Im doing to work my self, waterpump, valley pan, valve cover, and seperator hose replacements. Its a Pita and thinking why BMW routed the power terminal under the intake manifold just angers me.

That cable routes under the coolant pipes and are attached the valley pan cover plate via 3 plastic wire straps. I couldn't find a way to get more slack from the bottom, and since I was opening up the intake manifold anyways I skipped my valve cover gasket repair till after I was done with the valley pan.

Also If you are replacing your oil seperator hoses, there are the obvious two hoses above the intake runners in the rear, but if those are putty its a great bet that the oil return lines that are associated with the OSV is also putty.

I replaced the two hoses above my intake manifold 2 years ago, but when I took out the intake manifold lastnight, I ripped these hoses, and upon inspection they were putty aswell.

Still havent decided if I would go with the OEM/Bulk hoses to replace these (they are straight hoses) or if I would go with a silicone hose instead, should handle the heat and oil with no issues.