From a former BMW master technician ; Great job on this repair you explained the repair perfect!

Thanks for your time and knowledge sharing. This is perhaps the best video on replacement ive seen. Appreciate also your calm manner and detailed advise. Other videos seem to love to fast forward clips to save time, of course, but accompany those clips with pulsating rock music! For a nervous DIYer all we need is more stress and tension showing the process! Anyway, awesome job. Ill be attempting my 228i soon. Im replacing my injectors soon also. Since all is already disassembled, i imagine it might be best to do both. Or perhaps doing my injectors first will give me greater confidence and familiarity for the larger job of cover replacement. Thanks for your great job!

You my man deserve way more subs keep killing it 🙌🏻

Bravo, Tim! My wife has the N20 so this will be very useful information. Your N52 oil pan gasket really made a difference on my car this year 👍🏻

Awesome job with the video though man you’re a really good European mechanic I see you’re one of the top top mechanics I’ve ever seen next to myself so big props bro

Great tutorial and helpful repair suggestions!

Great job’ will do this work next week ordered my valve cover now

Yo bro I just wanted to say that the video you made is really good I think it’s the only thing I had to say about the video is that you don’t explain how dangerous the fuel can be in about not working on the vehicle when it’s hot it’s only work on it when it’s cold when you’re using fuel rails or removing them at least in high-pressure fuel pump I need that’s what I learned in my OSHA class

Thank you. Very useful and detailed video

Key point: show the tightening sequence for the valve cover bolts to avoid uneven stress which will cause it to crack. The new pcv dont seem to have vacum line that was temoved from the old cover. Some earlier engine covers have vacum reservoir attached.

Great video. Subscribed!👍

It's a great video our 2016 320 cover doesn't leak but at 150000km+ I watched your video as a preventive measure! I'm surprised the pcv membrane still works just fine. Of all the alternative brands you mentioned do they all use the same material?

Quick question I was wondering if that noise normal for this cars ?I seeing a few of this cars and they all sound like that

Hey I just ordered my valve cover gasket from Amazon ? Is it good ?

Красава! Работы на открытом воздухе 😅

The vacuum pump has a pivot on the left side with a hose but it is disconnected, where is that hose connected?

Thx for another great video!! I.hope I don't need to do it soon, but with bmw plastic use , you never know...any service/repair manual you can recommend? I just bought 2016 228i and can't even find a Bently/haynes or anything, just some ebay CD' seem available....Thx!!

Hey I noticed that you removed a vacuum at the top of the valve cover (6:22) but you never put it back. Is that vacuum line necessary? Also, the new valve cover you put on has a flat outlet for the vacuum line rather than the green circular outlet on the old valve cover. Does that outlet have to be exactly the same for me to put the vacuum line back?

Hey Tim, question, one of my o2 sensor plugs just won’t budge. I’m obviously doing something wrong, can you tell me the step by step on how to unplug it. Yes I got the other one off, but tbh, now I’m wondering how I did it

Hey! I am now not sure if to replace the cover or not I hav the smoke coming out from my engine for a while now and it scares me. I have a 328i coupe and it runs great but sometime the light goes on and off .

Hi nice video, one question I have is the top of valve cover where the pcv is u didn’t reattach the hose ( 6:22 ) , I ordered a new valve cover but I can tell the little hose thing won’t fit, I’m wondering if I should just remove it but the thing is that little hose goes to the side of engine air filter box so idk if it’s important or not, pls lmk asap, thank u

What about the PCV vacuum hose ?

Auto zone and orileys sell the gasket under the brand MAHLE have you ever used this brand are they good ?

i saw aluminium valve cover for n20 on some marketplace, what you can say about it?

Tim do you recommend replacing the valve cover on a 70k miles or should I just do the gasket. It has begun to leak.

I’m one of your new subscribers, please i want to buy 2013 BMW X5, which engine will you advice me to go for? I will be waiting for you

Can u replace vaccum pump at same time? Anything special for that?

Hi! I have just purchased BGA seal mate told it’s trusted 😉your advice mate?

I did this and now I’m getting a misfire. Any ideas why?

Hello my mechanic broke the vacuum hose on top of valve cover please could you tell me where is that connect From valve covert to where??

Valvule pulv?

I need a valve gasket replacement for a 2012 328i coupe

How much for that valve cover cost

I did chance my cover but is rough idling

Can I reuse the screws for the fuel pump ?

One more question, So I followed everything and put everything back. Every plug is plugged and every bolt is replaced. But now, Car keeps turning over and shaking and dying. And I have a drivetrain malfunction, am I in limp mode and need to clear the code or is something wrong?

Also, how small of a T40 are we talking about, there is literally no room back there

Why are you replacing the whole valve cover . Age . Damage or just to show us how .

Going to atttempt this tomorrow wish me luck

After doing this I now have a drive Terrain malfunction! What should I do ?

What about unpluging the battery

I did everything accordingly, bought from bilstein, same model, no vacum line on top, when I finished and turned the car back on, there is a strange almost whining noise from the air box and the car is iddleling crazy

GetBMW original BMW have that entire kit for $369.00’valve cover with rear seal . If anyone is interested.

I just did this job and it won’t stop smoking and the O2 sensor went off engine light turned on

Looks like norwalk

Please help me !!