Hope I can fix it! 
This fell off my Zed today
- Thread starter Eddie Zedder
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Me too 
The Vanos Steve unless its some strange binocular extra from BMW
Crikey,serious stuff.The Vanos Steve unless its some strange binocular extra from BMW
Or it could be................The Vanos Steve unless its some strange binocular extra from BMW
Watching with interest as I'm desperate to do mine, are you replacing the seals.
I am Sean. I will do a full write up with pics when I have finished. Took about 3 hours to get to this stage, including taking notes & pics. It will be next week before I can finish it. Planning on getting the casing sand blasted and cleaning the valve cover at work over the weekend.
Awesome, what kit did you get, I see there is a duel kit on ebay for £70, I have a guy that will do the job for £100
Do a nice write up please 
I've just bought the vanos lock out kit so i can start doing them, be nice to hear some useful tips.
I've just bought the vanos lock out kit so i can start doing them, be nice to hear some useful tips.
I got the X8R kit that includes the cover joints, but not the rattle rings.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231759646497
Guess so, not looked into it much. I tend to throw myself into it and learn.
You don't need any cam shaft lock tools for the twin VANOS engines (M52TU or M54) when changing the VANOS seals or installing the anti rattle rings.
You do need them if you are doing the seal replacement work on the single VANOS M52 engines
You do need them if you are doing the seal replacement work on the single VANOS M52 engines
did this last year, my only advise would be to order your own bolts as the ones in the kit are made of cheese and twisted before the right torque that was super low anyway! also the bolts that hold the vanos to the cam shaft are known to brake so I had to borrow another torque wrench to do the job as I have been known to strip all sizes of bolts... I miss that bit inside myself that tells me when a bolts tight enough......
@Eddie Zedder, did you get it done mate.
@Dickymint was there a noticed improvement in bottom end power.
yes but nothing for the first maybe 50 miles then I could feel much more torque lower down then after maybe another 50 miles or so it was back to where I guess it should be with a steady pull all the way from the bottom to the top of the rev range with none of that sudden "go" I had after about 4k revs, its much faster and nicer to drive and also stopped the cutting out when I reversed or sometimes stopped at a junction and its also a little better on fuel
Not yet Sean, work getting in the way!