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Originally Posted by LA02MAX
Yeah, it's really been fun! I'm just holding out hope that I'll have an old BMW with no leaks after all this is over with 
Between the power steering hoses, alternator bracket gasket, upper timing gaskets, and valve cover gaskets, this thing was absolutely covered in oil. It even reached all the way back along the underbody plastics to the rear subframe. |
Ahhh old Bimmers. My E61 is like this. Just replaced the OFHG, CCV, valve cover, and replaced 4 front broken head bolts that were all hemorrhaging oil. Still have leaks from RMS and oil pan gasket. LOL. Car has 200k miles on it though... so I'll just add a quart of oil if I need between changes.
The other repairs were necessary so as to not soak the belt drive system and throw a belt, which on an N52 can then get ingested through the crank seal and destroy the engine.
Oil was being flung all over the engine bay prior to the repair.