Water in the rear wheel well?!

[Jungian64]

On my 318 '90 touring I have a pool of water in the rear offside wheel well - I think its finding its way across from a disconnected wash wipe, as I found a 90 deg bend tube in the ashtray & the nozzle jets on the outside cover are broken & disconnected..! ( having only had the car a week or so)
Qs - how do I trace & identify if my hunch is correct?

Thanks.

[Jungian64]

any clues?

[dobbie82]

Usually sunroof drains I believe?

If you take the carpets out of the boot you will see some drains coming down each side.

Mine is a good 6" deep :/

It has happened on most of my e30's

[Jungian64]

..thanks but I dont have a sunroof above the REAR wheel well

Do the sunroof drains run all through the car to the boot?!

[dobbie82]

SOrry didnt see WHEEL well sorry!

Even simpler then, it is probably splashing up through a hole :/

[dobbie82]

and yes the sunroof drains run through to the back of the car and usually fill up the well that holds the jack

[Jungian64]

..and if this is the case, whats the fix? ( sorry, I also meant the well where the jack ( was) stored!)

[Touring_IOM]

Stare into the boot compartment and get a mate to open the sunroof and pour a jug of water into the sunroof dranage hole making sure not to coat the interior in water. Mine is leaking from the connector that connects into the condenser thingy ma bob that has that flap jobby. Hope this helps.

[jmc330i]

Condensation can also be a cause for the swimming pool effect.

There is a small rubber bung at the front of the rectangular well (on both sides). These have a small hole that normally gets blocked and won't let any water out. You can seen them from outside, open the hole up and the water should drain out.

There is a thread on here somewhere with a picture I posted showing the rubber bung.

[Jungian64]

Thanks chaps - bright sunny day in Devon, so will have a delve around.

'Mine is leaking from the connector that connects into the condenser thingy ma bob that has that flap jobby. Hope this helps' - best technical description Ive heard in a long time lol

[Jungian64]

Well, lining out & half inch of water sponged out.. daughter poured water down the sunroof drain holes and it all came out in the right places ( in between the the chasis & rear bumper moulding?) then little helper pressed rear squirter with my head in the boot - no water leaking out of the bottle, rear pipe or in fact the jet next to the wiper! pin stuffed down the jet but it seemed clear? so a bit perplexed as to where the water originated from in the first place..though all fingers point to a small rust hole in said well..

So now how do I get water to come out of my rear wash wipe?

[TPS]

Rear Light Gaskets? Boot Seal?

[adit]

this car is not a Touring, but you'll get the idea:

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... ndensation

[toby]

Jungian, I have a theory that all the mystery water is perhaps part of the collective unconscious...



Water might be coming in through rear lights.

[Jungian64]

TPS - Thanks...see if I can get out of devon to pick that seat up this wk!

Adit - helpful post cheers.

Toby - My namesake would undoubtable agree..in fact Iam probably 'inviting the water into my metaphorical well'...

[toby]

Brilliant!

I was serious about the rear lights leaking though.

[Jungian64]

Yep, took that one in the way it was intended too! Grateful for your contribution.

[Jungian64]

..folow up question..how do I get my rear wash wipe to work? water in the bottle but not a dribble out the back?!

[toby]

Do a search mate. Others have answered this one better than I could.

The overview is that basically the pipe has to be correctly routed - there a special little slot in where the pillar and roof meet that the pipe should go through. Make sure it's not kinked anywhere else, like around the tailgate hinge.

The washer jet may also be blocked, so get a thin bit of wire and poke it through the nozzle and the pipe below.

If there's still no joy, strip the trim off the tailgate in order to access the back of the motor. Pull the pipe off to see if water is actually getting to the motor. See what's working and what's not - process of elimination (archetypally).

[jonny323i]

most of the time its the gaskets behind the lights it certainly is on mine