BMW E46 M3 Valve Adjustment DIY (BMW S54 Engine Valve Lash Adjustment)

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@alperozturk3999 Жыл бұрын

Just here to say that these videos help me be less scared to own and drive my M3. It is so cool that you are helping us with keeping these beauties on the road. Your professionalism encourages me to really take care of my car. Thank you!

@GarethFoley Жыл бұрын

Thank you. These cars are great and probably more popular/sought after than ever. I don't see that changing in the future.

@rabmc Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for taking the time for making these videos, it helps me a lot and gives me confidence to follow a process with my e46 m3

@fcpeuro Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome, happy wrenching!

@authenthuse5165 Жыл бұрын

Daang Gareth! I don't even have an M3, I just wanted to say you look great - it can't be all that easy - so more power to you! Thanks for all the other very helpful videos too!

@GarethFoley Жыл бұрын

I appreciate it. Most things worth doing are rarely easy.

@chiiiman Жыл бұрын

Looking good Gareth! Happy for you

@GarethFoley Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MEMcAndrews Жыл бұрын

I’ve done this job multiple times on a single engine, and have found that clearances virtually ALWAYS open up during the ensuing 30k miles of operation. Therefore, if a new shim is required, I always target one that will be close to the tightest clearance in the tolerance band. This means that at each successive inspection, I am less likely to require a shim change on any given valve.

@elaburridodpr8525 11 ай бұрын

Asking myself couple of question and you answer them seconds later. Great video

@DigitalDissident Жыл бұрын

Nice weight reduction

@GarethFoley Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it. 🤟

@conradgieblewicz8220 5 ай бұрын

This is such a pain in the ass. I thought I wanted a e46 M3 until I bought one.

@chadriddle3517 Жыл бұрын

Good video! Had to double check who it was Garreth has lost a bunch ! Good for you

@GarethFoley Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Same me, just slightly less of me.

@eddy91604 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for uploading this, it gives me the courage to attempt this myself.

@fcpeuro 9 ай бұрын

You can do it!

@eddy91604 9 ай бұрын

@@fcpeuro Thanks to this video and some forum posts I was able to, a relatively easy but just time consuming job.

@ZHPBrent Жыл бұрын

Thanks @FCP Euro I bought this kit from you guys at the start of the summer this video was on point 👍👍

@fcpeuro Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@Tim007rus Жыл бұрын

I haven’t watched your videos for awhile… Dude! How much weight did you loose wow 👍 Now you even sound different

@GarethFoley Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I don't actually know. Never looked where I was when I started and only saw a number recently. I can speculate but the change was never about weight. It was always about feeling better and using points in time to benchmark progress.

@user-wj4ed2js2i Ай бұрын

Can you tell us what symptoms would tell you if this needs to be done? Please and thank you!!

@PRAGEETHKARUNADHEERA Жыл бұрын

Make sure you have two sets of shims if you're using FCP kits. One is not going to be enough.

@derin111 4 ай бұрын

I’ve seen elsewhere that the valve cover gasket may be re-usable. I’m doing this job myself on a Z4M with this engine. With 45K miles on the clock, I suspect mine have never been done as what I’ve taken off up to now looks like it has never been touched! My gasket looks fine visually and intact and didn’t even light off the cylinder head at all when I lifted the valve cover. What are the opinions on just re-using it? Obviously, this would significantly reduce the cost of doing the job! Thanks in advance!

@billstewartxxx Жыл бұрын

good job!

@mayankvora1366 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video! Can y’all do the maintenance on mine for free 😂

@snhongo1 Жыл бұрын

Very informative and intresting .

@bjeff1981 Жыл бұрын

Warn people to be very careful they don't drop the washers off the cpv oil line on the side of the block. I lost an hour trying to find one of them that dropped down into the subframe brace. Also, my engine had varnish on the rocker arm guides and none of them would simply slide out of the way to access the buckets. Apparently you can cut little strips of 1000 or higher sand paper to remove the varnish so they'll slide over.

@jamesclaeys3192 7 ай бұрын

don't ever do that inside the engine.

@e-swift3923 Жыл бұрын

These videos are amazing. Do you have everything available as a kit? ECS (bleh)has a kit but I don't trust it 😅

@VinnyDeAngelo Жыл бұрын

Looking healthy bra! 💪🏼

@GarethFoley Жыл бұрын

Working on it! It's been worth the effort.

