So it leaked!

[lali]

Ok... The rear footwell was well sodden from unknown days of rain. I am pretty sure the culprit is the sunroof and will be ordering a new seal on tuesday, until then the junk in the garage has been arranged on top of the car ina Bukaroo styly!

When I was inspecting under the carpet I noticed that the "bakalite-esq" material that sists in the floor pan had cracked and was holding a lot of water under it so in true "thei is NOT how I wanted to spend a hungover Jan1st" I ripped it all up in an attempt to get to all of the water. I then "surgically" removed the part of the carpet that sits in the footwell.

So my question is what was the bakalight stuff and can it be replaced or do I just attack the exposed floor with some hammerrite and put the carpet back down when its dry?

also how have other people dried out their cars??

 

[Guest]

ORIGINAL: lali

Ok... The rear footwell was well sodden from unknown days of rain. I am pretty sure the culprit is the sunroof and will be ordering a new seal on tuesday, until then the junk in the garage has been arranged on top of the car ina Bukaroo styly!

When I was inspecting under the carpet I noticed that the "bakalite-esq" material that sists in the floor pan had cracked and was holding a lot of water under it so in true "thei is NOT how I wanted to spend a hungover Jan1st" I ripped it all up in an attempt to get to all of the water. I then "surgically" removed the part of the carpet that sits in the footwell.

So my question is what was the bakalight stuff and can it be replaced or do I just attack the exposed floor with some hammerrite and put the carpet back down when its dry?

also how have other people dried out their cars??

Sticking it in the garage was a good first step, has never happened in a 944 to me but has in a previous car. Seats out, carpet up and a 2kW heater/blower aimed in the footwell with all windows/hatch open, it took 2 days to get it dry. I never sourced the leak and sold the car 2 weeks later (but i am not suggesting you do the later) []

 

[mik_ok]

You're unlikely to get a sunroof leak in your car slim

lali - not much help but......in anticpation of future problems......

1. How much is a new sunroof seal?
2. Is this "the usual suspect" if you get a leak?

 

[lali]

from what i can gather there a couple of usual suspects...

1. Bloackage of one or ore of the 4 drain holes in the sunroof channel... clean them out with a legth of curtain wire or similar

2. Sunroof seal

3. Rear quaterlight seal

4. Rear hatch trim seal

5. if the trim around the sunroof ( inside ) is loose then it can be a cause as well.


Dont know how much a seal is yet but I'll ring around and post what I find here. It cant be as much as the grief the leak has caosed me! and it cant hurt to change it.