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<blockquote data-quote="Randy" data-source="post: 188497" data-attributes="member: 820"><p>Hope this time my picture helps</p><p> </p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>how to see under the hood for the VANOS units...</strong></span></span> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="http://gallery.talisweb.com/z3/sandiego/members/007_849/bmw_engines/single%20VANOS%20engine%20-%20early%20M52%20S52.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="http://gallery.talisweb.com/z3/sandiego/members/007_849/bmw_engines/single%20VANOS%20engine%20-%20late%20M52.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="http://gallery.talisweb.com/z3/sandiego/members/007_849/bmw_engines/double%20VANOS%20engine%20-%20M52TU%20M54.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">As I was searching for these pictures, I noticed that part of the reason why for double VANOS engines, the coolant expansion tank was relocated to a separate tank behind the driver side (LHD) strut tower is because the exhaust VANOS seems to take up the space where the old coolant tank attached to the radiator would be. Not 100% sure that is always the case, but it seems to make sense. So, if that were true, then you can see if you have a separate coolant expension tank behind the driver's side strut tower, and if so, you're likely to have double VANOS.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy, post: 188497, member: 820"] Hope this time my picture helps [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][B]how to see under the hood for the VANOS units...[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=1] [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=1] [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2] [IMG]http://gallery.talisweb.com/z3/sandiego/members/007_849/bmw_engines/single%20VANOS%20engine%20-%20early%20M52%20S52.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://gallery.talisweb.com/z3/sandiego/members/007_849/bmw_engines/single%20VANOS%20engine%20-%20late%20M52.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://gallery.talisweb.com/z3/sandiego/members/007_849/bmw_engines/double%20VANOS%20engine%20-%20M52TU%20M54.jpg[/IMG] As I was searching for these pictures, I noticed that part of the reason why for double VANOS engines, the coolant expansion tank was relocated to a separate tank behind the driver side (LHD) strut tower is because the exhaust VANOS seems to take up the space where the old coolant tank attached to the radiator would be. Not 100% sure that is always the case, but it seems to make sense. So, if that were true, then you can see if you have a separate coolant expension tank behind the driver's side strut tower, and if so, you're likely to have double VANOS. [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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