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      07-15-2022, 01:17 PM   #35
JustinHEMI
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Originally Posted by elerner61 View Post
The voltage regulator can be swapped without replacing the alternator. For a Valeo alternator (I'm pretty sure the alternator on Z4M's are all from Valeo) you can replace with Valeo part number 593873. That is what I used when I changed mine. I did it proactively before troubles started to appear.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/22237535128...0AAOSwnHZYdwNy
Thank you yeah after more reading I saw that about the VR. Since I'm taking it out anyway I'm just replacing the whole thing. FCP euro has a valeo for about 330.
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