Stewbie
12-22-2012, 09:26 AM
[As promised here's a repost of another DIY I did for BC Bimmers]
I installed a new DISA unit in my 2004 330I this weekend. I ordered the bulletproof unit from German Auto Solutions (http://www.germanautosolutions.com/bmw_solutions/disa_products/m54_m52tu/m54_disa_gold_valve/m54_disa_gold_valve.html). They do sell a kit to upgrade your existing unit. I went with a whole new unit on the basis that, if anything went wrong with the kit, then I would be minus my daily driver until I could get a replacement.
In the pictures that follow, you'll see some yellow lines that highlight some of the parts of the engine bay that I'm referring to.
0. The Haynes manual recommends that you disconnect the battery before you start.
1. Remove the air intake box. Use a 10mm socket to undo the two bolts on the wheel well. Undo the two metal band retainer clips at the mass airflow senor, and work the MAF loose from the air box. Disconnect the air inlet from the front of the air box. Note that on my car, there is a lower air inlet as well as the one over the radiator. I haven't seen this mentioned in other DIY's I've looked at. Also note the rubber strip under where the air box would be. There's a channel on the bottom of the airbox that straddles this.
2. Lift the rubber trim just in front of the master cylinder reservoir, and the rubber hose that passes under it. This will buy you a bit more space to maneuver the DISA unit out.
3. Disconnect the electrical connector from the DISA unit. One the intake manifold side of the connector, there is a wire retainer (indicated by the yellow dot in the 2nd photograph below). Push it towards the fender and then lift the connector straight up.
4. Use a Torx T40 socket to undo the two torx bolts that attach the DISA to the intake manifold. Get your other hand under the lower one before loosening it so that you can't drop it.
5. Gently push down on the intake tube connected to the MAF (and the tube coming out the top of it), pull the DISA most of the way out, and then twist it clockwise to maneuver it out of the hole.
http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh619/Stewbie2000/DISA%20Replacement/SDC14320_zpsaa9fafca.jpg
http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh619/Stewbie2000/DISA%20Replacement/SDC14325_zpsddd53246.jpg
Close up of old unit and new bulletproof unit together.
http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh619/Stewbie2000/DISA%20Replacement/SDC14322_zpsdc4001bd.jpg
Inside the intake manifold. What is the grit? I'm going to ask GAS for their thoughts.
http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh619/Stewbie2000/DISA%20Replacement/SDC14327_zps06a439e9.jpg
Close up of the o-ring on the old unit. It's completely worn out. The old unit slides in and out very easily. This probably allowed a bit of a vacuum leak, and may have let in the grit in the previous photo.
http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh619/Stewbie2000/DISA%20Replacement/SDC14332_zps95cd47de.jpg
Close up of the new unit. Note the proper shape of the o-ring. Apply some synthetic grease to the o-ring and the inside diameter of the intake manifold to slide the new unit in (see kit instructions at http://www.germanautosolutions.com/diy_tech/disa_repair_kit/m54_disa_kit_diy.html). Even when lubed up, there will be some resistance, so you know that the o-ring is actually sealing.
http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh619/Stewbie2000/DISA%20Replacement/SDC14334_zps73acbdb0.jpg
Installation is the reverse of removal.
As it turns out, except for the o-ring, my old unit wasn't in too bad a shape, but I still feel it was worth the time and money.
Next on the to-do list is the Vanos seals. That's too involved for me, so I'm gonna have to pay someone to do that. But at least I can combine it with a valve cover gasket replacement, which needs doing anyways.
I installed a new DISA unit in my 2004 330I this weekend. I ordered the bulletproof unit from German Auto Solutions (http://www.germanautosolutions.com/bmw_solutions/disa_products/m54_m52tu/m54_disa_gold_valve/m54_disa_gold_valve.html). They do sell a kit to upgrade your existing unit. I went with a whole new unit on the basis that, if anything went wrong with the kit, then I would be minus my daily driver until I could get a replacement.
In the pictures that follow, you'll see some yellow lines that highlight some of the parts of the engine bay that I'm referring to.
0. The Haynes manual recommends that you disconnect the battery before you start.
1. Remove the air intake box. Use a 10mm socket to undo the two bolts on the wheel well. Undo the two metal band retainer clips at the mass airflow senor, and work the MAF loose from the air box. Disconnect the air inlet from the front of the air box. Note that on my car, there is a lower air inlet as well as the one over the radiator. I haven't seen this mentioned in other DIY's I've looked at. Also note the rubber strip under where the air box would be. There's a channel on the bottom of the airbox that straddles this.
2. Lift the rubber trim just in front of the master cylinder reservoir, and the rubber hose that passes under it. This will buy you a bit more space to maneuver the DISA unit out.
3. Disconnect the electrical connector from the DISA unit. One the intake manifold side of the connector, there is a wire retainer (indicated by the yellow dot in the 2nd photograph below). Push it towards the fender and then lift the connector straight up.
4. Use a Torx T40 socket to undo the two torx bolts that attach the DISA to the intake manifold. Get your other hand under the lower one before loosening it so that you can't drop it.
5. Gently push down on the intake tube connected to the MAF (and the tube coming out the top of it), pull the DISA most of the way out, and then twist it clockwise to maneuver it out of the hole.
http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh619/Stewbie2000/DISA%20Replacement/SDC14320_zpsaa9fafca.jpg
http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh619/Stewbie2000/DISA%20Replacement/SDC14325_zpsddd53246.jpg
Close up of old unit and new bulletproof unit together.
http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh619/Stewbie2000/DISA%20Replacement/SDC14322_zpsdc4001bd.jpg
Inside the intake manifold. What is the grit? I'm going to ask GAS for their thoughts.
http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh619/Stewbie2000/DISA%20Replacement/SDC14327_zps06a439e9.jpg
Close up of the o-ring on the old unit. It's completely worn out. The old unit slides in and out very easily. This probably allowed a bit of a vacuum leak, and may have let in the grit in the previous photo.
http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh619/Stewbie2000/DISA%20Replacement/SDC14332_zps95cd47de.jpg
Close up of the new unit. Note the proper shape of the o-ring. Apply some synthetic grease to the o-ring and the inside diameter of the intake manifold to slide the new unit in (see kit instructions at http://www.germanautosolutions.com/diy_tech/disa_repair_kit/m54_disa_kit_diy.html). Even when lubed up, there will be some resistance, so you know that the o-ring is actually sealing.
http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh619/Stewbie2000/DISA%20Replacement/SDC14334_zps73acbdb0.jpg
Installation is the reverse of removal.
As it turns out, except for the o-ring, my old unit wasn't in too bad a shape, but I still feel it was worth the time and money.
Next on the to-do list is the Vanos seals. That's too involved for me, so I'm gonna have to pay someone to do that. But at least I can combine it with a valve cover gasket replacement, which needs doing anyways.