[Surly73]

Looking at doing the OFHG job. I may or may not have a leak, or it could have been some spillage from an oil change. Also looking at a belt/tensioner/pulley job. Probably a good idea to overlap the labour of all of these jobs looking at where the work is.

I'm compiling the parts listings, comparing ECS, FCP etc... since I'll be ordering from out of country, possibly to a pickup point.

I notice all the shops' kits use Elring gaskets even though they sell genuine BMW. Some searches led me to some information stating that Elring was the OEM, but then BMW updated the gasket design and moved production to a Japanese company, and advice is to go back to genuine for best long term results (since the DIY is a bit of a PITA). If they didn't change the part#, current pipeline stock even from my local dealer could be an obsolete part/manufacturer.

Just wondering what folks have done out there.