Hood opening seal

1013mm · 01-05-2010, 11:35 AM

Hey guys, my friend has a 08 M3 E92 and he recently took his car in for service and afterward he noticed they change one of the rubber seals on his hood openings the opening on the passenger side. Before it did not have a little hole for water to go through, but the new seasl has a new hole for water to go through and into the engine. This has him a little worried. Anyone have an 08 with a problem with this? They gave him the newer 09 seal, he's just worried that the the under the hood placement of things is a little different between the 08 and the 09 and the newer seal with the hole might affect his 08 car.

sg///M3 · 01-05-2010, 12:46 PM

I'm pretty sure mine has a hole to allow water to drain as well. Plus, I highly doubt there are any changes in the placement of engine components between the '08 and '09 models.

JCtx · 01-05-2010, 01:04 PM

All have it dude, but it's angled to the rear. It's a rectangular ('[', but rotated -90º) flap you can feel with your fingernail. And yes, water drips onto the engine, but barely

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1013mm · 01-05-2010, 04:47 PM

just wondering cause my friend was pretty sure the seal was different and there are two version of it. so not much has change between the 08 and 09 under the hood placement?

AMOCHOSTO · 01-06-2010, 01:48 PM

No change

King Tut · 01-06-2010, 04:48 PM

The water does drain through the slits in the passenger side hood seal and onto the engine, but BMW placed that plastic piece over top of the coils so the water hits that and then heads toward the headers and the ground.

N8dawg · 01-06-2010, 09:27 PM

Is there any aftermarket hood that's made with only the functional vent and not the tacky fake one?

sg///M3 · 01-06-2010, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by N8dawg

Is there any aftermarket hood that's made with only the functional vent and not the tacky fake one?

I'm sure you can have your local body shop fill in the non-functioning vent and repaint the hood for cheaper than an aftermarket one.

N8dawg · 01-07-2010, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by sg///M3

I'm sure you can have your local body shop fill in the non-functioning vent and repaint the hood for cheaper than an aftermarket one.

I just figured there may be a lighter hood without the vent so I can kill two birds with one stone.

01-05-2010, 11:35 AM	#1
1013mm aka 1013MM 1253 Rep 9,545 Posts Drives: pokingly flush Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Los Angeles / HK iTrader: (7) Garage List 2009 135i [8.26]	Hood opening seal Hey guys, my friend has a 08 M3 E92 and he recently took his car in for service and afterward he noticed they change one of the rubber seals on his hood openings the opening on the passenger side. Before it did not have a little hole for water to go through, but the new seasl has a new hole for water to go through and into the engine. This has him a little worried. Anyone have an 08 with a problem with this? They gave him the newer 09 seal, he's just worried that the the under the hood placement of things is a little different between the 08 and the 09 and the newer seal with the hole might affect his 08 car. __________________ -John Project YOSHI Sale Thread
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01-05-2010, 12:46 PM	#2
sg///M3 Lieutenant 6 Rep 436 Posts Drives: 2008 M3 DCT Join Date: May 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC iTrader: (0)	I'm pretty sure mine has a hole to allow water to drain as well. Plus, I highly doubt there are any changes in the placement of engine components between the '08 and '09 models.
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JCtx Major General 258 Rep 5,012 Posts Drives: No BMW yet Join Date: May 2008 Location: El Paso TX iTrader: (0)	All have it dude, but it's angled to the rear. It's a rectangular ('[', but rotated -90º) flap you can feel with your fingernail. And yes, water drips onto the engine, but barely .
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01-05-2010, 04:47 PM	#4
1013mm aka 1013MM 1253 Rep 9,545 Posts Drives: pokingly flush Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Los Angeles / HK iTrader: (7) Garage List 2009 135i [8.26]	just wondering cause my friend was pretty sure the seal was different and there are two version of it. so not much has change between the 08 and 09 under the hood placement? __________________ -John Project YOSHI Sale Thread
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01-06-2010, 01:48 PM	#5
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King Tut NASA SpecE30 Racer 82 Rep 1,307 Posts Drives: 2006 Honda S2000 TT3 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Gulf Breeze, FL iTrader: (2)	The water does drain through the slits in the passenger side hood seal and onto the engine, but BMW placed that plastic piece over top of the coils so the water hits that and then heads toward the headers and the ground. __________________ King Tut 2012 BMW M3 Individual: Sold lsb.ridedomain.com 1987 BMW 325is SpecE30: spece30.ridedomain.com 2009 BMW M3 Coupe: Sold e92.ridedomain.com
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01-06-2010, 09:27 PM	#7
N8dawg First Lieutenant 53 Rep 383 Posts Drives: 2008 E90 M3 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: St Petersburg, Florida iTrader: (0)	Is there any aftermarket hood that's made with only the functional vent and not the tacky fake one?
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