Right rear Panel inside wheel wheel?

[moatilliatta]

Has anybody removed this?

I assume you don't if you're weak heart 'd


well*

[JGood]

Has anybody removed this?

I assume you don't if you're weak heart 'd


well*

Are you talking about the actual wheel well?

[guibo09]

are you talking about the little plastic shield?

[moatilliatta]

Metal shield behind the shock.

[JGood]

Metal shield behind the shock.

Part numbers 4 and 5 here?

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=1554&mospid=47321&btnr=41_0328&hg=41&fg=25

[moatilliatta]

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=1554&mospid=47321&btnr=16_0107&hg=16&fg=10

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Everybody should go and and pop their panel off. Right side inside wheel well. behind shock.

[E30SPDFRK]

I kind of poked mine off with a screwdriver...

[Jean]

I did a while back as I was checking for a fuel leak and it wasn't there.

[guibo09]

so why should i pop it off, is there gonna be a ton of crap behind?

[Liam]

Fun stuff, in So. California they now pressure test the fuel vapor system as part of the emissions testing.

Damn near every one of these rattletraps are failing the test so I have had the opportunity to get reacquainted with all this big time over the past few months.

[JGood]

Ahh. Yeah I replaced mine a few months ago. PITA since it usually doesn't slid back into that groove in the front...

[moatilliatta]

Oh man, Your's look so clean, My braided line from the Tank to the Filler neck..... SHit. it was rotted out nasty. It rusted up the channel it goes threw. Looks like the braid on the hose kept in water.. there was all kinds of mold and blah all behind that panel. And i could barely get the hose out of the little channel it goes thew because it was rotted out. I went a head and dropped the tank and am cleaning any bit of rust i come across, and going it over with por 15. While i got the tank dropped i ordered me some UUC stainless steal brake lines, and im replacing the vent tube back to the engine bay and the main brake line that goes to the rear and the 2 off the distribution piece, along with the distribution piece.

Gl.

PS. my car doesnt have a whole lot of rust. Im just happy i found this before it got to out of hand.

[guibo09]

thanks for the heads up. just removed mine, full of crap in there. gonna clean it up good and should avoid rust in the future.

[dvmotorsports]

Fun stuff, in So. California they now pressure test the fuel vapor system as part of the emissions testing.

Damn near every one of these rattletraps are failing the test so I have had the opportunity to get reacquainted with all this big time over the past few months.

You have a dumb smog tech then. BMW's are exempt from the evap test in California.

[moatilliatta]

In Indiana they said my gas tank cap was leaking, and gave me a new one....