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Originally Posted by CTinline-six
My 2009 328i had a cracked cover at 39k miles. Luckily it is an N51 and both the cover and gaskets were replaced under the SULEV warranty. Since the cover is plastic, and it is basically the same labor, if I were doing it I would buy the cover also and do it all at once.
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people I know and trust, that are professional BMW mechanics, told me that it's 50/50 that the cover breaks upon removal and reinstallation.
now, they also told me to only buy a BMW cover, but I couldn't stomach the price so I went with the uro piece.
so far it has not bitten me in the ass.
if I were paying shop labor rates for the work I would probably spend the extra 2 bills on the OE part, because the labor costs to do it over again would be substantially more.
for the DIY'er, the URO piece seems to be fine.