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Old 05-28-2010, 02:42 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Terry Kennedy View Post
See - you should have borrowed mine
I probably could have driven to NJ, fixed it, gone for a ride in the Atom, and been home by now

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Originally Posted by Terry Kennedy View Post
On an E46, I'd look for:
  • blocked drain holes in the bottom of the evaporator housing (drains to the underbody)
  • critters or vegetable material between the skid plate and the underside of the car
  • critters or vegetable material in the area between the windshield and hood (air filter, vent slats, and so forth)

Presumably an E9x is similar...
I checked on that last one -- there were a few dried leaves in the drain grates on either side of the windshield / under the hood. But the E9x doesn't appear to have to many nooks and crannies other than those.

Discussing with the SA, I'm guessing its the first one. The second one is unlikely -- there is no smell outside the car (and since its starting to get warm here, we'd definitely have a smell noticeable in the garage...
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