Originally Posted by pizzachef

If you wouldn't mind, I'd be interested in hearing an update to this is a few weeks. My 240D smokes nicely on startup too but clears up after a few minutes.
I haven't had the valve cover off mine yet, but I assume its similar to the 617 engines...do you have to undo the timing chain to get the camshaft off? Any other technical glitches someone should be aware of before trying this?
Thanks for the info.