[iwantdsg]

With all this water about I was wondering if anyone could tell me where the air intakes are on my M135i? About ten years ago I wrote off a diesel 406 coupe in flood water and obviously don't want the baby M to suffer the same fate.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Blind Pugh]

Look through LHS grill and just ahead of radiator on LH top corner you will see a mesh 3 x 2 that's the inlet to airbox.

 

[tweeky]

http://www.babybmw.net/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=81068&p=1066616&hilit=flash+flood#p1066616

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might be of help just stay clear of standing water

 

[iwantdsg]

Thanks for the link, scary stuff! Might be taking the wife's car then if it keeps raining, after hitting a deer three weeks into owning my first ever brand new car I can't afford another insurance claim!

It was interesting reading about the autos possibly taking water in through the exhaust, I've not heard of that before?

So what's the advice? On a 4x4 course I was told to create a bow wave to push the water away from the car, but it seems if someone's doing the same thing coming the other way it's going to push water into my air intake.
In a manual keeping the car moving slowly but keeping the revs up was what I was told as a learner but this is impossible in an Auto and when I did this in the diesel Pug it just sucked the water in and literally killed the engine.
I know people may say just don't go through it but that's not always an option unless I fancy spending the night in the car!

 

[gitsy]

http://www.babybmw.net/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=77785

might be worth a read too although won't really give you the answers.

FWIW I had a nightmare making my way back from North Yorkshire to Manchester on Boxing Day. I was ultimately faced with risking my 3 month old M135i through a foot of water several times or phoning my Mrs to tell her I wasn't going to make it in time and we weren't going to go on holiday. I put the gearbox in sport, took it slow and made sure I was the only one going through at any one time after pacing each flood out to check the depth and the car had no problems at all. Mind you, at one point I went round a Peugeot that was broken down in the water already, so it was pretty hairy and I'm not sure I'd chance it again without so much being at stake.