N52B30 Vanos gear types

tommy-999 · 10-13-2024, 10:22 AM

Hello everyone, I have been doing a maintenance on my car (e90 330i 2005) and I was checking the much discussed Vanos bolts. I was surprised that could not see them on back side of the gears. Are there more types of the VANOS gears also without the bolts? I have ones as in the pic below.

WheelNut2 · 10-15-2024, 04:17 PM

There is another thread started last week about this. There are two different styles of Vanos adjusters used on N52s. You have the early style. There was never a recall on your car and this is why. Realoem has the build dates listed for when the switch over happened (MY2008 cars I think).

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tommy-999 New Member 0 Rep 5 Posts Drives: 330i e90 Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: CZ sk iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 BMW 330i E90 [0.00]	N52B30 Vanos gear types Hello everyone, I have been doing a maintenance on my car (e90 330i 2005) and I was checking the much discussed Vanos bolts. I was surprised that could not see them on back side of the gears. Are there more types of the VANOS gears also without the bolts? I have ones as in the pic below.
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10-15-2024, 04:17 PM	#2
WheelNut2 Private 8 Rep 52 Posts Drives: 2006 330i Join Date: Dec 2022 Location: Vancouver, BC iTrader: (0)	There is another thread started last week about this. There are two different styles of Vanos adjusters used on N52s. You have the early style. There was never a recall on your car and this is why. Realoem has the build dates listed for when the switch over happened (MY2008 cars I think).
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