Thanks for the reply, that pretty much confirms my suspicion I should be okay to drive it for a short time (week or less) till I get the part and the time to replace it.

Ended-up finding some good threads on Bimmerfest late, late last night with similar symptoms helping to verify the initial diagnosis. At least it doesn't look like it is too much of a pain to swap out..

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