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yaad
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Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:47 pm

Hi, can anyone recommend a good/reliable person to fix a scuttle leak i have in my 325i cab. Around east london/Essex is ideal.

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Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:12 am

yaad wrote:
Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:47 pm
Hi, can anyone recommend a good/reliable person to fix a scuttle leak i have in my 325i cab. Around east london/Essex is ideal.

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As in the waters coming into the footwells from the wiper grills on the scuttle?
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Mon Dec 18, 2023 9:53 am

Yeah, driver side grill is leaking water through
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Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:55 am

yaad wrote:
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Yeah, driver side grill is leaking water through
Well you need to take it to a place like Munich Legends or BMR. Both are south of London. This is either a rusted out bulkhead, or the foam gasket around your heater box has perished. Pray it's the later. Either way both can only really be confirmed by removing the dash and inspecting. Not the sort of job you should take a regular garage.
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Mon Dec 18, 2023 6:47 pm

It may just be a blocked scuttle drain (elephant's trunk).

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BenHar wrote:
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It may just be a blocked scuttle drain (elephant's trunk).

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Surely if it's now coming into the footwells, the waters sat for so long it's destroyed the foam gasket? Albeit the original cause is likely the blocked drain.
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