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      12-03-2019, 02:04 PM   #2
RobbiZ4
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Originally Posted by Mayhem View Post
There have been several threads that talked about the E89 roof hydraulic motors and salmon colored relays going bad from water that somehow gets into the trunk. I was one of those that ended up replacing the salmon colored relays and getting the hydraulic motor rebuilt. [

...]I have encased the foam motor cradle in a thick plastic bag so that water would not soak through.
Water is only a problem for the motor of the hydraulic pump, that can be destroyed by the water.
The 2 salmon relays have to be replaced anyway every 5 years as the pump can overheat.
https://e89.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1522435
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