Water in the lower tailgate
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 6:28 pm
Fix, maintenance, underlying problem....you decide
Lifting the lower tailgate last night I heard a sloshing sound in the lower tailgate. Must be water, that can't be good. May have got in via a pressure wash around the fog lights or other area unknown.
Lowering the tailgate I noticed 2 rubber plugs on the lower edge at the furthest extremeties. I pulled them both out and raised the tail gate and about 4 teaspoons of water came out. The bungs have splits in them (on purpose I guess) and there was some muck around them (cleaned) and replaced afte leaving it to drip dry. I noticed some strange yellow coour too which looked waxy. Not sure if this was OE wax or otherwise
Short answer, water inside can't be good and could rot out the rolled welded joint. Not even sure where it got in but high pressure on the inner lights seems a possible culprit
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=41&fg=60
The bungs (small fingernail size) are directly above the number 12 on the diagram above
Lifting the lower tailgate last night I heard a sloshing sound in the lower tailgate. Must be water, that can't be good. May have got in via a pressure wash around the fog lights or other area unknown.
Lowering the tailgate I noticed 2 rubber plugs on the lower edge at the furthest extremeties. I pulled them both out and raised the tail gate and about 4 teaspoons of water came out. The bungs have splits in them (on purpose I guess) and there was some muck around them (cleaned) and replaced afte leaving it to drip dry. I noticed some strange yellow coour too which looked waxy. Not sure if this was OE wax or otherwise
Short answer, water inside can't be good and could rot out the rolled welded joint. Not even sure where it got in but high pressure on the inner lights seems a possible culprit
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=41&fg=60
The bungs (small fingernail size) are directly above the number 12 on the diagram above