Label with filler indication — a genuine BMW part, number 71 21 2 122 378. The number stamped on the part is 71212122378; BMW's catalog files it under the short number 2122378. You will find it on our Tools shelf, under Other Equipment Parts parts. BMW has since replaced it with 2122615.
It fits the E46 sedan and coupe (320i, 323i, 325i, 328i and 330i, 1999–2006), with the M52 or M54 engines — and the European-market versions.
BMW draws it on 2 diagrams, among them Label "Outer paint" (71_0553) and Label "Outer paint" (71_0864). It weighs about 1 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.
