yep, you can see it in the picture just ahead of the oil spray pipe, probably popped out when the valve cover was off at one time and no one noticed, it's held in by the valve cover
Originally Posted by
E34-520iSE
Easy peasy! Your clips should be straight up like the ones in the pic, but more importantly, check that the locking T-piece behind the toothed pulley wheel is FULLY ENGAGED into the corresponding 'flats' milled into the rocker arms. If it's badly fitted, or missing, then all hell breaks loose!
It sounds like your rocker arms have turned because the T-piece wasn't locked in properly. You're lucky you still have an engine.
HTH,
Shaun M
all america wants is cold beer warm cat and a place to take a poop with a door on it