YAY!!! Coolant leak! Need some advice...

[mike_dmt]

Bought my '01 X5 4.4 about a month and a half ago, been great till this afternoon. My wife calls and says the coolant light came on. Fortunately she was at her sisters and not on the freeway.. no overheating

So I go look at it a few minutes ago and while running there's a fairly substantial trickle (constant) from the rear of the engine, down onto the skidplate.

I have been searching through all the valley pan threads, and am thinking it could be a possibility, but I kind of doubt it.

My question is this: since it went from bone dry to a pretty serious leak, could it be one of the hoses on the back of the engine? It seems like it wouldn't be such a constant flow if it was the valley pan... I don't know how much pressure it is under.

If it is one of the hoses, do I still need to remove the intake? Or are they accessible?

This X5 was owned by an indie tech for about 7 years, he has already done a lot of the preventative work for a BMW with 100k. New water pump, radiator, tank, valve cover gaskets,, etc seems like he might have said valley pan... I dont remember 100%