vtr vince

the vanos went well and have been driving it about .bought new rear suspension turit and spent 3 hour's changing the front main ball joint 1 hour hammering the ball joint split-er job done took it to mot when throe with no problems ,last year changed the water pump that drives the fan. , this 1994 520i will go another 200 thousand miles phone the land line if you need any advice or a vanos changed i have the m50 & m52 double over head cam unit i eventually bought  from USA. 02037304088 VINCE

HI EVERY ONE I HAD TO CLEAN THAT 2ND HAND VANOS I BOUGHT FROM LITHUANIA FOR £100 TOOK 2 DAYS TO GET 20 + YEARS OF CRUD OFF THE OUT SIDE CASING .ORDERS TOOLS BUT THE COMPANY STATED ON EBAY THAT THEY HAD 10 IN STOCK .SO WITH A STRIPED DOWN ENGINE WAITING FOR THE TOOLS TO LOCK THE DOUBLE OVERHEAD CAM'S THAT NEVER EVER ARRIVED .I SENT A MESSAGE TO ASIA TOOLS IN UK THEY REFUNDED ME AFTER THEY HAD STATED THAT THE TOOL'S HAD BEEN DISPATCHED.THEN SAYING THERE IS NON IN STOCK WE HAVE REFUNDED YOU.SO I LOOKED ON EBAY AGAIN FOUND THE TOOL'S FROM AMERICA COST £30 MORE.SO WITH BM IN DRY DOCK WAITING FOR MORE TOOL'S TO GET TO ME A FEW WEEKS WENT BY THAN TOOLS WERE HEAR SO QUICKLY GOT TO REINSTALL THE 2ND HAND VANOS PUT EVERY THING BACK TOGEATHER WORKS JUST FINE .IF ANY ONE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THERE VANOS OUT I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST GETTING THE NEW RUBBER SEALS AND ANY ANTI RATEL PARTS FOR M50 AND M52 SINGALE SOLENOID VANOS ENGINES OR COULD BUY A SECOND HAND ONE MANY BMW ENGINES USE THE SAME UNIT BUT CHEEK TE OME PART IF YOU CAN SEE IT STAMPED ON THE COVER MITE NEED TO USE A MIRROR  ONCE THE PLASTIC COWLING THAT COVERS THE FAN IS OUT OF THE WAY +MOST PROBABLY THE FAN IF YOU HAVE THE TOOL TO LOCK THE DRIVE WHEEL THAT THE FAN ON MY 22 YEAR OLD BMW HAD ON IT .IT IS A 6-10 HOUR JOB GIVE ME A CALL IF YOU WOULD LIKE ADVICE OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DO THE JOB.I AM BASED IN CHIGWELL. IN  ESSEX AND AM A MOTOR CYCLE MECHANIC .

MY E34 BWM IS 22 YEARS OLD THE ENGINE IS CLEAN AS A WHISTLE AT 200 THOUSAND MILES I HAVE FULLY RESTORED THE CAR PLUS AS A WELDER AND BLACKSMITH CAME IN HANDY FOR THE HOLES AND MAKING A NEW EXHAUST

hi after a complete overhaul of my old bmw e34 1994 .its come down to the vanos wearing out and no power till 4 grand ,i have bought a second hand one off ebay should be hear in 5 days ,the mobile mechanic has not phoned me back yet its been 2 times ive phoned him .

i mite have to do the job my self. has any one got any ideas to help me out =do i need to have the over heads cams  locked by some aluminum bracets that i have seen on youtube ? that is if you are striping the old vanos and replacing the rubbers ,

i live in Chigwell Essex.if any one needs welding contact me,

phone 02037304088 or text me on 07719530794 as im going out on my 20 year old bike today

for a good mobile mechanic and what to do .thanks every one

as its low miles the vanos should be ok ,im just waiting for a second hand 1 to get to me as my e34 nearly 200thousand miles is be having badly ,ive restored it and given it a matt black spray job, BMW need,s it too keep living as 3 broken legs on one side ,auto is good for me ,tell me haw you got on,

On 10/04/2015 at 0:49 PM, regan w said:

Hi everyone

I have a bmw 528i 1997 , I replaced the air flow sensor when I plug it in the car cuts out and won't tick over any suggestion ? Thanks

could it be the vanos ,the seals leak and it causes no power till 4 grand, that's my problem ,the forem said it was the air flow meter ,if you un plug it the car should run fine ,but if its the vanos a second hand one check as the M52 engine from e39 fits ,or get a kit of new rubbers ,but you have to be good at dismantling and reassembling,mite need to look the double over head cams

1994 5 series BMW 520i1994 5 series BMW 520i

I welded my E34 exhaust in the summer of 2015

I did have a local garage that cut the 4 bolts that held the approximately 3 meter 2 box exhaust forest garage in Leyton London used oxyasetalen  as the bolts had been on the car since 1994

as I was a blacksmith & welder fabricator  for 20+years  it was just making the templates for the back box out of paper, the trouble was getting a sheet of clean new 2mm steel as I finished smithing in 2008  due to steel prices going thro the roof .when I phoned the steel company's they had gon out of business !! 

so the only thing was to use steel from a heavy duty gas barbeque covered in enamel

by using the paper templates & tailors chalk marking out the shapes I cut the 2mm barbeque into the parts that I could bend and hammer into shape.

I ground either side of the enamelled steel were I would be mig welding the pictures show what can be constructed

I did this to my car because I could not find a pattern exhaust & to buy an exhaust from BMW was out of the question for me