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Originally Posted by we350z
Just talked to the indy mech he said this is a bigger job on the 4.4i vs. 3.0i b/c you have to take apart the intake manifold to get to the replace the oil seperator and the lines. He said they usually change PCV filter during this job too. He said it runs $725 on 4.4i vs. $425 on 3.0i model. Does this make sense?
Supersteve - did you replace oil sender and lines or just the lines?
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I didn't replace anything other than the lines to and from the oil seperator on my 2001 4.4. I don't think there is a "PVC Filter" on these engines.
As I understand it, there are a lot of differences in the earlier 4.4 and the newest generation 4.4. One being the earlier 4.4 has the oil seperator and lines on top and back of the intake manifold which means the intake manifold stays put on 2000 4.4 as it did on my 2001. The new generation has the lines running under the intake (more work) as it is on my 2006 4.4. To be quite honest, I haven't done much work on my 2006 yet. I just got it in April and it's still covered by the factory warrentee. I love working on my cars; but, I'm not going to let BMW (or any other company) get out of there share of my enjoyment.
I believe Weasel56 is a BMW mech and would know better than I do; but, he may not realize its the older version we are talking about.