RV
on Mon, May 19 at 01:31PM
Erling - BMW Eccentric Shaft Actuator Seal
Sorry to say that this part split and cased a very large vaccuum leak. It lasted 11 months
FCP had the original BMW part just buy it
March
on Sun, Mar 16 at 10:07PM
Leaked lots of oil, and caused a major vacuum leak. Bought the elring kit and it's all leaking. It's only been 1 month
Mario V
on Sat, Mar 08 at 08:35AM
Bad design, would not recommend.
The quality seems good, however the seal is too shallow. As a result, it stretches too much when installed which can make it rip. This happened in my case. Initially I thought my valve cover cracked as large quantity of oil began leaking on top of the exhaust headers causing a lot of smoke. Upon further inspection, I found out this seal failed. I though I might've damaged it during installation, but when I compared it to the original BMW seal I realized the Elring seal has a design flaw.
Nick
on Tue, Jan 21 at 09:36PM
Definitely steer clear of the this seal from elring. Installed and less than a week later ripped almost all around the inner edge, causing significant vacuum leak, and rough idle. Also may have caused my oil filter to completely crush. Bought a Mahle one and seemed to work a lot better.
Lawrence
on Fri, Jan 03 at 04:51PM
I replaced the valve cover gasket in my 2007 328i in August using the "kit" from FCP. This seal was in the kit. I just got done ripping apart the engine compartment again because I thought the valve cover gasket was leaking again. Found this seal to be the problem. Don't buy this one.
Cornel
on Mon, Dec 23 at 01:55PM
This gasket will leak and cause vacuum leak. Will have you chasing a lean code. Smoke test verified it’s coming from the gasket.
Kyle
on Wed, Dec 18 at 09:12AM
Compared to the original gasket my car had, this one did not flex enough to fit from the valve cover to the mount on the cylinder head. It torn along the bottom right away and caused a large vacuum leak and oil leak. Do not buy this gasket.
DLC
on Tue, Nov 05 at 12:13PM
Failed on the upper side of the seal where the metal meets the rubber. Not a bad leak but rough RPMs caused by vacuum leak.
John O.
on Wed, Oct 09 at 01:20PM
Part failed in under two weeks
The seal ripped itself apart in under two weeks. Terrible product. I will be calling FCP euro on this one but in the meantime I have a dead car leaking oil like crazy!
Kev
on Tue, Aug 27 at 10:17PM
DON'T BUY - Vacuum and oil leak!
This part failed in under a week leaving me with a nasty vacuum & oil leak, buy the genuine part.
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