WPC Rod Bearings Install & Beisan Vanos Refresh

0-60Motorsports · 19-04-2014, 08:53 PM

I HAVE DECIDED NOT TO GO AHEAD AT THE PRESENT TIME WITH THE WPC ROD BEARINGS INSTALL. MY BEARINGS ARE FAIRLY NEW AND VERY LOW MILEAGE SINCE BEING CHANGED BY BMW UNDER RECALL.

Well guys after looking at all the Beisan Vanos refreshes being done and taking part in the WPC Treated Rod Bearings GB I decided it was about time to get to installing these parts to ensure reliability and longevity on my M3s S54.

My car has been having a misfire (causing choking at low rpm take off) http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?t=472135. This will be the first step. Once we solve this we will start on the Vanos and Rod Bearings.

My car has 64,400km on the clock and the Rod bearing recall was performed at BMW Bahrain at 29,000km on the clock (meaning recall bearings only have 35,400km on them).

Since then I have taken the car out for some track days and some spirited driving. I have only ever used Castrol TWS and change my oil around every 5-6000km. Many will say why change the rod bearing shells. My answer to that is Curiosity, Fun and Boredom...in that order lol.

Here are some pics of the parts....

I will update the thread as the work progresses on. First thing sort out the misfire. Then rebuild time

I want to say a big Thank you to my friends Sean at www.thebmwpartstore.com, Raj At Beisan Systems and M3Dragon.

**shimmy** · 19-04-2014, 09:03 PM

Have you checked the HG for the misfire?

0-60Motorsports · 19-04-2014, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by shimmy

Have you checked the HG for the misfire?

The HG? What we noticed today was the car running rich. My Master Tech thinks its the Fuel pressure Regulator as the Coils are all Bosch and plugs are good too. not much mileage on both. Less than 10,000km's.

**shimmy** · 19-04-2014, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0-60Motorsports

The HG? What we noticed today was the car running rich. My Master Tech thinks its the Fuel pressure Regulator as the Coils are all Bosch and plugs are good too. not much mileage on both. Less than 10,000km's.

Head gasket......you have choking on low revs.

0-60Motorsports · 19-04-2014, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shimmy

Head gasket......you have choking on low revs.

Oh yeah. No seems perfectly fine. I have no reason right now to believe it's the HG due to low miles, no over heating of any kind and granny style driving. I shall double check though

Cheers.

Clubber · 20-04-2014, 12:18 AM

I would strongly recommend an oil pump change with the new bearings.

0-60Motorsports · 20-04-2014, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clubber

I would strongly recommend an oil pump change with the new bearings.

Not really necessary on 03.5+ models bro. I'll go to a VAC upgraded Oil Pump if I decide to go with their stroker kit down the line.

0-60Motorsports · 04-05-2014, 09:35 AM

Update:

The Injectors were professionally cleaned from a local shop and they reported them being very dirty. Now the misfire is still there but appears much later. Still showing 0 on misfire counter on GT1.

Any way we decided to go ahead with the VANOS rebuild to see if that would help. The Vanos unit was pretty Dirty so Got it looking all new with a lot of cleaning and BEISAN parts. We will also do a valve adjustment at the same time just to check as I did one only a little while back. I'll post up the findings later on today....

Starting to open up valve cover and preparing for vanos Removal....

Helps having the Right tools and an experienced Tech + BMW Master tech teaching you stuff LOL...

AC Belt needs changing (bad pic)....

Setting TDC etc...

Valve Cover from the Inside, Needs a clean but not bad at all....

Out You come....

Looking Dirty.....

BEISAN Parts Ready to be installed....

ALLAN (master tech) and Gerald (My tech, hes the only one along with Allan to work on my car, most times).....The Guys starting to disassemble the Vanos...

Filthy!

Time for the Oil Disk to Come out....

OEM on the left and OEM Modded by BEISAN with smaller holes on the right..... Look at the markings on the OEM one.

Misc Vanos Parts after disassembly...

Cutting out the old O Rings and they are going to be replaced with BEISAN items....

Cleaning the Vanos System and parts....

New Diaphragms etc. installed on Hubs....

Dirty Vanos Filter...Replaced with OEM new Filter and BEISAN O-Rings....

All Vanos Bolts replaced with new redesigned ones from BMW. Didnt feel like paying a lot more for the Turbotoy ones....

BEISAN Modified and upgraded Solenoid Unit...

Solenoid Valve Body cleaned uysing brake cleaner and Magnets...

Putting the VANOS unit back together after replacing all seals and O-Rings with BEISAN ones....

BEISAN Anti Rattle Kit installed and hubs installed back on car....

Old Plastic Chain Guide. Not as bad as some of the others on the forum but me car only has 64000kms on the clock.... You can still see the wear marks, which arent abnormal....

