The BMW N52 inline-six engine has certainly earned its reputation of being not only one of BMW's most reliable engines, but one of the most reliable engines to come out of Germany as a whole.

The N52 engine uses four of them, and the part number of the VANOS housing bolt is 8602263 in BMW's parts system. Regarding the 155,627 affected vehicles, the list kicks off with the Z4 sDrive30i ...