All done! Grand total: 1450 dollars plus tax. This included the CCV (insulated version), valve cover gaskets, valley pan gaskets, fluids, hoses, intake manifold gasket and all labor. Interestingly, this shop charges only 69 dollars/hr for labor! That seems really low to me. Immediately noticeable was how smooth the X feels now. We'll drive it for 1000 kms or so and then I'll change the oil and filter for piece of mind.

Thought y'all would like to know how this all panned (no pun intended) out. Thanx again for your input!

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Cheers!
Chris

03 X5
02 Acura
88 Mustang GT Ragtop
88 Campion Allante 195
99 Itasca 29