wet floor problem please help!

[sicwitit11]

today i noticed that my windows had alot of moisture on them from the inside. i got into my car and noticed my carpet was completly soaked!. it has been raining alot lately so im guessing i have a pretty bad leak somwere. where would be good place to start lookin? i dont want it 2 start smelling bad or rust away at my floorboards.. thanks guys

[ericcastro]

Did you drive in the rain at all?
cause it could have came through the floor. Like if you have removed rear seatbelts or something.

Sunroof?
did the sunroof leak?
or the hoses that drain the sunroof through your interior panels behind your seats?

did it come through the firewall area?
Are all the plugs in place.

Is it a convertable and did you leave the top down?


Basically, no one here can help you.
Your question is so broad with no clues, it could be anything.
Your gonna have to do a little investigation yourself.

[projectRDM]

Exactly. There's a hundred places water can intrude into the cabin, without knowing the model, options, modifications, etc. we're all guessing in the dark.

[SBCsx]

your trunk? window molding?

[Tom25666]

I had a leak that turned out to be the rubber around the tail lights. water runs down the channels for the hatch and gets between the tail light housing and the body. silicone fixed it right up.

[Slammed Assassin]

to look for a leak just have someone hose water around the windows and moldings and look inside for drips..

[cc4usmc]

Or you can get one of those bug bombs and set it off inside your car. To find the leak, just get around your car and sniff. When you start coughing, you've found your leak.

[Cloud9]

I'm going to say your heater core is leaking, shot in the dark. Replace it and see if it fix's the wet problem.

[HS13KLS]

i have a coupe.
check your windshield.thats where i get all my water from..

and it sucks.

[Spencer dougherty]

its your heater core!!

[projectRDM]

Originally Posted by Spencer dougherty

its your heater core!!

And you know this how? Heater core leaks coolant, not plain water. It's highly unlikely that the OP doesn't know the difference between the two.

[1fastser]

What you're gonna have to do is take off a lot of interior panels and get up in your dash to look...while you're hosing your car off with water (or someone else).

If the carpet was mostly wet in the front of the car, start with the corners of the windshield...good luck.

[g6civcx]

Since it could be anything, I'm going to guess the taillights leaking into the interior.

[xsparc]

im gonna vote for.... leaving the windows down

or heater core... since the OP did say the carpet was soaked, and to me that means a lot of fluid... more than could have got in from it rainning

[DJ_Sunrise]

Sit in the car, and have someone hose the car down, and watch for leaks.

-Bart

[Cloud9]

Drive it through a car wash, one of those high pressure ones!

[projectRDM]

All of the firewall grommets are culprits too, especially in the fender wells where the hood cable and ASCD harness go through. My engine harness is out right now and water trickles in through that big ass hole every time it rains.

[yurisfriendevan]

If it was the heater core you would be able to smell the coolant.

[Mangudai]

While we're somewhat in the topic, is it typical for the seat brackets and other steel pieces(like the area under the shift knob for example) in the cabin to have some surface rust?

[supreme_1]

i think your flux capacitor is leaking, or maybe even your blinker fluid overflow resavour

[projectRDM]

Originally Posted by Mangudai

While we're somewhat in the topic, is it typical for the seat brackets and other steel pieces(like the area under the shift knob for example) in the cabin to have some surface rust?

Some light surface corrosion is typical since they're not coated with anything. The dash crossbar and rear seat brackets do it too, along with the pedal brackets. I powdercoated all my parts while the interior was out because it bothered me but a coat of rustoleum works fine.

[Mangudai]

Originally Posted by projectRDM

Some light surface corrosion is typical since they're not coated with anything. The dash crossbar and rear seat brackets do it too, along with the pedal brackets. I powdercoated all my parts while the interior was out because it bothered me but a coat of rustoleum works fine.

OK that's what originally had me wondering about this. I'll look into powder coating then as well. Thanks.