I couldnt really see anything you were removing, but I am going to attempt this. I did replace my water pump and thermostat successfully on my e39 before so I should be able to do this. Thanks for the video
Thanks for a great video. Just changed the gasket on my 2003 530i BMW. My car has the hydraulic belt tensioner. There is another you tube video where a guy takes a big hatchet and twist the tensioner down. I used a large screw driver and was able to compress the belt tensioner to get the belt off. Your video helped me with all the other parts that needed to be removed. When I went to put the belt back on, I used a 1/4" hex socket. Don't ask me why but a 6 or 7mm hex socket wouldn't work and inserted the hex socket into the tensioner and was able to compress and install the belt. But your video gave me the knowledge and confidence to do the job. Thanks
you're very welcome i'm glad you got the job done, you can always use the tensioner hex bolt to loose the belt but be careful if your hydrolock tensioner is locked and you put some excessive torque on that bolt, you will snap it, it happened to me twice
Happy to see someone doing it without removing the horrific (and usually mandatory for work on these engines) fan and shroud. Will try your method as soon as I get the gasket and some spare time. Engine is consuming way to much oil and I'm pretty sure this fix will solve my problem.
It's a -02 525i touring, eurospec with manual transmission and lowered ride height/sport suspension. Enginebay looks identical to yours. Guess there's not much difference between the M54's in 5-series.
@@ironmantooltime yes, it did. However, that comment was 4 years old and I've sold the car since. It later got worse problems that I neither wanted to fix myself or pay someone else to do for me. One cylinder lost all compression, so most likely burnt valves and / or head gasket. Possibly a hole in a piston too. This was the result of a really bad misfire due to failed start attempts in very cold weather.
Wasn't helpful as I couldn't really see much. Also, I can never understand not completely power washing any part and the area being worked on before reinstalling.
I couldnt really see anything you were removing, but I am going to attempt this. I did replace my water pump and thermostat successfully on my e39 before so I should be able to do this. Thanks for the video
Thank you very much for take your time to do the video and help everyone God bless you
Thanks for a great video. Just changed the gasket on my 2003 530i BMW. My car has the hydraulic belt tensioner. There is another you tube video where a guy takes a big hatchet and twist the tensioner down. I used a large screw driver and was able to compress the belt tensioner to get the belt off. Your video helped me with all the other parts that needed to be removed. When I went to put the belt back on, I used a 1/4" hex socket. Don't ask me why but a 6 or 7mm hex socket wouldn't work and inserted the hex socket into the tensioner and was able to compress and install the belt. But your video gave me the knowledge and confidence to do the job. Thanks
you're very welcome i'm glad you got the job done, you can always use the tensioner hex bolt to loose the belt but be careful if your hydrolock tensioner is locked and you put some excessive torque on that bolt, you will snap it, it happened to me twice
Happy to see someone doing it without removing the horrific (and usually mandatory for work on these engines) fan and shroud. Will try your method as soon as I get the gasket and some spare time. Engine is consuming way to much oil and I'm pretty sure this fix will solve my problem.
Carl Kolthoff thanks, what year and model you have
It's a -02 525i touring, eurospec with manual transmission and lowered ride height/sport suspension. Enginebay looks identical to yours. Guess there's not much difference between the M54's in 5-series.
Did it solve the problem?
@@ironmantooltime yes, it did. However, that comment was 4 years old and I've sold the car since. It later got worse problems that I neither wanted to fix myself or pay someone else to do for me. One cylinder lost all compression, so most likely burnt valves and / or head gasket. Possibly a hole in a piston too. This was the result of a really bad misfire due to failed start attempts in very cold weather.
@@carlkolthoff5402 cheers for the reply. Theres also reputation of piston rings failing on these but yea, wise to get rid 👍
Thanks man took me 4 1/2 hours but I did it lol
Wasn't helpful as I couldn't really see much. Also, I can never understand not completely power washing any part and the area being worked on before reinstalling.
It wasn't my car was doing it for a family member and just wanted to get it done
@@E39ForLife0 Gotcha! ;)
Did you put the gasket round side down and flat side up?
you can't put the gasket the wrong way it only fits one way
How did you get the two long bolts out? I want to do this method, but I don't want to get stuck with the bolts loose but stuck.
you can loosen them and take the whole assembly together
May sound stupid but do I have to drain the oil to do this?
no you don't
Mine won’t budge even after removing all of the screws.....8 screws total. Am I missing something?
How did u get on
How long did it take you from start to finish?
probably 1 hour , now i can do it in 30min
Great vid, u at a race track? 😎
No, i wish
Hi, i want to know what torque was used to tight the 6 bolts of Oil filter Housing? Thanks
Moiz Husain 6 ft lbs