New Plastic Chain Guide Installed.....

Installing the Vanos, Doing timing and Adjusting vanos etc all done by Allan while I took photos and learned more about VANOS.....

You can see in the pic the exhaust tabs inserted into the newly drilled BEISAN OIL PUMP disc smaller holes.......

Almost Done...

All Done...

More pics to come later on tonight.....

0-60Motorsports · 14-06-2014, 05:06 PM

Update:

Gerald doing an oil change....

Nasty oil filter and housing....

Cleaned oil filter housing and installed new OEM oil filter....

Here are some different versions of TWS....

Added some purple ice to the BMW OEM coolant mix....

Nasty old fuel filter and contents....

Some pics of the brand new OEM fuel pump and suction pump

Ready to pull out the old fuel pump....

Old Vs New Fuel Pump

Geyrald hard at work removing the old suction pump and then installing the new one....

Some pics of the old suction pump....

After we got done we put the parts in the engine bay back and prepped the car for road test. Its not been bad at all, pulls hard. I will drive it over the next few days and write the new tune SAL sent me yesterday.

Car did not choke or hesitate in the last 35km's. I have also sent a set of used injectors to RC Engineering to be rebuilt just as a precaution. Hopefully they'll come out just fine despite what a few people have said on the forum.

0-60Motorsports · 14-06-2014, 05:07 PM

Some Parts arrived

BimmerWorld Vanos Hose....

Lang Racing EGR Delete Plate

Updates to come in a few days.

19-04-2014, 08:53 PM	#1
0-60Motorsports S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kingdom of Bahrain Posts: 479 Casino cash: $3269	Beisan Vanos Refresh/Rebuild I HAVE DECIDED NOT TO GO AHEAD AT THE PRESENT TIME WITH THE WPC ROD BEARINGS INSTALL. MY BEARINGS ARE FAIRLY NEW AND VERY LOW MILEAGE SINCE BEING CHANGED BY BMW UNDER RECALL. Well guys after looking at all the Beisan Vanos refreshes being done and taking part in the WPC Treated Rod Bearings GB I decided it was about time to get to installing these parts to ensure reliability and longevity on my M3s S54. My car has been having a misfire (causing choking at low rpm take off) http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?t=472135. This will be the first step. Once we solve this we will start on the Vanos and Rod Bearings. My car has 64,400km on the clock and the Rod bearing recall was performed at BMW Bahrain at 29,000km on the clock (meaning recall bearings only have 35,400km on them). Since then I have taken the car out for some track days and some spirited driving. I have only ever used Castrol TWS and change my oil around every 5-6000km. Many will say why change the rod bearing shells. My answer to that is Curiosity, Fun and Boredom...in that order lol. Here are some pics of the parts.... I will update the thread as the work progresses on. First thing sort out the misfire. Then rebuild time I want to say a big Thank you to my friends Sean at www.thebmwpartstore.com, Raj At Beisan Systems and M3Dragon. __________________ EURO 04 M3 Current Mods: GC Coilovers, Eibach Sways, RE RCA?s, VCSL Bumper, OE CSL Boot, VCSL CF Rear Diffusor, DIETZ TV in Motion, SS Stepped Headers and catless, SS Res X Pipe, SS Race exhaust, OEM CSL Steering + interior, OEM CSL Intake, MSS54HP with HTE Tune, BBS CH's/LM?s FX-R Projectors + night breakers, STOPTECH ST60/40, RE Front strut brace, DINAN Rear Strut Brace, Last edited by 0-60Motorsports; 04-05-2014 at 09:35 AM.

19-04-2014, 09:03 PM	#2
shimmy CSL Register Uber-poster! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Uk Posts: 14,645 Casino cash: $43908	Have you checked the HG for the misfire? __________________ .

20-04-2014, 12:18 AM	#6
Clubber S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: May 2010 Location: Istanbul Posts: 359 Casino cash: $6310	I would strongly recommend an oil pump change with the new bearings. __________________ Can, '04 M3 CSL ,'87 M3

