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      02-03-2012, 07:52 PM   #1
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Drives: 2007 IB M Coupe
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My 8 day valve adjustment

That's the pitfall of doing a valve adjustment without the shim kit. I decided to spare some cash and order some shims individually. I ordered (2) 2.20, (2) 2.24, (4) 2.28, (4) 2.32, (4) 2.36 and (4) 2.40 shims. I also got the valve cover gasket kit and shim tool from ECS tuning.

Here are some pics:

Picture of the before


Also changed the vanos filter... it was pretty clean


Here's a pic of the coil packs and Oxygen sensor wires and some advice


There she is in all her glory


The tools that I used


Some mandatory pics of my vanos pump tabs....still intact




After 8 very long days and some clean up


I had to order some more shims. I needed another 2.28 and (2) 2.44 shims. It turns out that no dealership in the DFW stocks these. They all had to order them, so I just used the internet. One of the dealerships wanted $7.95 a shim! That's what took so long. I ended up changing a total of 15 shims.

Next on the Inspection 1 list brake system flush and CDV delete.
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