BMW n45 vanos problem

[miacotton]

Yes the problem was low oil pressure and after many hours of fault finding the oil pick up pipe was not sucking 100% oil it was sucking air and oil this led to low oil pressure but not that it put the light on. I measured it with a gauge, the low oil p made the vanos not to work and clatter, unplugging the vanos locks them in a default position but the power was way down and made the car very slow. We dropped the subframe and took the sump off, i pressure tested the oil pick up and baffle plate only to find that it had split on the join where the gauze filter was. I bought a new one from bmw and hey press all my problems went away . Job done

[vegardhaugo]

That indicates that the vanos sensor is broken and needs replacement.
Or do what I did, take it out, clean it, blow it dry and install + new orings.

[rrr]

1. clean solenoids if dont work 2. change both vanos intake and exhaust

[berkayal]

same as my car that sound after the start (espically the first starts on the day), my cars doing this annoying sound. ı went lots bmw services and they all says me you have to buy Vanos.but ı dont know is this oil pickup fault ? the sound is completely same as my car sound ( car is e46 316Tİ compact 2002 year)

[Aliveli-dkpp]

Hello, I have the same sound in my vehicle, the sound improves after 5 seconds, at the same time it lights the oil lamp and goes out.

[kPanosk]

So is vanos' issue not from sensors, right?

[WayneGoudie]

Did you find out what the problem was?

[miacotton]

Does anyone understand why my BMW is cutting out once the top Vanos Solenoid is inserted