Thats great. I had the same excitement when mine fired up as well last week😅 just relieved mine is back on the road. I removed all my window trim, reseated and used black silicone to in certain areas. I removed the black grommet on the bottom of ecu box to release any water if it does get in. And covered the entire box with a tgin rubber sheet cut to dimension. Awesome Dave 🎉
Thanks. I’ll have to keep an eye on the ECU box - I didn’t notice any water but might have been at some point! Yes it’s a good feeling when you find a fix for something like this!
The ecu box has a drain plug at the bottom, punch it out as it gets blocked hence the water rising and flooding the ecu. If you remove the box completely you can see where it drains to the top of the wheel arch, there should be a drain hole in the corner that is likely full of gunk. On my e90 lci there was a rubber bung in the middle which I removed so there is a clear view to the wheel, peace of mind that it will never not drain in future. These e90's have been created to test us!
Thanks I’ll definitely have a look at that! It has been bothering me that there might be a reason that the ECU corroded so that’s really helpful. I agree they do seem to have an unusual number of fairly severe common issues!
Thats great. I had the same excitement when mine fired up as well last week😅 just relieved mine is back on the road. I removed all my window trim, reseated and used black silicone to in certain areas. I removed the black grommet on the bottom of ecu box to release any water if it does get in. And covered the entire box with a tgin rubber sheet cut to dimension. Awesome Dave 🎉
Thanks. I’ll have to keep an eye on the ECU box - I didn’t notice any water but might have been at some point! Yes it’s a good feeling when you find a fix for something like this!
Congratulations on the 20th video. Looking forward to the astra one. Keep it up 💪
Thank you! Doing the Astra job tomorrow so expect the video in the next couple of weeks if all goes to plan!
Yay well done it starts!!! I had same issue water in the ecu made the car have all kinds of dme issues.
Yes I had no idea it was such a common issue! From my Vauxhall experience, replacing ECUs was always a last resort but apparently not with BMs!
The ecu box has a drain plug at the bottom, punch it out as it gets blocked hence the water rising and flooding the ecu. If you remove the box completely you can see where it drains to the top of the wheel arch, there should be a drain hole in the corner that is likely full of gunk. On my e90 lci there was a rubber bung in the middle which I removed so there is a clear view to the wheel, peace of mind that it will never not drain in future.
These e90's have been created to test us!
Thanks I’ll definitely have a look at that! It has been bothering me that there might be a reason that the ECU corroded so that’s really helpful. I agree they do seem to have an unusual number of fairly severe common issues!
Congratulations... you fixed the problem.
Happy days!
Where did you get the ISAT+ software?
I got it from bcables.com back in 2022
tnx for video
please check with INPA
I celebrated with you 😅
Thanks! Definitely a celebration worthy moment!