Connection rod — a genuine BMW part, number 86 29 0 008 848. The number stamped on the part is 86290008848; BMW's catalog files it under the short number 0008848. You will find it on our Instruments & Electronics shelf, under Group 29.
It fits every E36 body style (318i, 318ti, 320i, 323i, 325i and 328i, 1992–1999), with the M40, M42, M43, M44, M50 or M52 engines — and the European-market versions.
BMW draws it on 5 diagrams, among them Hood parts, doors/locking system (03_3840) and Hood parts, doors/locking system (03_3841). It weighs about 5 g (under 0.1 lb).
We have not had one on the shelf yet. Request it and we will tell you when one comes off a car.
