Water in footwells

[Weeman]

I recently took the door cards off my 318is (track car) and have noticed a bit of water gathering in the footwells, after its been raining, is this because the cards are off, and its spraying into the cabin, I take it, its suppose to drain out from the bottom of the door, Or is it not suppose to leak water at all lol

[snoops]

i have this exact same problem.

[hoshy]

me three

mainly in drivers side. I even noticed a few drops around the underdash panel...

was meaning to post up a thread on the matter. any tips to quickly narrow down potential leaks, or common areas to check?

[stickupkid11]

i have seen this before most of the time it is the seal around the windscreen that is leaking have a look at that.

[Weeman]

What should I be looking for?? I had a look t'other day and it looked ok

[stickupkid11]

its a tricky one, look for any splits or cracks, if uyou drop the bottom of the dash where the ecu is and check its not damp around there, if it is i would say it is your window seal.check for rust around the wind screen aswell.

[hoshy]

I had water around the ECU area can people like autoglass replace the seal? I've got a chip too so may as well have it done all in one.

[stickupkid11]

yes they can mate, that is a common fault, water around there, it can cause the ecu 2 brake down.

[hoshy]

I don't see what's about it

but thanks - I'll check it out. That's been on the list of things that pisses me off for a while now.

[stickupkid11]

sorry, i would try that 1st mate, i was told by a bmw that the windscreen leaks whaen i had problems with my ecu, hope you get it sorted, still trying 2 get my 320 running, its being a pain in the ass at the mo

[snoops]

ive got it just in front of theat before the padded area wher u feet go

[cro320]

same problem here...tried everything...but nothing good so far

[m7roadrunner]

I have the same problem, drivers footwell carpet gets very wet. I left a friend in the car during very heavy rain recently and he said it was coming in the bottom of the door. Had to check myself then. Bad door seals maybe?

[Baur323]

Check the seal around the clutch cylinder where it goes thro the bulkhead.also steering column next to it
Drain tube right above them, found mine was peeing in here from the drain above it, need to pull carpet back if you can't see it from inside engine compartment.
I may be wrong but worth a look

[hoshy]

cheers - will peel back the car pet too. maybe get my mate to throw the hose pipe about a bit too.

[bmwe30mtech]

If its passenger footwell then it may be a leaky heater valve.

Have you checked that your jacking points are solid, they can look ok but be rotten under them (the floor).

Also the 'plugs' in the floors of the footwells can rust, causing a leak.

Old cars!

[hoshy]

not sure about OP but mine's driver's side.