Vanos solenoids

Roberltd2

Roberltd2

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 Village of The Dam
Hi everyone,
Had new Vanos solenoids (Febi Bilstein) fitted yesterday as a precautionary measure as the car is now on 117,000 miles. The 15 mile journey home was fine and I thought that the engine seemed to have a better pick-up after it's visit to the garage.
Just as I was about to arrive at work this morning after a trip of about 11 miles, the engine management warning light came on and the car started juddering and losing power.
I made it to the garage where a diagnostic showed up issues with the Vanos inlet. Should have asked the mechanic for the fault codes but i didn't.
His advice is to put the old solenoids back in. I was amazed at how clean they looked when I cleaned the oil off them last night.
Of course, being as the car was running so smoothly on the way home last night, I put the old solenoids away in a cupboard so now I'm going to try to blag a lift off a work colleague to go and fetch them.
Any thoughts anybody?
Thanks,
Robert.
 
Just dropped off the old solenoids with the mechanic who said that after the engine had cooled down he went to drive the car into the workshop and it was running smoothly again. Anyways, the old ones are going back in and hopefully I'll be able to get a refund from Opie Oils for the faulty Febis.
 
Had a recall notice today from BMW for Vanos Adjuster? Probably unrelated (the word Vanos caught my attention). So my 14yo E89 is getting some free care anytime from August . I assume others will get similar notice.
 
I think the Vanos solenoids control the amount of oil which then determines by how much the adjusters are turned. Although I could stand to be corrected on this. :scratchhead:
 
Roberltd2 said:
I think the Vanos solenoids control the amount of oil which then determines by how much the adjusters are turned. Although I could stand to be corrected on this. :scratchhead:
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You’re ahead of me; I know there’s a lever that if I pull it will open the bonnet, under which there’s some weird stuff that makes a nice noise and the wheels turn.
 
Good Ole Opie.
They have refunded me for the cost of the faulty Febi Bilstein VANOS solenoids.
Strictly speaking, I suppose Febi did, but Opie handled the warranty claim and followed it through very thoroughly.
So many thanks to Opie Oils and Febi Bilstein.
 
Assuming it was fitted properly, they are difficult to access and if you don't get the rubber seal to push all the way down then the solenoid can be held out by several mm.
 
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