RealOEM.com shows all E36 M42 (with builds starting in January 1994) and M44 engines using the same fuel injector part number. Are these four pintles the four little spray holes on the injector tip? If so, the M44 has them and therefore your E36 M42 has them too.
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/partxref....ur=&series=E36