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Old 01-22-2014, 12:30 PM   #16
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That is the issue. I do have the headliner out and the hoses are exposed, however the hoses just dump out into the front and rear cavities of the car? That just can't be, I mean why would BMW or any manufacturer do that?

I can see the end to the rear hoses and they just dump into the space behid the rear interior qtr. panel covers. The front just seem to dump straight into the bottom of the A pillar I see no hole or other fittings for draining from the body in either location.
If you remove the liner behind the right rear wheel you should see the tube.

For reference, the A pillar is along the window, the C pillar would be behind the rear side windows.
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If you remove the liner behind the right rear wheel you should see the tube.

For reference, the A pillar is along the window, the C pillar would be behind the rear side windows.
I can see the tube, I think you might be misinterpreting what I am saying or vice versa. My whole interior is out of the car including the headliner and sunroof in its entirety. The hoses are ran through the A and C pillars. The A pillar hoses seem to dump directly into the a pillar because I can find no hole or exit when i search the fenderwell.
The C pillar hoses I can see the end of and they are diagonally cut on the ends and dump directly into the trunk area. I may try and post a pic so you can see what I am speaking of.
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I can see the tube, I think you might be misinterpreting what I am saying or vice versa. My whole interior is out of the car including the headliner and sunroof in its entirety. The hoses are ran through the A and C pillars. The A pillar hoses seem to dump directly into the a pillar because I can find no hole or exit when i search the fenderwell.
The C pillar hoses I can see the end of and they are diagonally cut on the ends and dump directly into the trunk area. I may try and post a pic so you can see what I am speaking of.
Gotchya. Not sure of the front. When I had a drainage issue I saw louvered cuts along the chassis rail clogged with leaves.

The rear hoses exits behind the bumper. It's hard to see unless you remove the wheel liner.
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It must be someone has cut my rear ones or something. That isn't surprising seeing how this car has been in a collision in its past. I am finding that it looks like it must have slid around and hit a pole or tree or something. The repairs were very amateurish.
When i got this car it was under some trees for about a year or two so it had that green moldy skin over everything, hiding a lot of defects. Normally I would have passed on a car like this, but it was cheap.
After i get it running, which I am just a starter away, i plan on carrying it to a friend of my brothers who has a chassis machine to see if the frame is too badly damaged to repair. I don't really think it is, but at least I would have a drive train to swap into a 2002 or something small and light in that vain.
I have already replaced the crank sensor, several gaskets ( including the oil filter housing gasket and oil bush) o-rings, hoses for vacuum, and some other stuff.
I have the engine making spark, when the starter took a dump on me. I just tested it last night and that seems to be the issue. It sucks because I just had all that stuff out. lol.
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I am having this problem too. Hopefully a new sunroof seal will fix this. This started for me when I tore the underside of the seal while trying to clean and lubricate it. It was causing scrape marks on my sunroof exterior.

The front drains are on the chassis rail just aft and slightly inboard of the jack pad. My right one was pinched and it drained much better after I opened it up with a screwdriver.

The front drains can be "roto rootered" with nylon trimmer line for a weed eater.

I'm still getting some water from the top of the A pillar. It appears water is piling up there, overwhelming the drain and leaking from a seam in the sunroof cassette. All drains are clear, and I don't know why water is accumulating.

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The front drains are on the chassis rail just aft and slightly inboard of the jack pad. My right one was pinched and it drained much better after I opened it up with a screwdriver.

The front drains can be "roto rootered" with nylon trimmer line for a weed eater.
Thank you. I will be looking at these tomorrow on my car. Had record rainfall in the last week here and my driver's side carpet (front and rear) were soaked. Talked with the guys at the shop and they suspect the front sunroof drain is clogged. With the sunroof open I can see the front drain hole, and knew it ran down the A pillar, but didn't know where it was supposed to drain.

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