yes - undo the bolts beforehand, turn it forwards not backwards and remove the spark plugs to ease the movement - no compression = easy to turn

otherwise you will have to do it hanging or wrestling it on a scrap tire with the assembly laying sideways

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)