[chandleerr]

Anybody else have this occur. Had the cowl filters in for almost a year. Anyone else have the filters and see specs of water in their engine bay?

[chandleerr]

Wrong section please delete.

[T1M]

Isn't the purpose of the cowl a secondary seal? The top of the cowl has a rubber seal along it that I imagine actually seals water and other debris out. I know there's an argument for removing it, but I suspected this would be a side effect.

[Dan Bilzerian]

You could always look into the M3 cowl!
It's about 200+ dollars but looks well worth it.

[chandleerr]

Originally Posted by Dan Bilzerian

You could always look into the M3 cowl!
It's about 200+ dollars but looks well worth it.

Yeah I saw that. Looks awesome.

[shadow191]

It's not abnormal since there's now no seal between hood and cowl. Was this from driving in the rain? It can just be splash from water coming off your wipers and such. Not really a huge deal since the DME is sealed. I'd maybe put the engine cover back on though.

[Jklad]

Makes me nervous, hence why I never got this mod. One time my dealer did not properly seal the back of the dme cover and if I had this mod and water got it I could have fried a second dme and who knows what else. M3 cowl looks to be the way to go.

[chandleerr]

Originally Posted by shadow191

It's not abnormal since there's now no seal between hood and cowl. Was this from driving in the rain? It can just be splash from water coming off your wipers and such. Not really a huge deal since the DME is sealed. I'd maybe put the engine cover back on though.

I put the cover back on. I had just did a new valve cover this past weekend so hadn't gotten the chance to put it back on. Car was sitting in the driveway. Had pretty bad rain for a little bit

[zeenon53]

Originally Posted by Dan Bilzerian

You could always look into the M3 cowl!
It's about 200+ dollars but looks well worth it.

dan, is that you....lol

From what I understand the M3 Cowl will fit but it doesn't seal to the 335i hood the way it would to an M hood. You could still have an issue.

[Dan Bilzerian]

I'm almost Dan, a couple less bitches I guess.
I didn't know it doesn't seal the N54 all the way. As long as it's better than the BMS Cowl you should be okay, right?

[Team503]

Been running cowl filters for a while, never seen anything like this, and I've driven through the rain plenty.

[Darkfox2002]

Saw some people over on N54 tech cut their oem cowl when using those filters.

http://www.n54tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23930

[CantCatchMe]

This is why I opted to get the M3 cover instead. I thought this may happen to a few people.

[goblue30093]

i have had those cowl filters for about a year and no issues. i haven't seen any water in my engine area. My guess is you have some other sealing issue.

[chandleerr]

Originally Posted by goblue30093

i have had those cowl filters for about a year and no issues. i haven't seen any water in my engine area. My guess is you have some other sealing issue.

I had to do a VCG and I took that seal/weatherstrip off. Guess I put it on the wrong way. Haven't noticed any issues since. The rain was also going in all directions that day like crazy. My driveway is on a slope. So that may have been the issue as well.