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Originally Posted by vwnate1
Greg ;
Not to worry, everyone makes mistakes, some are too afraid to admit them .
I assume your ingress of water is puddles in the tool/jack well ? .
Before attacking the window grommets look closely at the small drain tube in the filler neck ~ that came lose in my '82 240D and gave me fits before I discovered it ~ I was trying to find the backlight's water leak and there wasn't one  . |
Yeah, I'm getting water in a few places =(
I've seen some water pooling in the rear hatch once in a while and when opening it some will leak out. Unsure how that's happening.
The other worse location is the jack/tool well area. I can plainly see someone has messed around with the window seal, applying that black "gunk" around the rubber. The metal around the window is also noticeably corroded and has been covered with primer. I can see a little rust around the rubber window seal area as well, towards the bottom.
So based on that evidence, I think what I may be dealing with is a bad gasket and a shoddy attempt at sealing it which has since failed. =(
I'll check the filler neck though~
Also, couple days ago my reman caliper in the rear failed on the passenger side. One of the pistons seized, shredding the pad and rotor. Unfortunately, I had to put 100+ miles on it this way to get home from a function. So new rotor, pads and a new caliper will be going on the rear today or tomorrow.
The place I got the caliper from (NAPA) has a lifetime warranty, but on the specific caliper I got they no longer stock any in the whole country... cool.
It's an ATE style caliper, so I assume I can swap it out for that same style caliper from a different reman company? Pad and bore of the piston should all be the same, I would think. Going to pick up the caliper they have in stock and compare with the dead one today.
Cheers,
Greg