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Generator, water-cooled (exchange unit)

BMW Part Number:12 31 7 526 286
12317526286short number 7526286
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Generator, water-cooled (exchange unit) — a genuine BMW part, number 12 31 7 526 286. The number stamped on the part is 12317526286; BMW's catalog files it under the short number 7526286. BMW's catalog calls it “EXCH generator, water-cooled”. You will find it on our Electrical shelf, under Alternator with motor and mounting. It supersedes the older numbers 0304582 and 7523606, so a part carrying any of them is the same part.

BMW's catalog records no E36 or E46 it is fitted to; it belongs to other BMW models.

BMW draws it on 2 diagrams, among them Generator, water-cooled (12_1153) and Generator, water-cooled (12_1191). It weighs about 9.8 kg (22 lb).

We have not had one on the shelf yet. Request it and we will tell you when one comes off a car.

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BMW Part Number12 31 7 526 286
Also written as123175262867526286
QualityGenuine BMW · OEM

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