Hi there, can someone help me, I have a water leak in the drivers footwell area of my s2,at first I thought I had cracked it by clearing the heater chamber drain and resealing the blower to scuttle area only to find the drivers side carpet around the throttle pedal saturated again.The water is just confined to this area, to save me stripping the car can anyone tell me where the drain tube from the os front of the sunroof goes to after it passes down the windscreen pillar, I am wondering if this is draining into the car as it seems to be worst when the car is parked with a stb list. Any ideas would be great,many thanks in advance John.
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Thanks for that, the wet area seems to be only on the right hand side of the drivers footwell rather than coming from the centre heater area, when I had the car stripped and the windscreen out I should have checked the route of the drain but I had so many other things on at the same time,when you run water over and around the scuttle area nothing seems to be leaking inside,after re trimming the interior I would like to avoid stripping it all out again to source this leak,thanks again John.
Two things to think about. OK, three.
1. Poorly-fitted things in the door or door aperture. Perhaps something alarm-esque, which may have involved a ham-fited fitter using an electric drill to drill new holes in something they shouldn't have done? (I have had it happen to me, on another car.)
2. Leaks in the door, from the window seal via a leaky door membrane? This could be making something wet which is then trickling forward?
3. Nasty word, but there aren't any rusty holes anywhere are there?
Oli.
1. Poorly-fitted things in the door or door aperture. Perhaps something alarm-esque, which may have involved a ham-fited fitter using an electric drill to drill new holes in something they shouldn't have done? (I have had it happen to me, on another car.)
2. Leaks in the door, from the window seal via a leaky door membrane? This could be making something wet which is then trickling forward?
3. Nasty word, but there aren't any rusty holes anywhere are there?
Oli.
Thanks for that,no sign of water trail across the top of the inner sills, which is where the water from the door seals would have to go,leaks there tend to go to the bottom of the door and out under the bottom of the door o the topside of the sills proper. there is no rot in the car that I could see, no extra alarm holes etc,the water seem to favour the bottom of the A pillar, I think I will just have to have a root around and see what I can Find,all the best John.
I had a wire trapped in the door seal which routed the water straight in, could be the carpet edging folded over where it is held by the trim, but routing around is probably the only way.
Mike
Mike
cococola
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I had a water leak that ended in the rear footwell from the front.I extended the rh drain tube that goes into the bulkhead area and rerouted the drained water into the inner wing area(or engine compartment area)
You may find that this eliminates or even fixes the problem perminant.
You may find that this eliminates or even fixes the problem perminant.
pauljmcnulty
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I'd guess it drains down the inside of the wing from where the hole is. I've seen some cars with rust down the route water would take from bottom of a-pillar to bottom of wing, which would suggest that this is a regularly-moistened area. Also suggests that it's worth taking the wings off and protecting this area, but that's another topic!
Thanks for all these suggestions,the car is parked with a slight right hand list which made me wonder about the osf sunroof drain. I had a quick look under the dash at the bottom of the A pillar but could not see anything.I think the water from the scuttle area just drains into the void space between the bodu and the front wing,It would be interesting to see a photograph of the car with the wing removed showing where the drain is and the pipework,I am wondering if the plastic pipe that goes from the sunroof drain to the tube that you see in the corner of the scuttle has come adrift at the bottom,all the best John.
JamesO
New member
With sunroof drains, take the roof out and pour water around the lip you should then see where it drains out, if at all.
On my old 82 944 I found that the angle of the rear drain tubes where they exit through the back of the rear arches really affected the ability of the drain to do its job. Even the slightest kink caused issues, despite lots of cleaning with wire.
On my old 82 944 I found that the angle of the rear drain tubes where they exit through the back of the rear arches really affected the ability of the drain to do its job. Even the slightest kink caused issues, despite lots of cleaning with wire.
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pauljmcnulty
Active member
Carefully pouring water down the four sunroof drains is always the first advice. Together with not using an air line to clear the drains from the top as you'll blow the tubes off (use nylon line). Then check the front scuttle drains are clear, particularly after the leaves have come down.
I think half the problem is that we old-timers have seen all the questions so many times we assume everyone knows the obvious things to look for. Not much help to the newer owners. [&o]
If anyone would care to jot down a few lines, and preferably a couple of pics, then we have a "wet carpet" faq. We can't write them all ourselves (and keep some semblance of real-life), anything that would make a good faq would be very gratefully received.
Hi there,The weather has now cleared here( two miles from lands end and in sight of the longships) I have got round to removing the right hand inside windscreen trim to ckeck the drain pipe.the pipe is a tight fit onto the small spigot on the roof but down at the scuttle it just sits inside the drain pipe at the bottom of the windscreen going from inside the car to the underbonnet side of the scuttle.the pipe was not fully inserted allowing water to run run from the top right hand underside of the dash down behind the carpet (sneaky) appearing as a wet pool coming through the drivers carpet running down to the handbrake well and i think it would eventually make it to the rear.The pipe is just long enough to fit in the bottom tube,I don,t know if they shrink over time. I,m sure this was my problem and hope this may help someone else,all the best John.
The trims are easy to remove as long as the lazy windscreen fitters have not inadvertantly glued them in place when fitting a new screen.(they should be removed prior to fitting screen)remove the sunvisors and clips ,the panel across the windscreen, ease the doorseal off the A pillar,remove 3 little plugs and the screws and the covers should ease out,be careful not to pull the pipe off the top spigot as you will have to ease off the corner of the headlining to replace the pipe. If I had been aware of this when I had the screen and headlining out I would have replaced the pipes with ones slightly longer,hope this helps John.
pauljmcnulty
Active member
If anyone does this can we please have a couple of pictures to help, and I can "faq" it? [8|]
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