[therealm3]

Originally Posted by ajsalida

edit: I am going to take a wild cynical guess here, and say that author of Bimmer Mag article talked to some suit at BMW, got latest company smoke screen on this issue, including new and improved part number for same old reman pump.

Yeah, I am with you in that I am sure it was a marketing or PR person and not someone who really knows what is going on from a hardware perspective. This is not the end of this story by any means.

[shifterboy45]

Originally Posted by HTRules

Does the 2nd instance of part number xxx446 say something about a core?

No speekee Francey.

Rick

yea, it does look like the core charge -- since its the same PN#

thanks for all the information, so far....