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Water in my passenger side floorboard
« on: March 02, 2007, 06:29:37 PM »
After the recent rains, the passenger side floorboard of my 91 318i has a lot of water. The sunroof and windows are closed, no water in the glovebox.  Window seals look decent. Any idea of where the water is coming in from?  Car was not driven at all in the last two weeks.  

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Water in my passenger side floorboard
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2007, 09:45:11 PM »
This is really common.  If you look at the passenger side firewall up behind the valve cover, you will see a plastic snout thingy sticking off.  It is the drain for the air inlets.  Sand, leaves and all other manner of crap clog it up, and prevent water from draining (well, it still does just not where you want it).

I just stuck a small screwdriver up it and cleared the shit out.  You CAN pull it off, but getting it back on was a pain in the ass, and sometimes the rubber rips when it becomes old & stiff.  Good muck man.

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