Flooded BMW E46 convertible leak fix 325ci - water in trunk and battery box - drains cleared.
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- Sometimes when it rains, things get wet. This is the case in my BMW 325ci. Unfortunately, when it gets wet, it stays wet. The trunk floods, the seats get wet too.
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Great video! Done! Use the wire and listen for sucking sound when it works! WAIT... Also, there is a rubber drain under the battery tray. DRAIN needs to be unjammed with a wire from underneath and the battery box will be emptied of water. Just go underneath and there are two drains. Either one will drain battery box.
Some people use draino and let it sit for 20 min and the flush with water. Thanks for showing everyone the wire trick and where the water drains out the body.
I just ran into this problem today on my convertible. I was very upset and at first did not even know what to do. started looking for information. Eventually I came across your video. - I want to express my deep gratitude for the video filmed in detail on the elimination of this problem. Many thanks and good luck to you
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Cheers Roman! Glad it helped.
Many thanks 🙏 much appreciated. Francis
Many thanks! After a big rain, I found my trunk and battery compartment flooded. Just before orderinf gaskets, I saw this, and cleaned out the drains successfully. Also pulled the spare, battery, and battery tray assemblies, and opened the plugged drains therein. All happiness and grateful to you!
Glad it helped. Sucks to find out all this stuff after you need it.
Im in England and we get lot and lots of rain i usually keep my BMW in the garage in the winter but been using it this fall, couldn't believe how much water in the boot. Thanks for the great video will be trying it out next month.
I had a cover on my E45 convertible. Took top off to start the car. My trunk was flooded, and the same area where the top rest when down. Thanks for this Video. 👍
We gotta keep em clean to keep em alive! Cheers!
Great informative video my car was off road for the winter with the rear facing downhill, dried it out and turned it round thanks to you.
You saved my 330cic, appreciate this content!
Awesome! I'm glad to hear it. Glad my 325cic wasn't the only one.
I had a similar issue, I used sink unblocked to various degrees of success because I just couldn’t get a wire in there… right now it’s dry and hope it stays that way 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Man, you and I have the exact same car, same model, color and everything along with the same problem.
Glad I could help! Cheers!
Great video!
my E36 Vert. just got it's ass kicked with this 2023 California Rain Storm.
Brand new soft top, seals, tensions straps you name it. annoyed as hell when I realized my rear seats and carpet were drenched!
I will attacking those drains today! thanks for the reference.
Finally some blue skies to help dry it out. Cheers!
Thanks for this video!
Thanks a lot for the video. It really helped.
Great content really helped thanks
Thank you❤❤
Welcome! More rains coming... here anyway!
Wonderful !
I wasn't as lucky as you, it was getting into my wiring and shorting my electronics. there's still some residual damage that hasn't corrected itself but at least it's not getting worse.....
Just scooped up one with 160, looking forward to the learnings....
Clean these out before it rains!!!
so nice 😍 good friend
Thank you 🤗
so helpful, thanks!!!!
great! good luck!
Those plugs you took out of the bottoms look like sarated plugs so you have a part number or know what they're called?
Omg I can’t thank you enough I have had the same problem and it’s been driving me insane, I’m wondering thou I get water under my rear seats and on rear floorboards any ideas? Ty again your amazing
How are the window and door seals? There may also be other clogged drain holes. I assume there would be some inside the doors as well. Would have to look.
I found a tube hoping this is what you unclogged but I do have a e36 so may be set up alittle different
@@SwtMistyLisa yes! typically something like this. You could clear it with thin wire or blow it clear with compressed air.
Currently have that problem wires keep getting wet and don’t know how. Causing my car to die out of power alreasy replaced the battery
So my big worry here, as my battery was floating..... is those rear facing openings for the roof mechanisms.
If you're parked on a slope, with the front pointing up, and water gets in that compartment, it'll have to flow backwards through those large openings, surely?
I don't get BMWs logic here. They put drains at the front that come our under the car, but at the back, it goes straight into the boot(trunk)
Ultimate driving machine. ;-)
There's a large space under the battery that will be FULL and hard to get at.
glad you got to it!
Where does the water enter the trunk? Is it through the seal of the cloth inside the roof storing or somewhere else?
it runs down the roof and should drain out the areas under the roof support as shown.
If you have never checked this for clogging, check now before it's a surprise later.
Test it like I did mine - with a hose and lots of water. Be sure to empty trunk first.
I don't think that answered macduiker 4164 question of "WHERE did the water come in/.".@@robdude1969
I would like to know how you block the hood at that moment when it is opening, I have the same problem and I would like to clean it
The top mech? Just turn off the car when both parts are up. You can rest them on each other.
Let go of the open/close button when it's where you need it. I found it easier to use the key in the door method because you can see exactly where the top is and then, let go of the key when it's where you want it to be.
You ever have problems where it drains good but ends up on the rear floor underneath the carpet where you might not know
Still having issues with water into rear floor boards underneath car carpet
Me to hoping to get it figured out also I’ve tried resealing the convertible and gone as far as buying and installing a new one ugh didn’t work
@@SwtMistyLisa I stripped the whole car down to the bone and still couldnt figure it out. Im starting to think its a early model e46 convertible defect because water drains litterally in between the chassis. unless im missing a drain tube. my convertible drain hole has no drain tube its all metal. i know this because i stuck those small cams in there from the top and from the bottom.
@@hiloeq5161 hei i have the same issue did you find the cure for this problem?
@@Cedry2kM1k3 I got rid of the car, i stripped the whole backseat and side panels, i think this is a design flaw with earlier e46 models. it seems to be the convertible drain holes that are draining in between the body and flowing in between the welds.
hi, how do stop the mechanism from closing after a while? thx
PROP IT WITH SOME TYPE OF SUPPORT OR KEEP THE CAR RUNNING.
Will battery tray flood again if I’ve removed the cap under the spare wheel?
They are separate compartments. Make sure your drains are clear up at the top mechanism to prevent any flooding. If they work properly, you won’t need to leave plugs open.
@@robdude1969 top mechanisms meaning under the roof by the sides?
@@donttalkoverbarz3785 yes. The ones I clear out in the video.
Passenger side drained pretty easily but the driver’s side isn’t unclogging been going at it for over an hour
The BIG Question!! HOW does the water get in the trunk in the first place, Robert?
Thank you! I never was able to get the wire to go into a hole or drain, this time. Success about 3 year ago but, I was in Ca Recently( August) for the "Storm and my trunk filled a bit with water. It was even underneath the back seat. I tried but could not find the hole with a wire to get it to draw, though. Do you ar ANYBODY KNOW what the PATHWAYS ARE FOR THE DRAIN? THANKS, ROB.