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Thank you BMW, thank you so bloody much!

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I had a 1992 Ford Escort (which I believe actually had a Mazda engine/transaxle) with the above-mentioned setup of having the water pump inside the timing cover, and the added disadvantage of being driven off the timing belt! When the timing belt change schedule came due you just replaced the water pump as a matter of course - it was $30.00 for the part and you'd never get another chance to even SEE it, much less replace it.
 
Ugh, Basil, I feel your pain. I suspect your engine is similar to mine... naturally aspirated inline six?

Being an owner myself, BMW does two things. One is the usual engineering mumbo-jumbo (as an engineer, I relate :smile:). The more infuriating thing is when it is done intentionally.

For example, I had to replace the oil filter housing gasket. Top, driver side, easy-peasy access to three of the four bolts. But the fourth bolt was accessed from behind!!! Yargh. Mirror, a myriad of flex joints and socket extensions, cell phone camera, my seven-year old's small hands, etc., to get the silly bolt out.

If you replace the battery without "reprogramming", your electrical bits will be wonky. I let my last battery get a bit too low - the car would not start on cold winter mornings. I popped in a new NAPA battery, but my rear defroster no longer worked. (Interestingly enough, in the three years since I replaced the battery, it seems to be regaining strength...)

But, the handling and silky smoothness of the inline six help forget and forgive...
 
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