my car flooded - United Bimmer Community

**Hoppy** · 09-18-2005, 01:10 PM

so 3 days ago we had a big rain storm. and since i unclogged my sunroof drain it actualy works. well since the drain runs into the rocker panel thingy, and that was cloged. the rain ( i mean torential rain) ended up backing up onto the floor boards and flooded the entire passenger side of my car. bastards right.

**xsperf** · 09-18-2005, 01:19 PM

wow that sucks dude, how bad is it? still driveable right?

**zeaq328i** · 09-18-2005, 01:26 PM

That sucks...I hope the car is ok.

**catalyst** · 09-18-2005, 01:35 PM

haha.. that sucks man, it was raining really hard that day.. my friends volvo 240 flooded and this chick i know who drives a beat to shit toyota had like 3 inches of water in the back of her car..

witeshark · 09-18-2005, 01:36 PM

Hope all is well. That would upset me a lot

**Hoppy** · 09-18-2005, 01:40 PM

still driveable , i got all the standing water out. im just trying to dry the carpet cause i dont want the moldy smell.

**komodo** · 09-18-2005, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoppy

still driveable , i got all the standing water out. im just trying to dry the carpet cause i dont want the moldy smell.

If I were you I'd take it to a car wash and have the carpets professionally cleaned. That wet-carpet smell is horrible.

At least it didn't damage anything like electrical systems or whatnot.

**Hoppy** · 09-18-2005, 04:33 PM

i got my floormats drying here in my dorm room ( poor roomate has to smell it too) for now i took the drain hose and folded it over. clamped it, taped it, and plastic bagged it. i might go home next weekend and see what me and my dad can figure out. ( i dont want to rip apart my car in the parking lot of my school and not be able to get soemthing back together)

**Hoppy** · 09-22-2005, 03:25 PM

its been 7 days since the flooding. and im proud to say all majore deflooding hase been completed. small " insurgent" pockets of water may pop up from time to time but i think im confident to say "mission completed" and mind you at only HALF the civilian casualties of iraq

DEATH2000 · 09-23-2005, 05:11 PM

dude, that sucks. how come it wasnt in a garage or something?

**TJsBimm** · 09-23-2005, 10:06 PM

My roof started leaking water onto the driver side and back driver side. I didn't know where it was coming in till I took it to a glass shop and the guy said the drain line off the sunroof was disconnected. So he reconnected it and there's never been any water since. I suggest you clean it out and reconnect it as soon as possible, the water has to go somewhere! Don't want you to wreck your headliner or anything else.

**defkon99** · 09-23-2005, 10:39 PM

yea take care of that ASAP or your bimmer will be infected with Bodyrot!

DEATH2000 · 09-23-2005, 11:52 PM

^^ any easy way to tell? or would u need a professional to look at it?

**Hoppy** · 10-16-2005, 07:42 PM

iv since cleaned both the lines, and made the drain holes a little larger. there was no leaks in the head liner or anything.

i dont have a garage at home, much less here at college ( im not rich like some of you guys)

**TJsBimm** · 10-16-2005, 08:59 PM

Yeah my backseats have a nice water stain, when I bought it I didn't know why but when the floor ds was wet i figured what it was.........fuckin sunroof!