1998 BMW M3 Timing

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BMW M3 1998 E36 Workshop Manual 
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CYLINDER
HEAD
AND
VALVETRAIN

9
.
Camshaft
installation
is
reverse
of
removal,noting
the

following
:

"
Prior
to
installation,
check
al¡
components
for
wear
as
described
below
under
Cyli

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BMW M3 1998 E36 Workshop Manual 5
.
Pull
hydraulic
valve
adjuster
straight
out
of
cylinder

head
.
See
Fig
.
13
.

Fig
.
13
.
Remove
hydraulic
valve
adjuster
by
pulling
straight
out
ofcyl-
inder
head
(arrow)
.

6
.
Installation
is
r

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CYLINDER
HEADAND
VALVETRAIN

NOTE-

When
checking
a
cam
follower,
make
sure
the
corre-
sponding
camshaft
lobe
ís
facing
up
so
that
there
is
no
valve
spring
pressure
on
the
follower
.

4

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Camshaft
timing
chains,
removing

(6-cylinder
engines)
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CAMSHAFT
TIMING
CHAIN,

	

Camshaft
timing

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CAMSHAFT
TIMING
CHAIN

CAMSHAFT
TIMING
CHAIN,

4-CYLINDER

Special
BMW
service
tools
are
needed
for
timing
chain
re-
moval
and
installation
procedures
.
The
special
tools
assure

proper
tim

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BMW M3 1998 E36 Workshop Manual 
NOTE-

The
vibration
damper
center
bolt
is
very
tight
.
A
heavy
duty
holding
device,
such
as
BMW
special
tool
no
.
112
150,
should
be
used
to
hold
the
vibration
damper
hub

	

V
stationary
while
the

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BMW M3 1998 E36 Workshop Manual 
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CAMSHAFT
TIMING
CHAIN

15
.
Remove
mounting
bolts
from
left
and
right
camshaft

	

4
.
Insta¡¡
and
hand-tighten
sprocket
mounting
bolts
.

sprockets
.

16
.
On
M42
engines,
remove
upper

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BMW M3 1998 E36 Workshop Manual 
M42
Engine

CL
(EM

Fig
.
11
.
Two
versionsof
hydraulic
chaintensioners
.
Original
chain
ten-
sioner
on
M42
engine
(top)
canbe
disassembled
.
Chain
ten-
sioner
on
M44
engine
(bottom)
cannot
be
disass