Oil change, oil filter housing gasket replacement, CCV replacement, and dipstick tube replacement. Busy day for the X5. Took me about four hours since it was my first ofhg/ccv replacement. Someone replaced it all in 2008 with a mix of cold weather and non cold weather pieces. I was also able to keep the ccv jacket on just by trimming down a few spots.

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Did the same ebay as others said to do. Got them look great I'll need to take pics

Nice work Josh. Pretty good time too. :thumbup:

Would take me a lot longer to do all that... but I remove the intake to do the CCV so.

Thanks. It was easier than I anticipated. Is there a reason you take the entire manifold off?

Just received my new rotors and pads for the rear. Will install them tomorrow.

Gorilla hands... only reason. If I try to do with it on (done it before) my hands get all chewed up and I get really pissed off. :D

Josh nice work, it took me about 4-5 hours as well, I didn't do the OFHG (how many miles on yours?) - Noticed my oil consumption basically go away after the CCV/dipstick tube job I did last June as well. (My parts were all original 2003 parts)

I'm sure you're glad to get the job done before the temps drop

I still can't find a good solution to get my brake dust off my back rims btw, any suggestions for what has worked for you guys?

Are you talking about baked on brake dust? You may need a mild wheel acid

yeah, there's a few areas in between the nooks and crannies on my back rims

I just wanted to see what you guys have used so I don't mess up my rims lol