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Originally posted by 96TechnoM3
i could be wrong but my mecanic explained to me that this is a common problem with the e36. when he told me this he reached behind the engine and pulled a rubber boot about 3 inches long off from behind close to where the ecu sits. he explained that he had seen this 2 dollar piece of rubber cause a 1000 dollars worth of damage and that it was not needed for water to drain properly and that the water will still drain through the same holes. he said that the rubber boot was overkill and it just got blocked with leafs and sticks and would cause it to overflow... i beleived him but does anyone know what he was talking about? unfortunatly i know very little about the computers in my car or the wiring for that matter

that is exactly it. the rubber boot is hard to find if you dont khow where to exactly look. you have to reach deep inside the cowl infront of your windshield and feel arond in there till you find the hole w/ the boot. there is one on the drivers side and one on pass. when the pass on gets clogged with leaves and debrie the ecu floods. the rubberboot is about an inch and a half in diameter and tapers off to less than a quater inch. you have to snip off a liwer portion of the boot with makes the hole bigger, wich prevents things from getting stuck. if you need more info jjust pm me .i know all there is to know about this problem. trust me.