Hopefully I can get it together before the end of winter haha!








It's almost ready. I need replace the brake line that runs behind the engine while it's out, to install the nickel copper one which will never rust.
Then replacing the transfer case rubber mount is a royal pita...

Otherwise the engine is pretty much ready to be bolted to transmission and dropped in...

I was thinking of trying to make it run on a stand, but I realized that there's still no ews delete available for these engines, so bench run won't work.

I've also stumbled upon an interesting discovery.
Some X5s come with pcv valves on those valve covers, and some come with pcv valve on the left cover, and pvc valve integrated into the hose for the right side.

Basically hose #1 has been superseded and NLA.
Hose #2 is for engines with PCV valves in the valve cover.
And hose #4 is for right valve covers without the PCV.

I'm wondering what engines came with PCV valve as part of the valve cover, and which didn't, and why?