BMW 5 Series Owners & Service Manuals

BMW 5 Series: Valve gear

VANOS

Valve gear

  1. VANOS B58 engine
  2. 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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