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Thread: Its back!!!! Anyone have any idea where the water is coming from ?

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    Its back!!!! Anyone have any idea where the water is coming from ?

    A pillars are try new windshield in front - no rain or snow for two days yet dripping water from this open drain now all day !!! Looks like from center console - any place water would be getting stored and then leaking out???
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    Whoa. That's some serious Engrish right there.

    The AC evaporator coil drains could be plugged. Your new windshield (I think) could have been poorly installed.

    And if your carpets were wet, then it will take quite a while for the water to all leave.
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    It is water and not coolant, right? One of the pix looks a bit blue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ed CT View Post
    It is water and not coolant, right? One of the pix looks a bit blue.
    Good point. If it is coolant, dip a finger in it and taste it. It should be extremely bitter. Then you get to do a heater core replacement!! YAY!
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    If it's water, take a look under the driver side wiper motor for a hole where the throttle cable would go through the firewall into the cabin. It should have a little plastic cap plugged in. On my wagon, which always had drive-by-wire, that cap was removed for some reason and I was getting a ridiculous amount of water collecting under the carpets. At one point, we pulled 5 gallons of water just out of the driver side rear footwell, and it turns out there was quite a bit more under the front footwell that had spilled over to fill up the rear. Worth a check at least.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackknight530i View Post
    If it's water, take a look under the driver side wiper motor for a hole where the throttle cable would go through the firewall into the cabin. It should have a little plastic cap plugged in. On my wagon, which always had drive-by-wire, that cap was removed for some reason and I was getting a ridiculous amount of water collecting under the carpets. At one point, we pulled 5 gallons of water just out of the driver side rear footwell, and it turns out there was quite a bit more under the front footwell that had spilled over to fill up the rear. Worth a check at least.
    thank you Paul I'm going to look at that one as well - wow - I've pulled so much foam and carpet it's starting to look like a race car LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by computiNATEor View Post
    Good point. If it is coolant, dip a finger in it and taste it. It should be extremely bitter. Then you get to do a heater core replacement!! YAY!

    Definitely not coolant but water - the color was like that cause of ages of poooling - sorry for the bag English lol was flustered when writing gotta go back and edit that lol
    2003 540MSPORT #861/1265 -GF71249 .Black Sapphire Metallic/Sandbeige.Dinan intake~M60 manifold
    Spec racing stage 2+ clutch and custom light flywheel .M5 rear LSD 3:15~M5 driveshaft ~Rogue Octane SSK
    36K ENGINE SWAP!!!.~Rogue thrust arm bushings~Rogue studds~Dinan strut bar
    EIBACH front/rear sway bars with BEASTPOWER brackets~CDV delete~Redline fluids/Racing blue Ate~ APEX EC7 RIMS SQUARE 18 x 10's~M Pararallel rims 9.5 all around~285 30 18 rears~265 35 18 fronts~ENKIE 18x10's square with Continental Slicks 275's square~RE 11's, 595 RSR's~BC racing coil overs 8k/6K~Steel braided brake lines~Powder Coated valve covers-A1 headers 100 cell cats, performance resonator and 4
    cross tips, CUSTOM BBK - MASSIVE HATS AND BRACKETS - AERO-6 WILDWOOD-, ANODIZED CALIPERS STAINLESS STEEL PISTONS THERMAL TREATED, CUSTOM WILDWOOD ROTORS 14.50


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    Update that water I think was older residual left over - as of today no NEW water zero and I tested top down no leaks - so what I saw dripping out was older water- removed one more drain plug on rear floor to help
    Last edited by evomel; 03-19-2018 at 09:49 AM.
    2003 540MSPORT #861/1265 -GF71249 .Black Sapphire Metallic/Sandbeige.Dinan intake~M60 manifold
    Spec racing stage 2+ clutch and custom light flywheel .M5 rear LSD 3:15~M5 driveshaft ~Rogue Octane SSK
    36K ENGINE SWAP!!!.~Rogue thrust arm bushings~Rogue studds~Dinan strut bar
    EIBACH front/rear sway bars with BEASTPOWER brackets~CDV delete~Redline fluids/Racing blue Ate~ APEX EC7 RIMS SQUARE 18 x 10's~M Pararallel rims 9.5 all around~285 30 18 rears~265 35 18 fronts~ENKIE 18x10's square with Continental Slicks 275's square~RE 11's, 595 RSR's~BC racing coil overs 8k/6K~Steel braided brake lines~Powder Coated valve covers-A1 headers 100 cell cats, performance resonator and 4
    cross tips, CUSTOM BBK - MASSIVE HATS AND BRACKETS - AERO-6 WILDWOOD-, ANODIZED CALIPERS STAINLESS STEEL PISTONS THERMAL TREATED, CUSTOM WILDWOOD ROTORS 14.50


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    Quote Originally Posted by evomel View Post
    Update that water I think was older residual left over - as of today no NEW water zero and I tested top down no leaks - so what I sW dropping out was older water removed one more drain plug on rear floor to help
    Yeah, those carpets and sound deadening hold a LOT of water. Good to hear it's sorted.
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    Quote Originally Posted by computiNATEor View Post
    Yeah, those carpets and sound deadening hold a LOT of water. Good to hear it's sorted.
    thank you - its been a REAL struggle and challenge- I sure hope its all sorted so I can at least have some fun this summer
    2003 540MSPORT #861/1265 -GF71249 .Black Sapphire Metallic/Sandbeige.Dinan intake~M60 manifold
    Spec racing stage 2+ clutch and custom light flywheel .M5 rear LSD 3:15~M5 driveshaft ~Rogue Octane SSK
    36K ENGINE SWAP!!!.~Rogue thrust arm bushings~Rogue studds~Dinan strut bar
    EIBACH front/rear sway bars with BEASTPOWER brackets~CDV delete~Redline fluids/Racing blue Ate~ APEX EC7 RIMS SQUARE 18 x 10's~M Pararallel rims 9.5 all around~285 30 18 rears~265 35 18 fronts~ENKIE 18x10's square with Continental Slicks 275's square~RE 11's, 595 RSR's~BC racing coil overs 8k/6K~Steel braided brake lines~Powder Coated valve covers-A1 headers 100 cell cats, performance resonator and 4
    cross tips, CUSTOM BBK - MASSIVE HATS AND BRACKETS - AERO-6 WILDWOOD-, ANODIZED CALIPERS STAINLESS STEEL PISTONS THERMAL TREATED, CUSTOM WILDWOOD ROTORS 14.50


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