Originally Posted by crystalworks

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.