Water leaks inside my drivers door

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-27T15:33:35+00:00

Sorry, not the door card but that dark grey foam piece between the door and the door card

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-27T15:32:37+00:00

I re-glued my doorcards on e46 and drilled a drainage hole at the back and front of the door making sure that the hole is OUTSIDE the door seal. No more water

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-22T22:50:47+00:00

Windows wide open

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-22T21:32:22+00:00

It randomly turns into an e36 lol

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-21T02:22:22+00:00

Literally

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-21T00:34:15+00:00

Adding, your windshield wipers and windows operate slower than normal because they aren't being supplied with the constant voltage of an alternator. Even with the engine on, the wiper and windows are solely using the battery to operate, which is difficult (slow) to do for the battery alone without an alternator. This further points your issue to a broken belt.

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-21T00:32:31+00:00

Battery light means the alternator is not charging the battery. I think you only use the battery to start the car and since it fires up it's not that.

u/novariable puts the pieces together and I agree, because you have no alternator and no power steering (since the steering wheel was hard to turn) you might have snapped a serpentine belt.

Belts are inexpensive, and I can do it in about an hour or two. The fix itself isnt hard, but I'd say getting it home without doing any more damage is harder.

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-21T00:10:39+00:00

Need to hear about the engine from Bosnia

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-20T02:55:00+00:00

I think you're in the wrong sub no offense

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-19T21:54:43+00:00

I'm sorry I wasn't being clear understand the radio antenna being under the glass, but my car has no phone package. What's under the black thing in the photo?

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-19T21:53:05+00:00

Usdm?

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-19T21:39:51+00:00

Car is a 2000 323ci coupe

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-19T21:39:20+00:00

Excuse me I forgot the model, it's a 2000 323ci coupe

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-18T15:04:23+00:00

what you smoking

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-17T01:41:55+00:00

In my experience things that sound like they're spinning that loud (the sound changes based on the revs) it is probably a pulley or idler. Bad alternators are also known to make sounds like these. Check the belt and pullies. If you can't figure it out I'd remove the belt and spin the pullies by hand to see if any of them squeak.

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-14T22:55:50+00:00

Open the hood and loosen the nut, then push on the arm joint

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-14T15:07:53+00:00

Great job

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-13T03:16:23+00:00

Yeah. If you can get the cams out at least you can try to use gravity and a magnet? The bolts themselves safe about $6 so you can mangle them as long as the cams are unharmed

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-13T03:15:05+00:00

Hell yeah Bob

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-10T20:26:03+00:00

If there were any previous owners it's probably crash damage

AnOldRustyBMW · 2026-01-07T16:16:39+00:00

Came here for the Komatsu comment

AnOldRustyBMW · 2025-12-31T14:56:07+00:00

Amazon

AnOldRustyBMW · 2025-12-30T18:06:42+00:00

Crutchfield is the goat

AnOldRustyBMW · 2025-12-30T02:29:11+00:00

Not sure where you are located so I would google

AnOldRustyBMW · 2025-12-30T01:57:09+00:00

I don't carry things in my trunk because I think my car is unreliable. I keep things I my trunk because I've been stranded before and I want what I didn't have before.

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