Member Since: 01 May 2020
Location: CHELTENHAM
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Water ingress
Morning everyone.
I apologise as I know this has been covered numerous times before but struggling a little.
I have a water filled drivers foot well. I've checked the sunroof drains and all appear fine, I've taped the external A pillar to try and rule that out.
My question is before I remove, where does any water that passes behind the windscreen scuttle drain to? I'm wondering whether water is getting in behind and and tracking in. With the amount of water I would have hoped to see some track marks or so some indication of where it could be running in, but nothing. It's clean water so not being driven in from the road.
Thanks everyone, happy Saturday.
10th Feb 2024 11:31 am
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13661
Hi
Have u looked at the door opening where the rubber grommet carrying the door wiring loom plse as that grommet can come out and allow water to run down into the cabin
Plse don’t ask me how I know
Have u done the external A pillar modification in blocking off the bottom hole plse as I know that’s another entry point , assume you’ve already got someone to put a water hose on the landy whilst u sit inside the cabin
Hope that helps and u find the solution
10th Feb 2024 11:38 am
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13661
Managed to find the door grommet pics for u , sorry there not very sharp but this it what I found after finding the drivers side carpet wet
Admittedly were a bit of a swine to get back in , hopefully there useful to u
10th Feb 2024 11:59 am
desv8
Member Since: 01 May 2020
Location: CHELTENHAM
Posts: 124
Thanks for the reply Stuart.
I will remove the A pillar as with the amount of water in the Wells it is tracking in somewhere. The grommet in the door looks fine. The door weather seal has seen better days but no signs of ingress no damp. Slowly stripping it all out and it's not going back together until I identify the leak.
Thanks again
10th Feb 2024 10:07 pm
KPTV8
Member Since: 05 Feb 2012
Location: Itinerant
Posts: 137
Hi ) Short term drill a little drain hole CAREFULLY through the floor at the lowest point you can expose, at least the water won't accumulate, nor sit around soaking into this and that and doing horrible things.
3mm dia. hole I'd suggest ?
You can plug it later once the water source is understood & fixed.
Long term effects of wet floorwells is VERY detrimental to these cars !!
Cheers ))
10th Feb 2024 10:42 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13661
desv8 wrote:
Thanks for the reply Stuart.
I will remove the A pillar as with the amount of water in the Wells it is tracking in somewhere. The grommet in the door looks fine. The door weather seal has seen better days but no signs of ingress no damp. Slowly stripping it all out and it's not going back together until I identify the leak.
Thanks again
Ur so very welcome and great the door seal is ok
I also removed my scuttle panel as wanted to spray it but at the same time checked all the grommets , including the empty clutch pedal hole , then cleaned behind both A panel area so that the waterproof patch would stick over the bottom holes
Hope u manage to find the leaks , plse let us know how u get on
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11th Feb 2024 10:09 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13661
KPTV8 wrote:
Hi ) Short term drill a little drain hole CAREFULLY through the floor at the lowest point you can expose, at least the water won't accumulate, nor sit around soaking into this and that and doing horrible things.
3mm dia. hole I'd suggest ?
You can plug it later once the water source is understood & fixed.
Long term effects of wet floorwells is VERY detrimental to these cars !!
Cheers ))
Hi
Funny enough drilled a hole on my passenger side as the sill was full to the brim with water
After doing the A pillar bottom hole patch it cured any water ingress , took weeks for the carpets and underlay to finally dry out
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11th Feb 2024 10:13 pm
RPAtotheStars
Member Since: 15 Sep 2023
Location: Dorset
Posts: 31
Hello,
I've just spent three weeks working on this, the rubber elbow had dissolved so I had to go through the pain of removing the central fuse board, after that water still came in so did the external A pillar fix still water so more tests and realised that the drain tube was blocked.
So water filled up the tube and into the surround around the sun roof.
I guess it then over flowed and somehow tracked along the roof lining and down the A or B pillar into that channel with all those cables.
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) Short term drill a little drain hole CAREFULLY through the floor at the lowest point you can expose, at least the water won't accumulate, nor sit around soaking into this and that and doing horrible things.
