The way I see things, it's both bad and good. If the engine does have to come out, I can address some other things in the engine bay without it in there. Mostly cosmetics, but also better access to figure out where that one loose wire goes, making the cross member removable, learning about this engines internals, etc... Too bad that if it had to happen, it didn't happen 3-4 months ago.
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