11 34 552 Removing And Installing/Replacing All Valves (N52K)

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Special tools required:

For the following special tools, refer to ENGINE- SPECIAL TOOLS (N52K) .

11 4 480

Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove cylinder head . See 11 12 100 REMOVING AND INSTALLING CYLINDER HEAD (N52K) .
Remove intermediate lever . See 11 37 010 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING INTERMEDIATE LEVERS (N52K) .
Remove eccentric shaft . See 11 37 005 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING ECCENTRIC SHAFT (N52K) .
Remove inlet camshaft . See 11 31 025 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING INLET CAMSHAFT (N52K) .
Remove exhaust camshaft . See 11 31 028 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING EXHAUST CAMSHAFT (N52K) .
Remove cam followers . See 11 33 050 REMOVING AND INSTALLING/REPLACING ALL ROCKER ARMS (N52K) .
Remove valve springs . See 11 34 715 REPLACING ALL VALVE SPRINGS (N52K) .
Remove valve stem seals . See 11 34 560 REPLACING ALL VALVE STEM SEALS (N52K) .

Arrangement:

Valve
Valve stem seal with lower spring plate
Valve spring
Upper spring plate
Valve tapers

Fig 1: Identifying Valve, Valve Stem Seal With Lower Spring Plate, Valve Spring And Valve Tapers
Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.

If the valves are to be reused, they must be placed in neat order in special tool 11 4 480 .

Assemble engine.

Check function of DME; if necessary, readjust uniform mixture distribution.