FYI: I'm pretty sure I've taken the LEFT timing cover but there is definitely a trick.

One bolt, I think the top most right most (closest to center), can't be reached with a socket and can't be removed, it has to be loosened and taken out with the cover. (Install reverse of removal).

It may be part of the intake not the water pump It was a while ago I worked on a couple of the M62 and I think I ended up taking the water pump anyhow so it was just a chicken and egg order of things. I was following a guide that didn't remove the water pump to get to the timing chain guides.

(I could be remembering wrong the photos I have of the engine the water pump is off)

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2011 E70 • N55 (me)
2012 E70 • N63 (wife)