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caesar · May 7th, 2008, 12:36 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Boro Boy (original)

Mine played the whole clatter symphony this morning, despite it being 14ºC. Starting to think it's not temperature related at all.

Have unearthed some more technical info on the VANOS fix BMW introduced for the M5/Z8s ...

http://www.bmwz8.us/pdf/zz-VANOS_s62.pdf

Note that it states that "the noise has no effect on engine power output or durability ...", and that the fix is to be applied "on a customer complaint basis only ".

The fix is dated 2001. The R56 MCS has a totally different engine so I doubt very much the relevance of the link.

May 7th, 2008, 12:36 PM	#987
caesar MINI2 Senior Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wales Local Time: 06:36 PM Posts: 728 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Boro Boy (original) Mine played the whole clatter symphony this morning, despite it being 14ºC. Starting to think it's not temperature related at all. Have unearthed some more technical info on the VANOS fix BMW introduced for the M5/Z8s ... http://www.bmwz8.us/pdf/zz-VANOS_s62.pdf Note that it states that "the noise has no effect on engine power output or durability ...", and that the fix is to be applied "on a customer complaint basis only ". The fix is dated 2001. The R56 MCS has a totally different engine so I doubt very much the relevance of the link.