LEAKS - Explain this if you can!!!!
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 20:39
I've been suffering with my car doing a good impression of a rain gauge recently.
One small shower and I can measure the depths of the puddles inside in inches!!! . The water was collecting in two places - near side foot well, just under seat front edge and off side, behind drivers seat, in front of rear seat.
After various investigations and removing carpets and sound deadening, I realised the near side lake was coming from the centre tunnel front area. Then the penny dropped - the wiper wheel box was moving in the body (250 miles to Norfolk recently in the rain obviously didn't help).
So it's now tight and sealed and..... result.... No longer puddles in the near side foot well.
But much to my surprise, the water feature being the driver seat has largely gone also!! !!! How can this be? The carpet in front of the drivers seat has always been dry, and as far as I can tell, there's a ridge in the floor pan beneath the drivers seat separating front well from rear well. How on earth can water get from the wiper wheel box to the rear foot well without soaking everything between????
I would add my drive points up hill, so the front wheels are about 9 " above the rears when parked, but it doesn't slope left to right.
Any thoughts????
Tony
One small shower and I can measure the depths of the puddles inside in inches!!! . The water was collecting in two places - near side foot well, just under seat front edge and off side, behind drivers seat, in front of rear seat.
After various investigations and removing carpets and sound deadening, I realised the near side lake was coming from the centre tunnel front area. Then the penny dropped - the wiper wheel box was moving in the body (250 miles to Norfolk recently in the rain obviously didn't help).
So it's now tight and sealed and..... result.... No longer puddles in the near side foot well.
But much to my surprise, the water feature being the driver seat has largely gone also!! !!! How can this be? The carpet in front of the drivers seat has always been dry, and as far as I can tell, there's a ridge in the floor pan beneath the drivers seat separating front well from rear well. How on earth can water get from the wiper wheel box to the rear foot well without soaking everything between????
I would add my drive points up hill, so the front wheels are about 9 " above the rears when parked, but it doesn't slope left to right.
Any thoughts????
Tony