[m_thompson]

I replaced the OFHG in my N51 128i last week. It took less than 2 hours being very slow and careful because it was the first time I have done this.

My wife's 328XiT was at the stealership the same day getting the starter replaced so I asked for a price for replacing the OFHG. They are a flat-rate shop so the hours that they charge for replacing the OFHG includes removing and replacing the intake manifold. Since they had the manifold off to replace the starter I thought that they would charge something like one hour labor for the OFHG. Nope, they still wanted three hours labor (at about $100+ per hour) for the OFHG. I told them no thanks, I would do it.