So went to HK performance instead.
Seems like the brand new tappet cover is getting replaced 🤣. Leaking everywhere. So getting one from the dealership instead and returning the old one back to goldwagen
Who fitted the tappet cover that you recieved from Goldwagen?
I bought a tappet cover and had a mechanic fit it for me recently which is out of the norm as I usually do all the work on my car myself, but this time I was strapped for time and had to have it done asap as it had quite a leak. Anyways few days later and I smell burning oil again, I take the engine cover off and it's leaking everywhere! I asked the mechanic to use a torque wrench and torque to the correct torque spec and I was assured that would happen.....It didn't obviously! and two of the inner bolts in the center, the long bolts that the injector grounds get bolted to were not even hand tight, I just took them out with my hands, completely loose, he obviously rushed the job and completely forgot about these.
I ordered a new OEM gasket from bmw, pulled the tappet cover off myself and redid the job I paid a mechanic to do, saw that he had over
tightened 4 of the bolts and pinched the gasket which was why it was leaking so badly.
I torqued everything down correctly and it's been as dry as a whistle ever since.
This is why I stopped using mechanics years ago and do everything myself!
The funny thing is I told the guy the tappet cover was leaking after he fitted it and he offered to redo the job, I then asked if I could stick around to see the valve cover come off and inspect it for any cracks and see where it failed "Usually he never has a problem with me being there" He came up with a very odd excuse and I immediately knew that he clearly didn't have the torque wrench he said he had and obviously didn't want me to see that he did a rushed job. Obviously I would see the damage to the gasket.
So the reason I am telling you this is because you are immediately jumping to the conclusion that the valve cover is at fault? How sure are you that the fitment was done correctly is my question! Allot of Mechanics seem to think that torque specs are there for funsies, even BMW themselves which is what I learned when they fitted my turbos back in 2017 to my last Z4...I had to call in the Thread king to remove the turbo manifold studs bmw "Torqued" so hard that the heads were twisted off!
. Car only stands over night. It stood for 3 weeks while i was away and this is when the issues started when i got back. But let me see what i can do.
