Ok..
Once she was running there was a pronounced tapping coming from the rear of the motor..
Pulled her apart..
Once she was apart it was apparent there wasn't any oil getting to to cam bearings/journals, luckily it was caught just in time and the journals were polished and re lubed..
This piece of steel sits on top of the cams, it is hollow and full of holes, it feeds the cam and journals oil.
After blowing a good 1/2 a litre of parts cleaner though it i managed to dislodge a good amount of varnish and sludge.
The tappets were ok apart form 2 which were totally dead, luckily there were some new ones available and they slotted right in!
Almost there..
I got the vanos and cam sprockets on and turned her over, now there is oil feeding to the cams.
yippie!!
This is quite an idiotic design on BMW's part..
If you were to neglect a few oil changes and have some sludge build up, and it found its way and blocked this rail then you're in the shyte!!
I'll get her together proper next week!