04-05-2014, 09:35 AM	#8
0-60Motorsports S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kingdom of Bahrain Posts: 479 Casino cash: $3269	*Update:* The Injectors were professionally cleaned from a local shop and they reported them being very dirty. Now the misfire is still there but appears much later. Still showing 0 on misfire counter on GT1. Any way we decided to go ahead with the VANOS rebuild to see if that would help. The Vanos unit was pretty Dirty so Got it looking all new with a lot of cleaning and BEISAN parts. We will also do a valve adjustment at the same time just to check as I did one only a little while back. I'll post up the findings later on today.... Starting to open up valve cover and preparing for vanos Removal.... Helps having the Right tools and an experienced Tech + BMW Master tech teaching you stuff LOL... AC Belt needs changing (bad pic).... Setting TDC etc... Valve Cover from the Inside, Needs a clean but not bad at all.... Out You come.... Looking Dirty..... BEISAN Parts Ready to be installed.... ALLAN (master tech) and Gerald (My tech, hes the only one along with Allan to work on my car, most times).....The Guys starting to disassemble the Vanos... Filthy! Time for the Oil Disk to Come out.... OEM on the left and OEM Modded by BEISAN with smaller holes on the right..... Look at the markings on the OEM one. Misc Vanos Parts after disassembly... Cutting out the old O Rings and they are going to be replaced with BEISAN items.... Cleaning the Vanos System and parts.... New Diaphragms etc. installed on Hubs.... Dirty Vanos Filter...Replaced with OEM new Filter and BEISAN O-Rings.... All Vanos Bolts replaced with new redesigned ones from BMW. Didnt feel like paying a lot more for the Turbotoy ones.... BEISAN Modified and upgraded Solenoid Unit... Solenoid Valve Body cleaned uysing brake cleaner and Magnets... Putting the VANOS unit back together after replacing all seals and O-Rings with BEISAN ones.... BEISAN Anti Rattle Kit installed and hubs installed back on car.... Old Plastic Chain Guide. Not as bad as some of the others on the forum but me car only has 64000kms on the clock.... You can still see the wear marks, which arent abnormal.... New Plastic Chain Guide Installed..... Installing the Vanos, Doing timing and Adjusting vanos etc all done by Allan while I took photos and learned more about VANOS..... You can see in the pic the exhaust tabs inserted into the newly drilled BEISAN OIL PUMP disc smaller holes....... Almost Done... All Done... More pics to come later on tonight..... __________________ EURO 04 M3 Current Mods: GC Coilovers, Eibach Sways, RE RCA?s, VCSL Bumper, OE CSL Boot, VCSL CF Rear Diffusor, DIETZ TV in Motion, SS Stepped Headers and catless, SS Res X Pipe, SS Race exhaust, OEM CSL Steering + interior, OEM CSL Intake, MSS54HP with HTE Tune, BBS CH's/LM?s FX-R Projectors + night breakers, STOPTECH ST60/40, RE Front strut brace, DINAN Rear Strut Brace,

14-06-2014, 05:06 PM	#9
0-60Motorsports S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kingdom of Bahrain Posts: 479 Casino cash: $3269	Update: Gerald doing an oil change.... Nasty oil filter and housing.... Cleaned oil filter housing and installed new OEM oil filter.... Here are some different versions of TWS.... Added some purple ice to the BMW OEM coolant mix.... Nasty old fuel filter and contents.... Some pics of the brand new OEM fuel pump and suction pump Ready to pull out the old fuel pump.... Old Vs New Fuel Pump Geyrald hard at work removing the old suction pump and then installing the new one.... Some pics of the old suction pump.... After we got done we put the parts in the engine bay back and prepped the car for road test. Its not been bad at all, pulls hard. I will drive it over the next few days and write the new tune SAL sent me yesterday. Car did not choke or hesitate in the last 35km's. I have also sent a set of used injectors to RC Engineering to be rebuilt just as a precaution. Hopefully they'll come out just fine despite what a few people have said on the forum. __________________ EURO 04 M3 Current Mods: GC Coilovers, Eibach Sways, RE RCA?s, VCSL Bumper, OE CSL Boot, VCSL CF Rear Diffusor, DIETZ TV in Motion, SS Stepped Headers and catless, SS Res X Pipe, SS Race exhaust, OEM CSL Steering + interior, OEM CSL Intake, MSS54HP with HTE Tune, BBS CH's/LM?s FX-R Projectors + night breakers, STOPTECH ST60/40, RE Front strut brace, DINAN Rear Strut Brace,

14-06-2014, 05:07 PM	#10
0-60Motorsports S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kingdom of Bahrain Posts: 479 Casino cash: $3269	Some Parts arrived BimmerWorld Vanos Hose.... Lang Racing EGR Delete Plate Updates to come in a few days. __________________ EURO 04 M3 Current Mods: GC Coilovers, Eibach Sways, RE RCA?s, VCSL Bumper, OE CSL Boot, VCSL CF Rear Diffusor, DIETZ TV in Motion, SS Stepped Headers and catless, SS Res X Pipe, SS Race exhaust, OEM CSL Steering + interior, OEM CSL Intake, MSS54HP with HTE Tune, BBS CH's/LM?s FX-R Projectors + night breakers, STOPTECH ST60/40, RE Front strut brace, DINAN Rear Strut Brace,