Repair kit, timing chain
11 31 8 578 94311318578943·short number 8578943Genuine BMW Part
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Repair kit, timing chain — a genuine BMW part, number 11 31 8 578 943. The number stamped on the part is 11318578943; BMW's catalog files it under the short number 8578943. You will find it on our Engine shelf, under CAMSHAFT. BMW has since replaced it with 8590950.
BMW's catalog records no E36 or E46 it is fitted to; it belongs to other BMW models.
BMW draws it on 4 diagrams, among them timing gear timing chain top (11_4089) and timing gear timing chain top (11_4731). It weighs about 260 g (0.6 lb). It also comes in BMW kits Repair kit, open timing chain, top (2365578) and Repair kit, open timing chain, top (2365581).
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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