I don't know if it was karma, fate, destiny or irony but I'm just hitting 100K and as preventative maintenance I was going to refresh the cooling system on my X as soon as the weather warmed up some... but I didn't make it. About a week ago the water pump decided to give up the ghost - thank goodness I was sitting still and just shut it off as soon as I heard it start making noise.

So, over the last week I have:
- installed a new water pump - and I figured while I had it apart I would go ahead and throw in.

- bimmer fix water pump stint (preventative, mine wasn't leaking.. yet)
- t-stat
- coolant temp sensor(s)
- vanos o-rings and a good cleaning
- (all) coolant hoses & belts
- auto trans t-stat
- ac tensioner
- idler tensioner
- idler pulley (the one below the alternator)
- valve cover gaskets & spark plug tubes
- crank case ventilation hoses, caps and those orange rubber "flappers", I forget what those are called :-)
- iridium spark plugs
- BMW High Performance Coils
- expansion tank (actually done last spring due to a cracked seam)
- fuel filter
- trans filter and fluid (I have to admit, an easy enough process but tough to do and not make a mess...)
- converted my angel eyes to 40 watt led and wired as DRLs
- soldered up my passenger side tail light turn signal pad to get rid of that blasted check tail light warning
- cleaned the throttle body and mass air flow sensor (and air box and air tubes while I had it all apart)
- pulled the radio and added the "aux" input, which I ended up really liking


Totally feels like I'm missing something here, I'm sure it will come to me as soon as I click post.

Phew.. it has been a long week!! :-) I am seriously looking forward to getting it back on the road asap, I've been stuck driving my 2001 Cherokee since she's been down.