anyone do their own valve adjustment
 

is it easy? is it every 30k miles?

cheers

piece of piss.

adjustable spanner and lump hammer....job done!

Ok, thanks for that. What's a lump hammer?

oh lump hammer i see now i'll take it steady

just kidding, I don't really open the bonnet!!!

what symptoms does loose cam bolts give you?

I gave it a go before, to be honest if you have a friendly garage near you it's easier just to give it to them

It was a headache making sure I'd checked, double checked, triple checked and that was just measuring the clearances never mind actually changing them

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thanks for that, i wonder if the mechanics would do a good job?

the cam bolts come loose apparently, and then shear. there was a replacement upgrade of stronger bolts fitted with loc tite but i don't know if the csl had that as standard or if it was something that had to be done. Has anybody checked their cam bolts?

Was gonna post more or less the same :-D

Devam where are you? I know a good independent garage that do a good job as they did mine for a fraction of what BMW would charge.

Failing that there's a guy on M3cutters that has done loads of peoples nows so just depends where you are really

Australia, they charge $175 per hour, bmw here.