Good news mike. I had to trim may intake elbow right back to get it to fit and I think I also removed one of the throttle body springs so I could squeeze it on that bit further.
Have you already bought your new gauge? I ask because I'd hoped to use the original BMW sender with an off the shelf VDO gauge but when it came to it I needed to buy a matching sender as the resistance range was well out (and back to front I think). The new one matched the length of the old so wasn't an issue in terms of its reach into the head.
