munich55

Hi guys

i need your help please.
Today i replaced the valvecover at the passangerside.
Everthing was fine. I opend all bolts the 2 small Torxbolts of the breather cover also. I couldn't get the breather cover off so i decided to leave it as is it is and just replaced the big valvecovergasket.
When i installed evething i fixed one of the small torxbolts to hard and it broke.
I did some mb-sealant on the hole.
Now i'm not sure. Should i try to take breather cover off and try to get the broken bolt out or should i leave it as it is

berti_00

id take it out bro and go at dealer and get new bolts put them on..

Yacht Master

That looks like you need a new breather cover too.
Why is it so black and out of round?

munich55

Thats the liquid sealant i put On the rest of the bolt.

Should i remove the complete valvecover or just the breather cover?

berti_00

just the breather cover if you can

munich55

Okay, thanks bro :-)

I hope i can get the bolt off...

Two Questions for the Driverside.
Is it neccessary to take off the fuel line?
And how can i get off the full Fill in cap ?

Thx

jcjmw

Yes, u need to remove the fuel line. It's very easy, just use 17mm wrench. Make sure u have rags to catch fuel and a bige rubber cap to temp cover over the opening while u remove and replace the valve cover.

As for the oil fill cap, it's held in by a screw. Once u remove the driver side valve cover, u can see the screw holding down the oil fill cap.

Forrest Gump 9

You'll be fine. Same thing happened to me and i did the same thing. It's been fine for the last year or so.

slownrusty

Mercedes in all their mighty wisdom made those tiny Torx fasteners on the valve coverlids for '05 and '06 model years out of aluminum, as a reference for the '03 and '04 model years they were made in steel. I am not surprised that you sheared them, on my '06 I replaced the aluminum ones with the earlier model steel fasteners.

My advice is to remove the broken shank and replace with the earlier steel fasteners and not keep that blob of sealent.

Good luck.

squidj

I would not leave it like that, it's too easy to remove the cover and fix it properly. I can see you on the Autobahn now blowing oil around that broken shank. Polizei gonna give you a beat down.

munich55

Thanks for your support guys.
It was possible to open the breather cover and remove the broken shank.
Squidj are you located in ansbach???

squidj

Yes, I am in Ansbach.

munich55

Okay thats just 150km from munich.
Maybe we'll see use sometime.

Bolts are replaced.
I hope everything is fine now.

I have to ask again for the driverside.
Should i disconnect the fuelline on the engineside or on the other? :-)

AgSilver

We should have a Nordschleife day after I return in July (only 45 minutes from our house which is near Bacharach).

gazosnic

Is there a part number for the steel bolts? I wasnt able to find it.

munich55

Maybe i can find the invoice.
But your MB Dealer should find it for sure