water in rear footwell

[j4gz]

hi zoners hope you had a good new year first of my probs after all the wet weather and i mean loads i noticed that my rear passenger foot well was drenched with water and sitting there i cannot understand how it has got in and where from any ideas ... it a cabby to sorry forgot to mention.

[Brianmoooore]

There's a large steel plug in the floor pan each side, roughly right under the middle of each front seat. These are held in place by three lugs, a bit like a three prong bayonet light bulb, and the usual problem is that one or more of these lugs rusts off.
New plug is readily available from BMW.

[j4gz]

Brian can you tell me the part number for this I have contacted bmw and they don't seem to know either and if you know where I can find it on the wiki that would be great .

[Shmallpaul]

41 12 82 00 462

I believe is the part, picked a couple up last week. really cheap too, £4.17 or something each

[j4gz]

Where are they located mate and is it easy fix

[Topblag]

I suffered the same problem in the past. It was due to the stitching on the roof which runs from side to side perishing. The water gets through if the roof is getting rained on. My roof was on its last legs so I used tiger seal to plug the holes from the inside.

Water doesn't need much of an opportunity to get through.

[e30topless]

I doubt the floor bungs are at fault here if it's filling up...

open your horseshoe, is it full of water down by the "Hood Hinges" ?