How on Earth does water get in there???

[jcslater]

Think I have made some progress in solving my leaky Cabriolet. Having replaced the window/hood seal and the inner door lining she still leaks. After a dry spell I was able to spot the leak coming from the floor as you can see in the picture (apologies for the poor photoshop doodles). This water comes in both stationary and whilst driving. On my flat drive in a rainshower water gently trickles from the gaps in the floor panels as shown??? How is it getting in there??? The front is dry. The door rubber is very porous would would it let that much water pass?

Would greatly appreciate some ideas before I give up & go to Northways.[&o]

Many thanks.

 

[Sundeep]

that will be a answer for Northways to provide...

 

[mmylonas]

Not had this problem on my cab but did have it on an Audi recently. Footwells filled up with water. Traced eventually to drain holes in front wings blocking up. Over time these can become blocked with dust/rubbish or worse still with leaves. If you can find out where the drain holes are and prod at them with short non scratch tool (so you don't scratch off any anti-rust coating or paint) then might help.

 

[jcslater]

Thanks Michael, that's a good thought. Does anyone know if the front wings have drain holes & how I could unblock them??

Jonathan.

 

[sailor]

Think we must be talking about the front scuttle ( the central oblong mesh-covered aperture which supplies fresh air, at the top of the bonnet). If you raise the bonnet and have a look, you can see that water entering the scuttle area can exit either side of it down the bonnet channels. But what happens to water ingested by the scuttle itself? Haven't a clue.
Hope I haven't spread too much alarm and despondency!

JohnC
993turbo

 

[Mark Elder]

Against my better judgement I drove through a deep flood yesterday morning - mainly because I was in a slow moving line of traffic and only realised what was about to happen when it was already happening.[&:]

Thought I'd got away with it because I did a quick check of the floors when I got to work. But I've just seen your post and photo and I've now taken up the carpets to have a very good look.

Water ingress at the exact same point as you. Of course it's tough to be 100% sure, but there is not much dampness and it's located centrally under the rear plastic-topped "carpet felt". The wet area of the floor certainly indicates it's come in exactly where your arrows are.

To be honest I feel quite lucky this is all the water I'm seeing - given the depth of flood.

But if you find out how it gets in and find a way to stop it, let us all know.

Thanks

 

[jcslater]

Well apparently mine will be about the 5th/6th car that Northways will have seen in the past month with this problem. They have all been a leaking underseal at the front of the chassis which allows water to ingress. Going in shortly.

Thanks to all.

 

[Mark Elder]

ORIGINAL: jcslater

Well apparently mine will be about the 5th/6th car that Northways will have seen in the past month with this problem. They have all been a leaking underseal at the front of the chassis which allows water to ingress. Going in shortly.

Thanks to all.

Jonathan,
I realise this is a rather old thread, but did Northways cure this? If so can you describe exactly where they mean by "at the front of the chassis" ?

I've had this happen to me again and I'm obviously keen to cure it!

Thanks
Mark