my first scooby

had my car 2 weeks and i was cleaning it out tonight and washing it noticed the passenger footwell was wet . any one know if this is a common problem?
where is it most likly to be leaking in from?
cheers for any help i can get.
mark

mickywrx

iTrader: (29)

What car? My classic was taking in water from the rear lights, and fookin loads of it.

my first scooby

sorry forgot to mention its a 95 classic. and it the front passenger side do you know any common places to look?

mickywrx

iTrader: (29)

Are you sure thats where it's coming in? Mine was rear lights but the water ended up in the footwell behind the drivers seat. Should try sitting inside your car and get someone to give it a good hosing down whilst you look for water coming in. That's what I had to do.

my first scooby

definatly in the front the rest of the carpets and underneath are bone dry apart from the front passenger footwell and it seems to be wet nearly to the end of the carpet under the dash

mickywrx

iTrader: (29)

All the carpet in mine was dry apart from behind the driver seat. That why I would suggest what I said. Failing that heater matrix/pipe, door/window seal etc etc. The list could go on forever.

Personally I think you should go with what I said, therefore you can start ruling things out.

my first scooby

hopefully not the heater matrix/pipe but i will have a look at the weekend!

JIZZLOBBER

HI i have the exact same problem with my my95
every time it rains heavy the passenger footwell gets wet.
first take out the glove box,this will give you a better idea where water
is coming from,also peel back footwell carpet so you can see water running
down into footwell.i put down a load of bounty to soak up the ji-
i mean water.good look ive tried for 7 months to cure my leak.

al125

iTrader: (2)

same problem with a 93 WRX, it was the heater matrix so i just bypassed it until i can pull the dash out and replace it.

my first scooby

hi jizzlobber i will be working with the car all weekend as i am servcing it and waxoyling it and then looking at this leak i will let you know if i cure it


hi al125 not losing any water out of header tank so dont think it the matrix (i hope not anyway)
cheers
mark

DaveD

iTrader: (2)

Had my windscreen replaced at the beginning of this year, and noticed that the front passenger footwell was damp the other week.

Not rained since, and not sure if the two are connected??

my first scooby

washed the car this weekend and checked to see where the water leak was and it seemed to be dripping out of the fan motor housing anybody have any ideas how it getting in there?


jizzlobber is your leaking in the same place?

JIZZLOBBER

Ive been working on my car today and may have found the problem.
first i removed the wipers then i removed the plastic shield that sits at the bottom of the screen,it is very hard to remove the plastic plugs that keep the shield in place so i just pulled them out with pliers,have to buy some more.
under this shield on the passenger side there is a hole that a location pin goes in.This hole is above a large opening that must be for the heater?
so if any water goes in this hole it must run down into the heater and then into the footwell.
I bunged a load of sealer in it and replaced the shield.just have to wait for the rain,ill keep you informed.

my first scooby

cheers for that info jizzlobber
i wiil check it out at the weekend when i have on the ramp at work painting the calipers red
cheers
mark

my first scooby

cheers for that info jizzlobber
i wiil check it out at the weekend when i have the car on the ramp at work painting the calipers red
cheers
mark

JIZZLOBBER

well the rain came and the footwell is bone dry
another small victory.

my first scooby

hi jizzlobber!
chucked it down with rain today. flooded the garage i work in so i went to the car and footwell was flooded! took the car in to garage and took the plastic trim of and sealed the same plug you did. its still raining here so i will see how it goes over the next few days
cheers
mark

rossi_classicwrx

its quite common for water to leak in there. You better be carefull of your central door lock timer as thats in that side of the car and its common for water to leak in there and screw them up!. Check the passenger side door seal!

my first scooby

rossie_classicwrx
where abouts is the door lock timer.
i will check the door seals but my car has that plastic trim that goes along the top of the doors so hope they are not leaking.
but saying that i had water coming in the fan motor housing and there seems to be water at the plastic piece on the side at the bottom of the dash board could be door seal aswell?
cheers
mark

rossi_classicwrx

hi. The door lock timer is just above the plastic trim on the left hand side of the passenger footwell. little black box with a plug going into it