Soggy 944!

[Guest]

Hi all and a Happy New Year to everybody. I'm new to the forum so this is my first post.

I bought a 1990 S2 earlier in the year when it was dry (having previously owned a 1986 Lux) and now find it has a water leak coming in somewhere near my right foot. It seems worst when the car is stationary but has stood in the rain. The door seal looked a bit iffy so I changed that but no better. I can't see where water goes when it runs off the windscreen and under the bonnet (who said lift the bonnet and look!) but I'm running out of dry towels to mop it up.

Anybody had a similar problem or know what it might be as I don't want to have to pull it to pieces and have already spent £00's on bits and pieces since purchase?

Any thoughts would be gratefully received.

John

 

[Diver944]

Hi John,

Water off the windscreen should run under the bonnet and collect in the area beneath the fusebox on the nearside and under the wiper motor on the offside, then it should drain through a hole in each of these 'puddles' towards the wing. Check that there are no leaves or other debris blocking up those drainage holes.

Also check that water is draining properly from your sunroof gutter. Open the sunroof and pour water from a narrow bottle into the gutter. There are 4 holes in the gutter that should take this water away into tubes that emerge behind both front wheel arches, and in front of both rear archesles. These tubes run down the inside of the interior trim at the A pillar and C pillar and they can get blocked or come loose where they are attached at the sunroof, then water can run down the interior trim and onto your carpet.

 

[John Sims]

On a simillar viegn.

Guess who's back seat foot well is full of water. Found it today, [] prior to that it has just been a bit dampish maybe. Also got a drip from the sunroof onto the passenger seat. Time to rod the roof drains again methinks.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Paul, I'll have a poke around!

Regards,

John

 

[Guest]

What do you guys use to "rod the drain tubes"????

thanking you expectantly

Phil

 

[John Sims]

I tend to use one of the insulated wires out of a length of "Twin'n'earth" If you stretch the insulation a little bit it covers the end of the wire and stops it poking holes through the tube itself. Don't be to agressive with your poking though (if you will excuse the expression []) as you don't want to unlodge the tube - they are a complete a*se to refix if you do. I tend to use a gentle pumping action rather then thrust the wire through. Run some water down the drail as you go to see when the blockage clears.

 

[944Turbo]

I believe it is better to start at the bottom as you are lesslikely to dislodge the tubes. Another rodding medium is 'Strimmer wire' the plastic stuff for strimmers.
Water can also enter through rear side window seals and if the the plastic membrane in the door is damaged. My windscreen sometimes leaks as well (thanks to a really bad fitting by Autoglass - before I owned the car so they won't do anything about it) but only when it rains V hard.

Tony