50i N63 Valve Stem seals DIY Timelapse Video

TKR · 02-26-2018, 10:18 PM

30min timelapse if someone interested...

DONE. Was planning it for a long time beforehand, and knew what to expect...

Phew... it still took much longer and was much harder job than I imagined.

I think I spent at least 40 hours in total. Doing slowly and carefully following ISTA instructions.. End result is great. Smooth running car and NO SMOKE.

Kraftwerk AG · 02-26-2018, 10:59 PM

Wow, simply incredible! Thanks for taking the time and effort to record this. I'm sure a lot of N63ers will find this video priceless. Btw, how many miles on your X?

TKR · 02-26-2018, 11:11 PM

99k miles now.

Actually the seals started slowly leaking already in 70k miles (2 years ago), but needed very long idle to notice it and I never saw smoke in normal daily driving unless after 95k it got worse.

And... while doing this I found both valve cover gaskets were leaking as well. They were hard like rock and came out in small pieces.

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TKR Private First Class 26 Rep 119 Posts Drives: 2016 X5 40e & 2018 330e Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: South Florida iTrader: (0)	50i N63 Valve Stem seals DIY Timelapse Video 30min timelapse if someone interested... DONE. Was planning it for a long time beforehand, and knew what to expect... Phew... it still took much longer and was much harder job than I imagined. I think I spent at least 40 hours in total. Doing slowly and carefully following ISTA instructions.. End result is great. Smooth running car and NO SMOKE. Last edited by TKR; 02-26-2018 at 11:35 PM..
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Kraftwerk AG Major 460 Rep 1,025 Posts Drives: Mein F Fünfundachtzig Einhorn Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: RIP Florian Schneider-Esleben iTrader: (8)	Wow, simply incredible! Thanks for taking the time and effort to record this. I'm sure a lot of N63ers will find this video priceless. Btw, how many miles on your X?
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TKR Private First Class 26 Rep 119 Posts Drives: 2016 X5 40e & 2018 330e Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: South Florida iTrader: (0)	99k miles now. Actually the seals started slowly leaking already in 70k miles (2 years ago), but needed very long idle to notice it and I never saw smoke in normal daily driving unless after 95k it got worse. And... while doing this I found both valve cover gaskets were leaking as well. They were hard like rock and came out in small pieces.
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