[mightgodn54]

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[mightgodn54]

Hey guys so the other day the car died. Hooked it up to battery charger for about 4 hrs come back to check on it before I go to work. Battery compartment is filled with battery acid I guess. Now I am frustrated and this could be my fault because the battery charger probably over charged it HOWEVER it is a smart battery charger and it says it stopped once it was fully charged.While I'm not sure if that is the issue I'm at the point where I'd like to sell it now. Not sure really, the only other stuff was the car had to be painted, + headlights. Give me some ideas on what to do guys. I'm going to work right now but hopefully when I'm calmer I'll figure out a solution.

[iqraceworks]

Battery acid .....or water? Can the car been sitting outside for a while? Has it rained? I've heard of several people having bad seals around the trunk letting water in.....

If it's battery acid....get it out of there ASAP!!! And wash everything out with clean water....lots of it!!

[mightgodn54]

Originally Posted by iqraceworks

Battery acid .....or water? Can the car been sitting outside for a while? Has it rained? I've heard of several people having bad seals around the trunk letting water in.....

If it's battery acid....get it out of there ASAP!!! And wash everything out with clean water....lots of it!!

I really honestly think it's battery acid. So the day before this happened the battery died. too many days with accessory power on without turning the car on, so that the alternator could charge the battery. I believe this is honestly my mistake. Now the battery is new so it is 100% full and is reliable, with that being said Since the car did die it wouldn't be smart to put it on a battery charger if it has a full battery. I should've just jumped the car and that would have solved the issue. Now to deal with the issue I'm going to remove the rear fender liner and take off the positive terminal and hopefully that will drain the battery acid. If that does not work I'll find the thinnest metal in that compartment and drill a hole through it to drain the acid. Then I'll just have to redo the whole process of removing corrosion and get a new battery + terminals and what ever else terminals I need. I think the ibs on the negative short circuited itself also, due to the acid in the compartment. This 110% was my fault for not pay attention. How ever the other bmw I had before this had this issue but that battery was way dead and the battery charger was an acceptable way to charger the power. Since the car had a new battery it didn't need to be charged it needed the alternator to get it back to where it's supposed to be. Lesson learned.

[Boosted12a]

Don't get discouraged. Shit happens. Don't make the same mistake again. Nutralize it with some caustic soda, clean it out and get back to it. I thought there was a vent line to the outside of the car for that?

[mightgodn54]

Originally Posted by Boosted12a

Don't get discouraged. Shit happens. Don't make the same mistake again. Nutralize it with some caustic soda, clean it out and get back to it. I thought there was a vent line to the outside of the car for that?

Yes I was discouraged but I'm going to keep going I have a plan to deal with the acid. I'm just worried that the lines are corroded if so I'll just have to replace them. It does have a vacuum line but that's for gas the battery gives off. Not for acidic liquid stuff lol.

[mightgodn54]

Update I got mostly all of it out. I said it because now that It's on the ground and not in my battery compartment it smells an awfully lot like rain water. I hope this is the right photo showing the decrease in water

[feuer]

Could be letting water in from the tail light, vent behind the bumper, the gas tank filler, shock mount. I would remove that battery and have some test with a garden hose.

[Boosted12a]

Good! Yeah I would hop in the trunk with a flash light and have some one spray a hose around the seal. I've had to do that with several cars.

[Wolf 335]

That looks like dirty rain water. Vacuum that stuff out and do what feuer said.

On the side note, why not forget about the wrap and keep the car red. Paint the front bumper/fender and be done with it.
That red can look really nice once done. Maybe consider wrapping the window trim in gloss black and get some gloss black kidney grilles.

Get yourself a black interior, do a swap and burn the beige one. Please.

[mightgodn54]

Originally Posted by Wolf 335

That looks like dirty rain water. Vacuum that stuff out and do what feuer said.

On the side note, why not forget about the wrap and keep the car red. Paint the front bumper/fender and be done with it.
That red can look really nice once done. Maybe consider wrapping the window trim in gloss black and get some gloss black kidney grilles.

Get yourself a black interior, do a swap and burn the beige one. Please.

YES BURN THE BEIGE !

[mightgodn54]

I've gotten all of it out there is corrosion on each of the terminals I still have to clean. Going to take the rear wheel off and remove the fender liner so I can take those out and clean them. At least the worst is over with.

[mightgodn54]

Oh yea I have a friend who's going to do some paint for me. I'm not going to say the color or what's getting painted it's going to be a surprise but it's going to look very good !

[mightgodn54]

Ok guys ! Good news I got all the gunk off the terminals. Now I think it really was water that was in the battery compartment ? If it was battery acid shouldn't it have hurt me LOL , because it got on my skin but there wasn't any sort of reaction or anything. I think it really was water but whatever. Now just to go to the stealer-ship to get another battery. Hopefully the ibs sensor wasn't blown due in the process of all

As for the ugly interior a guy on bimmer post has full grey interior + seats he wants 600 for it it's all in decent quality. So I'm going to get them in late July/ early August it's going to be a bit of a drive guys to in Florida. I mean yes that's quite the drive but I haven't don't anything this summer at all nor do I want to have fun in Florida with the amount of covid cases. All I'm saying is it would be nice to get away from those beige seats

[mightgodn54]

These are the grey seats

[Bimmer_Engineer]

Do you have the sport package? Those are non sport seats...

Also wth is up with those creepy dolls in the background, where’s grandpas other hand???

[feuer]

I won’t drive anywhere for non sport seats unless they are free and even then I would really think about it lol

[IllSic_Design]

Yeah I'd just dye your stock seats rather then spend $600 on non-sport seats.

[Wolf 335]

I would strongly suggest to pass on the grey interior and focus on getting all black.

Bottom section of your dash is still beige. With full black seats and door cards you can still get away with half beige dash. Grey is hard to maintain and looks like dogs puke when dirty, not to mention the contrast with the half beige dash.

Do it right man do it once. Please.

[scanspeak]

It's easy enough to repaint your lower dash using colorbond or leatherique vinyl paint. I've done it.

[mightgodn54]

Originally Posted by Wolf 335

I would strongly suggest to pass on the grey interior and focus on getting all black.

Bottom section of your dash is still beige. With full black seats and door cards you can still get away with half beige dash. Grey is hard to maintain and looks like dogs puke when dirty, not to mention the contrast with the half beige dash.

Do it right man do it once. Please.

True. Definitely going to find some black seats. For right now I'm just going to get some black sport e92 seats. Later on though I'm going to invest in some f82 seats after the entire interior is dyed black

[mightgodn54]

Going to the stealer ship today to get battery. Dent guy is coming to remove the big ass dent in hood. Then getting a new tire, then it's going to get painted- still not saying the color LOL