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Thread: Valve Adjustment on 535i M30????HELP! Questions?

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    Default Valve Adjustment on 535i M30????HELP! Questions?

    • How often should valve adj be done on 1990 535i. I had head gasket replaced about 25K miles ago. Is that usually done when head gasket is replaced?

    • Are there symptoms that valve adj needs to be done?

    • How much can I expect to pay a good indy shop to do valve adj??

    • Car is running great...should I worry? I've had car for about last 60K miles. Other than head gasket, nothing major done.

    Thanks guys!
    Greg
    1990 535i, 204K miles

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    Default I was told...

    ... every 30,000 miles but please let an expert contradict me.

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    Default Maintenance interval is every 15K miles, though

    I generally do mine every 10 or so. If you haven't replaced the oil spray bar bolts with the new loctite-ed bolts, it's a good time to do it, or at least check that the bolts are tight (only about 10ft-lbs, I think the spec is ~80 in-lbs?).

    Take a crack at it yourself - it's really a peice of cake--

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greg
    • How often should valve adj be done on 1990 535i. I had head gasket replaced about 25K miles ago. Is that usually done when head gasket is replaced?

    • Are there symptoms that valve adj needs to be done?

    • How much can I expect to pay a good indy shop to do valve adj??

    • Car is running great...should I worry? I've had car for about last 60K miles. Other than head gasket, nothing major done.

    Thanks guys!
    Greg
    1990 535i, 204K miles

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