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leaking some where :(
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:26 pm
by mucka88
hiya, only brought my new e30 about 2 months ago, and now have noticed, water collecting the battery tray, and also in the footwells carpets am soaked, is this a common problem, i have the 1.8 4door with sunroof, so maybe thinking this could be a cause with drainage, not sure.... can anyone help? thanks
Re: leaking some where :(
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:46 am
by askjeevesplease
Re: leaking some where :(
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 3:38 am
by BATTS91
check the wiki out sir theres something on the about it im sure i see the other day , could be blocked drainage or your bonnet out of alignment causing water to run off in wrong direction
Re: leaking some where :(
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:35 pm
by G-Bear
If you've got wet footwells, might be good to have a read through this in the wiki pages too..
http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/index.php/Rust
Re: leaking some where :(
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:11 pm
by Rich320I
Wet foot wells could mean perhaps a hole/rust issue with the bulk head area, or the front wheel arches are holed and water is coming up as your driving along. the sunroof drains to the rear/boot of the car so don’t think that would be the cause of the problem.
Re: leaking some where :(
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:20 pm
by mucka88
thanks for the comments guys, hoping to get over a pit the week end to check for rust and holes, checked out the wiki, and thumbs up to that
Re: leaking some where :(
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:49 pm
by Alex
Rust
Re: leaking some where :(
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:31 pm
by goosiegander
ut-ho! doesn't sound good!
Re: leaking some where :(
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:48 pm
by pacerpete
mucka88 wrote:hiya, only brought my new e30 about 2 months ago, and now have noticed, water collecting the battery tray, and also in the footwells carpets am soaked, is this a common problem, i have the 1.8 4door with sunroof, so maybe thinking this could be a cause with drainage, not sure.... can anyone help? thanks
On a positive note , wet carpet =more weight !
Re: leaking some where :(
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:54 pm
by rich318i
if there soaked thats really not good about £500 worth of welding at least
Re: leaking some where :(
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:08 pm
by pacerpete
rich318i wrote:if they're soaked that's really good , about £200 worth on the bridge at least
Fixed
Re: leaking some where :(
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:35 pm
by goosiegander
pacerpete wrote:mucka88 wrote:hiya, only brought my new e30 about 2 months ago, and now have noticed, water collecting the battery tray, and also in the footwells carpets am soaked, is this a common problem, i have the 1.8 4door with sunroof, so maybe thinking this could be a cause with drainage, not sure.... can anyone help? thanks
On a positive note , wet carpet =more weight !
and i thought you ment downforce Peter LOL!
Re: leaking some where :(
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:39 pm
by zaust
goosiegander wrote:pacerpete wrote:mucka88 wrote:hiya, only brought my new e30 about 2 months ago, and now have noticed, water collecting the battery tray, and also in the footwells carpets am soaked, is this a common problem, i have the 1.8 4door with sunroof, so maybe thinking this could be a cause with drainage, not sure.... can anyone help? thanks
On a positive note , wet carpet =more weight !
and i thought you ment downforce Peter LOL!
Really ?
Re: leaking some where :(
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:58 pm
by goosiegander
Downforce in a moordoor essential...
Re: leaking some where :(
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 10:12 pm
by mucka88
Right sorted problem I hope, after stripping interior it was the footwell bungs, they come out of place so put back in sealed, but drivers side jacking point was slighty cracked so welded. So all is dry again now . Thank you for the suggestions guys
