2018 218i F22 Vanos solenoid, exhaust location

[dad-Gav]

Hi all, hoping on clarification. Car recently has Vanos solenoid fault. Need to clean,replace it but can’t find it. Any idea where it is please. Thanks in advance

[Greydog]

Morning Gavin

Welcome to the Forum

Take a look at www.realoem.com the small exploded drawings should help. Put the last 7 digits of your Vin into the search box it will show your model then look in the engine section.

Never worked on a 218 but Vanos is normally top front of each camshaft I think the actuator has to be removed to get access to the valve/solenoid. Not sure if you have them on inlet and exhaust on your engine but Realoem will confirm that

Dave