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Welcome to the family!
All the tips tricks and pitfalls to avoid are posted here. The 3.0 issues and fixes are well documented (review the E39 forums as well) so you in good hands. Valve cover leaks are normal on your first attempt. Lots of posts on solving the far back corner point and not replacing all the rubber grommets causing additional points of leakage during the process.
Good luck it will be worth the efforts.
Hopefully your home has a non-lead pipe leading from the street mainline to the faucet!
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Thank you! Yes, I have quite the few reads ahead of me, and now that all my other cars are "in storage" I will be focusing on the X5 as a project.
I do really like it more than I thought I would a newer model BMW.
Thankfully I only live "near" Flint, not in its walls! Same county, different (well) water system.
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Welcome and good luck with the X5 world. Make sure the CCV is also clear before doing another valve cover job in case thats plugged up.
I'm curious to hear more about the Golf Alltrack story. Aren't those fairly new? Please post a link if you have already covered it in another forum or something.
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The AllTrack is actually new this year! Basically a standard Golf wagon with AWD (same as a Golf R), 0.6" more ground clearance, some body cladding, new brightwork, and a pretty trick set of sensors around the car that help with "off-roading" and your proximity to objects.
Mine will look identical to this:
