09-23-2020, 09:14 PM | #1 |
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OEM Valve Stem Caps
I drive a 2019 X5. The other day I received a warning regarding tire air pressure was low. This is typical as the temperatures drop. Several months ago I replaced the stock plain silver plastic valve stem caps with OEM BMW caps. They are plastic too. Unfortunately I could not remove two of the caps by hand and had to carefully remove them with pliers. Needless to say the plastic cracked and were unusable. I read the metal caps fuse to the stem, but has anyone experienced this with the plastic caps? Any solution? My wife has the same caps on her X3 and hers are stuck as well.
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09-24-2020, 09:37 AM | #2 |
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Plastic caps should be easily removable - you may want to verify yours are indeed plastic, because dissimilar metals can fuse by friction galling. And assuming they aren't honked on with a torque wrench - finger-tight is sufficient. Where did you get your caps? I've seen several on Amazon advertised as "OEM" that were in fact aluminum, made in China.
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