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BMW 3: Valve gear

VANOS

Valve gear
VANOS unit B46 engine and B46TU/B48TU engines

  1. VANOS B46 engine
  2. VANOS B46TU and B48TU engine

Following the changeover from a two-part chain drive to a single-part chain drive, the camshaft sprockets on the VANOS now have 46 teeth instead of the previous 36 teeth. To compensate for the additional weight of the larger camshaft sprockets, the adjuster was designed to be shorter and more compact. Additionally, the chain track was displaced by 1.5 mm.

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     Frequently Asked Questions

    All requirements are met and all required steps were completed in the specified order. Despite that, the mobile device does not function as expected. In this case, the following explanations can help: Why could the mobile phone not be paired or connected? There are too many Bluetooth devices conn

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