BMW 5 Series: Valve gear
VANOS
- VANOS B58 engine
- VANOS B58TU engine
Following the changeover from a two-part chain drive to a single-part chain
drive, the camshaft
sprockets on the VANOS now need 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.
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A new development for the B58TU engine is the split cooling. A cooling
concept which is used the
N63 TU2.
The split cooling function uses the electric split cooling valve, eSCV, to
enable on-demand
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Body Domain Controller (BDC)
Body Domain Controller (BDC)
BDC functions
The Body Domain Controller BDC is responsible for the following functions:
Gateway
Electronic immobilizer
Terminal control
Central locking system
Exterior lights
Power windows
Horn
Interior light
Wash/wipe system
Veh
Intersection Warning is able to detect an impending collision with crossing
traffic in good time and so
such collisions can possibly be prevented by this.
The KAFAS stereo camera and the front radar sensor (ACC radar sensor) monitor
the traffic
conditions. The information obtained from these sour