BMW Z4 E85 M54 Oil Pan Gasket Replacement DIY
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Leaking oil pan gasket diagnosis and replacement on a BMW E85 Z4 with a M54 engine.
Part numbers:
- Oil pan gasket: 11131437237
- O-ring: 11431740045
Read and follow the service manual for Z4 E85 before attempting this procedure: www.newtis.inf....
Torque specs:
- oil pan on engine block: M6 8.8 10 Nm, M6 10.9 12 Nm, M8 8.8 22 Nm,
- front axle carrier to engine carrier: 100 Nm,
- universal joint/coupling to steering gear/steering spindle: 30 Nm,
- bracket for wishbone to engine support: 56 Nm,
- reinforcement plate to front axle support/engine support: 59 Nm + 90 °
- engine mount to engine support arm: 42 Nm,
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This is easily the best video for the Z4 on this topic. Thank you for posting!
Just bought a Z4 as a fixer upper. The information on the tools needed and procedures is invaluable! Thank you!
Nice, it's a good platform to work on👍
Great video. Thanks. Please post any additional Z4 repairs as it develop. I love working on this car.
Smart guy with the wood , you can never be too careful jack stands can slip , I always put the wheels under the car when removed as added safety
Yeah, I thought using just the wheels was to low for this job, so I put some wooden blocks, just to be safe:)
Special thank you for mentioning where some E46 torque values differed. Like you knew I'd be watching this in preparation for tackling it on a 330 :)
this is SUCH a helpful video, I'm halfway through my replacement now. Thank you so much !
Hi, thank you for such a great video, the gasket replacement is a job that needs doing on my Z4 3.0i. This makes process a lot clear, many thanks once again 👍
Great video , very informative , thank you I’m also doing this job this week , I would also add on the 3.0 m54 this is a perfect time to check the oil pump bolts as they can become loose especially if the car spends time at the track / near 6k rpm a lot due to resonance. Some people have found an oil pump bolt in the sump loose and the pump loose.
True. It's a good idea to check that, if you drive hard.
As others Say, you did an Amazing detailed Job on this, i was told the Transmission had to come out to get at Hidden bolts in the Bell housing, Glad they were wrong, i would almost tackle this job myself, but a Shop Hoist would be soo much easier, my mechanic will love this info, Thank you.
I'd like to see a pic of where the RTV sealant goes on the gasket though
Very informative and helpful. Good luck with your project.
Thanks for the detailed video!
thank you
Great video lots of good information thank you for your time🇨🇦
10:57 Is the bracket connected to the oil fill tube always like this - with nothing holding it or held by it? My Z4 has it as well, but in E46 it holds a vacuum line?
I thought my leak was coming form here but I have oil on the engine much higher up. Where could that be coming from?
intake or exhaust side?
Where i can find this red bar to support the engine?
These engine supports are pretty generic and common. I'm sure that if you google "engine support bar" in your language, you should find something local to you.
Harbor Freight
where you located sir?
Slovenia
wow a lot of work here LOL but great video.
Hello, great video, the best diy for the Z4. I am approaching the same job on my 3.0 si with the N52 engine. The engine mounts nuts are diffciult to reach, especially the driver side, I am thinking to disconnect the engine mount form the subframe using the bolt on the lower side, from below, leaving the engine mount attached to the engine when lowering the subframe. Do you think I could use this approach?
I also have the 3.0si with the N52KP engine on the E86 chassis. I plan to do this at the at the end of this summer season along with the water pump and thermostat. The troubling part about the Z4's, especially the ones with the N52 engine, is that they are a random bunch of parts from BMW's leftovers bin so they've got parts from the E46, E90, and X3 as well as some bespoke parts. That can make it a bit tricky to figure out which parts to get and which process to follow!
Yes. I think it should be even easier that way:) It looks like all Z4s have the same front axle support (E85 M54, E86 N52).
Sorry for late reply - for some reason YT is not sending me all of the notifications about new comments...
Good point. They are a parts bin, but the good point is that they are relatively (to other BMWs) cheap to maintain. Still great fun for the money, it think:)
@@BimmerZen Thank you for the reply, I have done the job, the front axle is exactly the same. I confirm the job can be done just unbolting the nuts of the engine mounts below. For Casey, you can use this tutorial as a reference, you will not have the oil dipstick to undone, but only the ruturn pipe for the CCV valve, which is a little difficult to disconnect, bu can be done from below, so you don't have to remove anything from above the engine. Pay attention also to the steering it must be inserted correctly as BimmerZen says in this video. In my manual version there are no bolts from the gear to the oil pan, you only have to remove the 27 bolts of the pan. If you need some other info on the job for the 3.0si I am happy to help.
Flaviano Petrocchi im doing this on a 2007 z4 with the 3.0 auto man any advice would be deeply appreciated
Would an oil pan gasket leak lead to a "throaty" sound or is there something else along with the gasket leak wrong with my car? I have a video I can forward you
It's very unlikely that oil pan gasket leak would have any effect on the sound of the engine.
@@BimmerZen thanks for ruling that one out, i did go over quite a steep hill before it developed that issue and flooded the floor, could a breather have gotten blocked?
@@kamiGTR send the video to my channel contact email.
Hi, can you tell me how long this took to do from start to finish? Very informative video. Thank you.
Can't give you straight answer... I was filming so it took 3 times longer. My estimate for a single non professional person DIY job would be around 5-8 hours.
Ah shit. Snapped a damn oil pan bolt.
Hey do u think u could do n42 head gasket with all valvetronics locking.. Thanks.
Hi!
Unlikely. Only if my N42 needs a head gasket replacement or I get one with this issue. It's very uncommon for these engines to blow a head gasket. Do you have this issue?
@@BimmerZen Hi.. Yeah have coolant leaking in oil and loads of mayo.. No misfire or overheating as of yet. Have a 316i n42 2002 only just hit 74000 miles. Love ur vids keep up the great work.
@@Spudzvidz Are you losing coolant? Mayonnaise is really common on these engines if you drive short distance in cold winter weather. I was sure i had a bad head gasket but it turned out to be just blocked CCV. Water in CCV hose froze during the night and caused thick white and blue smoke and even more mayo in oil. I replaced oil, CCV and cleaned out intake manifold and it still took 50km of driving to clear everything up.... Just check everything before you go ahead with the gasket...