how hard is it to fit a vanos has any one tried

[rikroblou]

need to fit new vanos e36 m3 evo
im not daft but ive never fitted one any tips? (don't) , special tools?
changed the engine and this one was faulty great
worse car ive owned will swap e30 m3

[M3John]

Can't help you personally i'm afraid but i would suggest that you give your local indi's a quick call.

[blackspider]

Its a bugger of a job to do...
I have done a fair few over the last 6 years and I have to say its a job in which you need a good understanding of how the system works,I say this because you need to follow in depth repair instructions which you need to reproduce on the engine,if you get it wrong it can be either a case of take it back apart or be very costly.
If you can you need to get a full set of instructions for it and follow them very carefully-the instructions are confusing.
There are also a fair few special tools needed to do the job.
In an ideal world you need to be at a stealer or a very good indy.
If your a good tech then theres no reason why you cant do it,its a case of going into it carefully and double checking what you have done.

[rikroblou]

it the special tools im interested in im not planning on doing to many of these ive got two indis in my town im not very trusting and mosely motor sport are quite a way from me
black spider want the job? got a work shop and i pay well (ish)
dont suppose you need the money being a master tech
this job is killing me and i gave my old vanos away

[Levinson]

Have you changed the filter on the vanos?
Ablocked one can make them very noisy!

[GTRene]

what also makes them noisy(almost a nocking sound or diesel like!) is the tentioner just a "little"job and mostly its just that!! but dealers say ow its the vanos! read some German articles about that and please use some proper oil! only Catrol TWS 10/60 or even better Motul V300 Lemans 20/60.
those oilfilms are almost 3x stronger then "normal" oils even more then 2x the Castrol 10W/60 RS...so be carefull
GTRene