Scuttle panel drains

[fazzybear]

Are there any drain holes in the scuttle panel apart from the elephant's trunk? Cant see any and im getting a small bit of water in passenger footwell (325i coupe)

Thanks

[Brianmoooore]

Triangular shaped hole at each end which comes out above the wheel arch liners.
The bottom of the scuttle box is made up by the two skins of the front bulkhead in a Y shape, with the joint along the bottom of the box being made waterproof with sealant. If this sealant fails, water goes down between the two skins, and rusts the bulkhead from the inside.
The first place the rust seems to breaks through is inside, around the RH fixing stud for the glovebox hinge. Any sign of bubbling here, or if the stud breaks off, is a sign of serious rusting.

[fazzybear]

Are the triangle holes right in the corners? Had a look but couldn't see any?

[Brianmoooore]

In the middle of the inner wing reinforcement

[fazzybear]

I must be blind as i have removed the plastic covers from the scuttle and with a torch still cant see where they are??

[Brianmoooore]

Pour some water in, and look under the wing.

[fazzybear]

Ok i will, can you see the drain holes from where the wiper mech is?

[fazzybear]

Can you see the drain hole from under where the wiper mechanism is?

[BenHar]

Triangular hole next to the angled oval hole.



Ben

[fazzybear]

So the only way of testing this drain is to pour water in the scuttle vents? Are these not visible from the engine bay under the scuttle as i need to see if there blocked?

[BHadley]

Or take the wing off, remove crud etc and you will see everything with the plastic vents removed