Since there's been some off and on discussion about reputable and reasonable independents, I just thought I'd post the cost breakdown for a valve cover gasket replacement and REPAIR work done yesterday at Knightwerkes. IMO, the job was very reasonable and fair. You know when you talk to Tim that he is very honest, reliable and will back up his work.

The e34 is known for crappy valve cover paint and what happens is the paint peels over the top and around the gasket area. Once it starts peeling, the oil tends to leak out from there. Tim's work wasn't the normal replacement of gasket. It included cleaning and repainting the valve cover and cleaning the spark plug well areas that were saturated with oil.

Valve gasket set $48
Spark plugs $39
Labor to R & R ignitors, valve cover, spark plugs & gasket plugs $175
Total $262

Hope that helps some of you.

Since there's been some off and on discussion about reputable and reasonable independents, I just thought I'd post the cost breakdown for a valve cover gasket replacement work done yesterday at Knightwerkes. IMO, the job was very reasonable and fair. You know when you talk to Tim that he is very honest, reliable and will back up his work.

Valve gasket set $48
Spark plugs $39
Labor to R & R ignitors, valve cover, spark plugs & gasket plugs $175
Total $262

Hope that helps some of you.

I went there to get my shocks installed. Cheapest quote by far. And I cant complain about the work.

yea, Tim is a very resonable and better yet stright forward.

I could have helped you do that Astro. It took me about an hour to do all that work on the E34. :D

polish it! :cool

http://forums.***************************************?attachmentid=61849&stc=1&d=10805867 69

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2083496&postcount=6

I could have helped you do that Astro. It took me about an hour to do all that work on the E34. :D

AAAAAACCCCKKK!!!!

I should have posted to the board first. Oh well, next time I'll post my problem to the board first. You may be sorrrrr-ry.. :help

It all started a few years ago when Rennwerkes stopped working on cars...:bawl

Tim did mention that I need to have the rear brakes and rotors changed.............. silence.............

polish it! :cool

http://forums.***************************************?attachmentid=61849&stc=1&d=10805867 69

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2083496&postcount=6

Whoa, that is NICE! Is that a straight polish job or did you get it coated? From what I gather from the thread, it sounded like it was a straight strip and polish, but it looks like it is chrome plated or something to that effect...Very nice.

AAAAAACCCCKKK!!!!

I should have posted to the board first. Oh well, next time I'll post my problem to the board first. You may be sorrrrr-ry.. :help

It all started a few years ago when Rennwerkes stopped working on cars...:bawl

Tim did mention that I need to have the rear brakes and rotors changed.............. silence.............
BMW brakes are easier than a Las Vegas hooker.

Whoa, that is NICE! Is that a straight polish job or did you get it coated? From what I gather from the thread, it sounded like it was a straight strip and polish, but it looks like it is chrome plated or something to that effect...Very nice.

stripped the old paint, repainted the whole thing except the vanos portion. that part was hand polished. that's bare aluminum, no chrome to be found :D

Desombob, Valve cover looks great!

Thanks for the write-up Astro, looks like I'll be taking my car there for future work.

desmobob,
how long did it take you to polish?
what grit sandpapers did you use?

Desombob, Valve cover looks great!

Thanks for the write-up Astro, looks like I'll be taking my car there for future work.

D,
I'm not sure if Tim has all the high-tech electronic analysis stuff. You may need to check first. If it's mechanical, I would think he wouldn't have any problem being able to do it. If it's an electronic problem, you may need to check with him. My car is an earlier generation car so it is no problem for him; your car is much newer.:cool

desmobob,
how long did it take you to polish?
what grit sandpapers did you use?

http://www.european-forums.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1780
set aside at least a day. 90% of the work is prepping (stripping, sanding).

the rest of the time just depends on how long it takes for the paint to dry.

warning:
if you do polish it, you will have to do "maintenance polishing" every week with mother's, or it will slowly lose its luster. be sure you want to devote time to do that. :embarrasm