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Originally Posted by dentprotony@gmail.com
Yes its an aftermarket part, you can find it on Amazon/ebay but i would check it first before even getting anything from anywhere. It will take you 5 minutes tops
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Thanks Tony!
I wasn't sure what the state of mine was going to be so ordered a complete valve assembly to ensure I could reassemble same day.
The valve was definitely not in an ideal state. Mine broke apart like yours when I went to remove the valve from the pump. I had to use small needle-nose pliers to obtain the orange piece and black screen. At 70.5k miles, the orange piece was no longer round, had a few small cracks in it, and definitely the source of the oil in my vacuum reservoir. I can see how the condition would cause vacuum oddities.
I cleaned all the vacuum lines and replaced the vacuum reservoir (BMW-11657612487).
A quick drive following service does yield a slight improved throttle response and, fingers crossed, will solve my highway "burble" summarized in my original post.
I love how BMW's answer to this is replace the whole pump!