Feeling glum

[peanut]

absolutely.[] well done for being thorough. Don't worry you are going to lick this . (mmm maybe not the best choice of words I could have used [])

I had exactly the same problem with my Lux and it took months to find the source. The pass door was filling with water after heavy rain which over an hour or so drained away out the blocked drainage holes.

If I went for a drive immediately after heavy rain , when i stopped at the first T junction (at end of my lane), the water in the bottom of the door shot forward and gushed out through some internal holes under the door card and onto the pass floor. Of course i never spotted it because I was usually looking ahead to make sure i didn't hit a pedestrian . How unlikely is that ![]

 

[dirtydirtyharry]

ORIGINAL: peanut

absolutely.[] well done for being thorough. Don't worry you are going to lick this .    (mmm maybe not the best choice of words I could have used [])

I had exactly the same problem with my Lux and it took months to find the source. The pass door was filling with water after heavy rain which over an hour or so drained away out the blocked drainage holes.

If I went for a drive immediately after heavy rain , when i stopped at the first T junction (at end of my lane), the water in the bottom of the door shot forward and gushed out through some internal holes under the door card and onto the pass floor. Of course i never spotted it because I was usually looking ahead to make sure i didn't hit a pedestrian . How unlikely is that ![]

It must have been immensly satisfying getting it sorted. I just cant wait to sort mine our so I can get the new underlay,soundproofing and all the trim back in.

 

[dirtydirtyharry]

Thank god for rain!

Went out just now to find the front passenger footwell flooded. Water is coming in the area around the bonnet release lever. Off out now to inspect. Fingers crossed.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Excellent, just need a dry day to seal it up lol!

 

[dirtydirtyharry]

Right, I had to rip off the piece of underlay around the bonnet release. Beneath it there is a tiny gap between two metal plates and there is a trickly of water emerging from this 'join'

The water is getting in from between these two sheets of metal and dripping down the sill to the footwell.

I have checked the drain channel beneath the a-pillar on the passenger side and it does indeed drain to the floor BUT blocking the drain channel DOES seem to stop the leak into the car therfore I am pretty sure that draining water is getting into the bonnet lever area from somewhere. I assume I will have to take the outer wing off to try and see why water moving down the drain channel is also getting into the car. I could try welding the inner leak between the 2 metal plates neat the bonnet lever but obviously its not really treating the cause of the leak and may just push the water somewhere else where I dont want it.

To access the drain channel could anyone confirm if I will have to remove the wing.

Many thanks again for all the help, Im determined to get this sorted asap.

 

[James_M]

Apologies, I'm coming to this a bit late but it sounds so similar to a problem I had in a 924 years ago that I thought I stick in my two penn'th.

I was getting huge quantities of water in the passenger footwell after rain, to the extent that items left on the floor of the car would be floating by morning and opening the passenger door resulted in a deluge onto one's feet.

The drips seemed to be coming in from all over the place including near the bonnet release and it appeared to be lots of different leaks. But, after a lot of frustrating experimentation and driving a very wet car for months it turned out to be the following:

Dozens of pinprick sized rust holes in the battery tray (practically invisible and obscured by the battery) were allowing water in and onto the relay / fuse box. Amazingly I never had any electrical problems as a result but the comlex shape of the fusebox diverted the water into half a dozen different places according to the angle of the ground on which the car was parked.

I had the battery tray welded up which helped a lot but I also found that I had to apply fresh seam sealer to the welds every six months or so to keep things fully water tight.

I don't know if that is at all helpful but just typing it has been quite cathartic for me!

Good luck and stick with it, then get up really early one morning and go for a drive somewhere rural and twisty!

James

Hmm.. having just typed all that it occurs to me that the battery is probably in the boot of you car so I have been spectacularly unhelpful. Sorry...

 

[DivineE]

ORIGINAL: dirtydirtyharry

Hmmm that looks more like a good channel for water to run down that has already got into the car. If you can get water to trickle from there by pouring it in th bonnet then that discounts the roof at least. I would be searching before welding though as its almost always something simple. Try using a phone camera with light poked in holes to get photo's inside the panel where you cant see.. thats what I do

 

[peanut]

ORIGINAL: mahoneyj

Hmm.. having just typed all that it occurs to me that the battery is probably in the boot of you car so I have been spectacularly unhelpful. Sorry...

it was a damn good read anyhow []

Nothing is wasted. Anyone searching the site for leaks will find your suggestion so its bound to be of use to someone with an earllier car sooner or later []


before removing the wing I'd try to get a picture from a car that has one removed to see if it will help. How about trying a Porsche repair shop or breaking yard to see what you can learn

 

[pauljmcnulty]

To access the drain channel could anyone confirm if I will have to remove the wing.

If you are taking the wing off, check for corrosion down the inside edge, running from the a-pillar. Plenty of cars are having the wing bottoms repaired in situ, but all the water drains down the inside of the wing and it can look horrible when you take the wing off. I'd suggest this is worth doing every 20 years or so. [&:]

 

[peanut]

thanks Paul . I'm now going to lie awake all night worrying about what is happening under my wings []

 

[poprock]

Mine finally went last week. Looked perfect from the outside but rusted through at the bottom edge. I'm now fitting fibreglass wings, which should arrive from Poland next week, because I don't think patching up something this old and potentially rotten from the inside is a sustainable approach!