@jinayl Жыл бұрын

I didn't know oil could cause an engine to hydrolock (I knew that gas could). Would it be because the oil could prevent combustion from happening in one or more cylinder, causing the engine to lock? Wouldn't that rather cause a "simple" misfiring? Thanks

@fcpeuro Жыл бұрын

Similar to water oil does not compress, so if there is enough of it in the combustion chamber it would act similarly to any other fluid and not allow full compression.

@andrewa.3304 Жыл бұрын

Love the shirt! Do you guys sell those?

@Heartical-Priest 8 ай бұрын

One question, is the feeler gauge measurement taken between the camlobe and the rocker arm, or between the shim and the rocker arm??

@michaelzambardino8305 5 ай бұрын

cam and rocker arm

@THE46GUY Жыл бұрын

When you state point the cam lobes straight up. Is that literally straight up perpendicular to the ground? Or straight up perpendicular to the engine since it's at an angle? It's hard to tell in the video Thank you so much for this video, just finished doing my Vanos and want to start the valve adjustment now.

@GarethFoley Жыл бұрын

The lobes need to be straight up in relation to the valves. It's to ensure that the cam lobes are not pressing down on the valve at all when you go to measure clearances.

@THE46GUY Жыл бұрын

@@GarethFoley thank you very much sir

@MEMcAndrews 9 ай бұрын

The lobes don't need to be perfectly straight up, since there is a substantial dwell time (circular cross-section) built into the lobes. Just be sure that the orientation is somewhere along the circular arc of the lobe. @@THE46GUY

@THE46GUY 9 ай бұрын

@@MEMcAndrews thanks for the reply! After doing two of these now I understand what you mean.

@MEMcAndrews 9 ай бұрын

@@THE46GUY oh. Great! You’ve done two in a very short time 😊. Not both on the same vehicle, I presume.

@Simple_Youtube Жыл бұрын

Wait a minute... this is the same guy??

@arnesto2571 Жыл бұрын

Yeap, possibly his wife isn’t giving him food anymore.

@wickeddodgeboys6603 Жыл бұрын

Hopefully it was a healthy weight loss, this dude has helped me on many projects.

@GarethFoley Жыл бұрын

Same guy.

@GarethFoley Жыл бұрын

@@wickeddodgeboys6603 Diet and exercise over the course of a year. Intentional changes for the better.

@oni5909 Жыл бұрын

how much does it cost to get it adjusted?

@fcpeuro Жыл бұрын

Hi Oni, you will want to contact your local BMW shop for a quote!

@tito_perez Жыл бұрын

hey! gareth lost some weight!!!

@GarethFoley Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Made pretty good progress in a year.

@Mash333 10 ай бұрын

The corrosion and strange green RTV slime everywhere are alarming on this car.

@PromausSK 5 ай бұрын

Was there any suspicious noise indicating this service need on the engine please? Something similar than on my 5 series too? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jJuPjdCnzd3Im2g.html What do you reckon it could be. Scratching my head here.

@OGYELLOW Жыл бұрын

First

@teerasongatikamas773 Жыл бұрын

I want to learn how he loose weight more.

@GarethFoley Жыл бұрын

Diet, exercise, and consistency.

@teerasongatikamas773 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the reply. 🎉. You are now both my BMWs repair instructor and weight loss inspiration.

@GarethFoley Жыл бұрын

@@teerasongatikamas773 Appreciate it man. My best advice for working on cars or your health is to learn to have fun even when it's hard and learn to love the process.

@oren5889 Жыл бұрын

Clearly not a fan of the “cosmetic cover”

@Trump-The-GREATEST Жыл бұрын

Hey Gareth, can you guys do a video on the differences and issues or causes, etc... an Ebay China BMW Valve cover causes /acts compared to an original OEM Valve cover? Thanks man!

@GarethFoley Жыл бұрын

It's not too relevant for the S54 engine. In the discussion of Genuine vs aftermarket valve covers the primary problems you're going to run into with aftermarket valve covers is poor material choices, aftermarket gaskets, and issues pertaining to the PCV valve (if integrated in the valve cover).

@Trump-The-GREATEST Жыл бұрын

Damn Gareth, u lost weight now u look like ur 65yrs old man! jk... Just to let you know that ur a National Treasure for all car guys especially all of us European car owners! YOU MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL COST!!!

@GarethFoley Жыл бұрын

I appreciate it. It's the grey hair that makes me look older. But I feel better than I have in a long time and while it's been a lot of work it's been 100% worth it.