This is a genuine BMW pulse generator, part number 24 15 1 219 659. The number stamped on the part is 24151219659; BMW's catalog files it under the short number 1219659. You will find it on our Transmission shelf, under Individual transmission parts. It supersedes the older number 1218894, so a part carrying that number is the same part.
It fits every E36 body style (318i, 318ti, 323i, 325i and 328i, 1992–1999), with the M40, M42, M43, M44, M50 or M52 engines — and the European-market versions. It also fits the E46 sedan (316i 1.9 and 318i, 1997–2001), with the M43 engine.
BMW draws it on 4 diagrams, among them A4S 270R/310R output (24_0802) and A4S 270R/310R output (24_1301). It weighs about 81 g (0.2 lb).
We have not had one on the shelf yet. Request it and we will tell you when one comes off a car.