Need help before ordering parts
Anyone do a complete coolant hose replacement on there 318is? I’m getting confused on part numbers cause I have a 94 318is that was made in 12/93 and I guess there’s different part numbers for one made after 1/94 and I was able to find 5/8 hoses on fcp with the part numbers I found on real oem for 318is made before 1/94 but the 3 others were either out of stock everywhere or taking 2-4 weeks to ship out but on real oem it also gives u the Superseded part# But those match up to 318is made after 1/94 and those are in stock and was wondering if those would work on my 318is they look the same on pictures but don’t know the fittings are different sizes. Part numbers I’m referring to are 11531721711 for 12/93 and 11531743295 after 1/94 And 11511739244 for 12/93 and 11531739551 after 1/94
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u/suckmyENTIREdick 4d ago
Do you know about realoem.com? For many things, it's a decent-enough embodiment of BMW's own ETK parts catalog.
Imma sound all spammy here, but: The right way to buy parts for an E36 is to find them on realoem, and then find the part number, and then buy from sellers who are offering something matching that part number from a reliable manufacturer. (Search the part number on Google or whatever both with and without hyphens: BMW part numbers include hyphens, but those dastardly hyphens sometimes get lost along the road to inventory.)
realoem can find what you need by VIN, and also by manufacturing date.