Can I leave trunk open ?

DarkStarBimmer · 12-10-2018, 01:05 PM

A gallon of water spilled out in my trunk coming home from the grocery store and it's soaked back there.

If I leave my trunk open will it drain my battery? I was hoping this dry climate of mine might soak it up but didn't want to lose power after leaving it open a few hours

Thanks.

DarkStarBimmer · 12-10-2018, 01:58 PM

I figured as much. TY It might be too much to evaporate. It soaked the entire floor of the trunk, as well as underneath in the storage cubicals. PO'd.

Have the trunk popped with the cubical cover popped ::fingers crossed::

upsidedownfunnel · 12-10-2018, 01:59 PM

The trunk light shuts off after a few minutes. You can leave it open without problems.

JDTX · 12-10-2018, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkStarBimmer

A gallon of water spilled out in my trunk coming home from the grocery store and it's soaked back there.

If I leave my trunk open will it drain my battery? I was hoping this dry climate of mine might soak it up but didn't want to lose power after leaving it open a few hours

Thanks.

The only drain would be from the trunk lights, but those turn off after a few minutes.

BMWF30PGH · 12-10-2018, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkStarBimmer

A gallon of water spilled out in my trunk coming home from the grocery store and it's soaked back there.

If I leave my trunk open will it drain my battery? I was hoping this dry climate of mine might soak it up but didn't want to lose power after leaving it open a few hours

Thanks.

Not sure if you have one, but I would take a shop vac and get as much of that water out as you are able.

IAmATeaf · 12-10-2018, 02:25 PM

Aren’t the cars electronic there under the trunk carpet? When I left my front passenger window open in a rain storm I dried as much as could with towels which soaked up quite a lot, then used paper towels to get the rest then used a fan heater left in the car pointing at the carpet which I occasionally turned in differing directions.

This got most of it dried off, I still haven’t put down the floor mats just in case.

Billfitz · 12-10-2018, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by JDTX

The only drain would be from the trunk lights, but those turn off after a few minutes.

If the trunk lights are LED like mine they draw practically nothing anyway.

DarkStarBimmer · 12-11-2018, 09:12 PM

Leaving it open overnight did the trick. It was dry as a bone when I got in it this morning.

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DarkStarBimmer Colonol Forbin 208 Rep 338 Posts Drives: 17' BSM 330i xDrive Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Phoenix, Arizona iTrader: (0) Garage List 2017 330i [0.00]	I figured as much. TY It might be too much to evaporate. It soaked the entire floor of the trunk, as well as underneath in the storage cubicals. PO'd. Have the trunk popped with the cubical cover popped ::fingers crossed::
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IAmATeaf Captain 238 Rep 878 Posts Drives: 2015 F30 335i Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: UK iTrader: (0) Garage List 2015 BMW 335i [0.00]	Aren’t the cars electronic there under the trunk carpet? When I left my front passenger window open in a rain storm I dried as much as could with towels which soaked up quite a lot, then used paper towels to get the rest then used a fan heater left in the car pointing at the carpet which I occasionally turned in differing directions. This got most of it dried off, I still haven’t put down the floor mats just in case.
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DarkStarBimmer Colonol Forbin 208 Rep 338 Posts Drives: 17' BSM 330i xDrive Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Phoenix, Arizona iTrader: (0) Garage List 2017 330i [0.00]	Leaving it open overnight did the trick. It was dry as a bone when I got in it this morning.
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