I also wasn't really confident that this was the cause of my 2A87 code because, according to BMW SB, my car's build date means that I have the new teflon seals that shouldn't gouge the bearing ledges.īut, since all of my research up to this point tells me this is the path others have walked to solve this problem, I decided that I either did this or take the car to a shop and bend over for a reaming.įortunately, there's a metric crap-ton of info on how to DIY this, so I bit the bullet and bought all of the tools and parts I needed to swap my exhaust bearing ledges out, hopefully in one weekend. Already bought 2 new valves anyways so installed them and fixed nothing.
Took out the old ones and they were very clean and not clogged.
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I did buy the car at 59k miles, so I didn't really have a full picture of the oil change history. The code stayed on the Exhaust side, so no cigar here.
Since the car was driving okay I took my time and started researching all of the causes of the 2A87 code and found all of the usual recommendations With my crappy luck on the ignition coil I probably wouldn't have been surprised to also get a Vanos solenoid that barely lasted 15k miles. The car was driving pretty much normally, but the code would come back after miles of driving like clockwork after I clear it. Then after this I kept getting a 2A87 Exhaust Vanos mechanically jammed code. This coil was made by Delphi and I'm thinking I'm just freakishly unlucky to get a bad one that only lasted a year. The first thing I tackled was a misfire that was tracked down to a fairly new ignition coil 13k miles old that somehow went bad already. At about 80k miles a slew of problems popped up with service engine soon light that made me take over the car to take care of the issues. The car is a i Wagon that was mainly driven by my wife. I did, however, just had a recent experience that seem worthwhile to share, if only to help other new-to-BMW guys avoid the hassle that I went thru. I'm fairly new to BMWs, so have not had any info to share that's not already out there. Remember Me? My ordeal with the 2A87 Exhaust Vanos code - Long story.