Maybe on the E53, but on the E70 you have to remove the bumper cover. The connection end of the sensor is covered by the bumper and you cannot get it out without removal. Oh and it isn't in the brake cooling duct, it is in the grill opening just below the bumper. As circled in the attached picture.

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