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    I'm all wet...

    Went to fit a new trickle charger today and noticed some water in the battery well.

    On further investigation, the whole boot was soaking. Took everything out and found a pool of water in the 'spare wheel' well.



    There was also water on the lefthand side of the boot under the plastic tray that holds the first aid kit.

    I drove it back to Dorset yesterday in the pissing rain, but having taken the battery cage out, looking at the nuts (ooo err missus) it looks like they've been sat in water for a while.



    I dried everything out with blue paper towel, towels and sponges and the car's now garaged (it was previously kept on the street).

    The question is, where's the water coming from? I'm thinking there may be a blocked drain hole somewhere, but i'm buggered if i can see anything. Any thoughts?

    #2
    Check boot seal

    Check your subfloor for cracks (big ones)

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      #3
      I had a similar issue a few years ago:

      A bit of a random one this... My car is normally kept in the garage all nice and dry. However, this week it had to live outside in the manky wet weather we had down here in Cornwall. On looking inside the boot yesterday i found that there was a considerable pooling of water in the left hand plastic storage panel (the one


      I never resolved what actually caused it. I simply cleaned around the rubber seals and the problem has not occurred since :smt017

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        #4
        As the Dog and Shim says few checks and a clean up should be OK .. Twas a very wet and wild day yesterday so a bit extreme..

        Nice Glove !!

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          #5
          Originally posted by shimmy View Post
          Check boot seal

          Check your subfloor for cracks (big ones)
          The boot seal being the black rubber around the boot?

          BMW Battersea inspected the subframe for cracks a few weeks ago and didn't find any. But i'll have a look...

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            #6
            Originally posted by DazBlackCSL View Post
            As the Dog and Shim says few checks and a clean up should be OK .. Twas a very wet and wild day yesterday so a bit extreme..

            Nice Glove !!
            Will give it all a good clean. I think the water's been there for some time, but will see how it goes.

            Wasn't a lot of fun driving 150 miles yesterday!

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              #7
              Hi,

              The water runs down the 'boot'
              lid channel recess where there are some
              rubber type groumets that can leak
              badly, also the seal on the top of rear light
              sometimes lets the water in or
              in my case, actually filled the light up.

              Regards,

              The Gorilla.

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                #8
                I would go for possibly perished boot seal or lights too as Gorilla has said.

                I had a similar issue on an e30.

                Pip

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