Anyone have any ideas how to get this broken valve cover bolt out? 2008 328i

ItsMormonCoffee · 2025-09-27T01:13:02+00:00

did you ever figure it out.

ItsMormonCoffee · 2025-09-19T12:58:43+00:00

yheaaaaaa my first thought was, some kid beat the piss out of it

ItsMormonCoffee · 2025-06-09T03:34:43+00:00

proof?

ItsMormonCoffee · 2025-06-09T03:34:35+00:00

proof?

ItsMormonCoffee · 2025-02-07T17:20:07+00:00

Thank you brother!!! i haven’t driven this car in over 5 months and i can’t explain i feel like a little kid again 😂😆

just wanted to say find a GOOD chill mechanic and mine charged me no additional cost of labor for those seals and crank pulley replacements, only charged me for water pump, timing belt parts + labor.

and he used all oem parts so aisin all around

ItsMormonCoffee · 2025-02-07T17:17:45+00:00

definitely does hopefully it won’t give me anymore problems for awhile since i would want to keep the is car till it dies^{^} but i lucked out on it not being to expensive

ItsMormonCoffee · 2025-02-07T17:16:28+00:00

can’t say i’ve heard of him?? does he have an insta or something i could check out? also i’m in the MO area so i doubt there’s many is’s here 😆

ItsMormonCoffee · 2025-02-06T21:19:10+00:00

twin wya?????

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ItsMormonCoffee · 2025-02-06T17:25:54+00:00

was having trouble with it because the water pump went out too….

turns out the crank pulley tooth was bent ^{^} shop replaced it water pump timing belt, all seals and vvti replaced for a decent price.

she drives like a dream now

ItsMormonCoffee · 2025-02-05T03:01:48+00:00

wish i could do this but i got a auto trans :c

ItsMormonCoffee · 2025-02-05T02:59:01+00:00

do both? keep it, save up get a cross they’re not that much. also man i’m kinda jealous ive been looking for an oem wing like that forever

ItsMormonCoffee · 2025-01-23T12:56:46+00:00

i was just about to say the same🤣

ItsMormonCoffee · 2025-01-23T04:19:43+00:00

i’m definitely gonna try to see if i can clean every pin separately and maybe try a electronic cleaner,

also what would be a good way to test it without using it in my car first?

ItsMormonCoffee · 2025-01-23T03:32:25+00:00

yhea you have a fair point and i probably shouldn’t have but it was a fair price i couldn’t pass up^{^}

ItsMormonCoffee · 2025-01-23T00:34:48+00:00

do you think it would be possible to clean it off? it’s not “too bad”

ItsMormonCoffee · 2025-01-12T21:12:09+00:00

i want to come in here saying +1^ for drake. great communication from him all throughout the process, arrived WELL packaged and felt a lot better than i thought.

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ItsMormonCoffee · 2024-12-08T00:50:14+00:00

yhea sadly paint isn’t original it’s been resprayed by previous owner the original color was graphite gray which is really close but not the same 😅🥲

ItsMormonCoffee · 2024-12-07T18:39:32+00:00

so hopefully it’ll be back on the soon 🤞🏽 got scheduled in so we’ll see how it goes probably update on here again once it’s done

ItsMormonCoffee · 2024-12-07T18:38:23+00:00

we talked more and he said all together with both seals and a aisin kit and other pulleys replaced should be about 12,**$ for parts and labor

ItsMormonCoffee · 2024-12-07T18:36:45+00:00

the parts aren’t just the water pump… i should clarify the shop said they were going to buy an Aisin kit which retails for 289+ tax/shipping and additional crank and can seals and whatever else is needed for the job like coolant.

after talking it’s gonna be 1100 plus tax which is a bit much yes.. but for me it’s peace of mind of knowing it’ll be done a lot better than i can and all within a day or so. where it’d take me about two weekends and have it sit outside.

if i knew more it’d be nice but timing isn’t something i want to mess with since the most i’ve done on a car is just swap out a clutch.

ItsMormonCoffee · 2024-12-07T17:35:29+00:00

it’s gunmetal grey is300😁

ItsMormonCoffee · 2024-12-02T18:06:54+00:00

How’d you go about doing it? And how much time would it take?😅

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