 warped valve cover that is leaking? It’s not uncommon for a BMW 3-series between 1999-2006 to show this symptom. Being that these vehicles as of today are between 10-17 years old and have about 150k-255k+ miles. Because of this common issue with BMW E46 valve covers, sometimes it can go misdiagnosed and …
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While searching around the interwebs for E46 valve cover gasket torque specs, I couldn’t find something that’s really easy to read, so I found a good source that you can use as the main Torque Specs Cheat Sheet.
