VXR8 rear foot well wet??

VXR8 rear foot well wet??

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dreamtoy

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890 posts

172 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Anyone come across this before ?

Drivers side rear foot well soaking wet for some reason ?

EmmaJ

4,525 posts

145 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Are you 100% sure it's water?

preciousmetal

3,369 posts

175 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Rob you didn't charge them the £50 soilage charge then.

Never heard of that on vxr8 sorry

dreamtoy

Original Poster:

890 posts

172 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Sure don't smell so i guess it can only be water, maybe i've pulled a blanking plug from the under side as i drag it up some rough tracks....

Will vac the "water" out and see what happens....

Thanks smile

Cooop

26 posts

116 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Pull up the carpet by the front drivers door sill, by the right of heel of your throttle foot. You can pull it from under the trim using a pick or the like, or just remove the still trim to make life easier.

There is a small 'well', if this is full of water, the rain is getting in on a section underneath the front wing and dripping down then running all the way to the back.

dreamtoy

Original Poster:

890 posts

172 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Interesting! Will look later smile

Thanks!

R8OMG

176 posts

129 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Also have a look at this thread. I had a similar problem and managed to sort it. Seems like there can be multiple causes

Tattooboy

7,946 posts

177 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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dreamtoy said:
maybe i've pulled a blanking plug from the under side as i drag it up some rough tracks....
Fill the foot well up with water, get underneath, and see if you can see it leaking back out again? biggrin

ARAF

20,759 posts

222 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Tattooboy said:
dreamtoy said:
maybe i've pulled a blanking plug from the under side as i drag it up some rough tracks....
Fill the foot well up with water, get underneath, and see if you can see it leaking back out again? biggrin
In my experience, cars never fill up from underneath. That's the way they empty. It's usually door seals, boot seals, light seals, or even doors or windows that have been left slightly open.

Drill a couple of 1/4" holes in the floor, and it won't fill up any more. smile

ringram

14,700 posts

247 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Mine started doing that recently. I think its the door rubber.
I parked it around the other way on the drive (slight incline) and its not reoccurred since.
But will need to wait for winter to confirm.

Will drill a hole through the floor, brake lines and fuel line if needed wink

Tattooboy

7,946 posts

177 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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ARAF said:
Tattooboy said:
dreamtoy said:
maybe i've pulled a blanking plug from the under side as i drag it up some rough tracks....
Fill the foot well up with water, get underneath, and see if you can see it leaking back out again? biggrin
In my experience, cars never fill up from underneath. That's the way they empty. It's usually door seals, boot seals, light seals, or even doors or windows that have been left slightly open.

Drill a couple of 1/4" holes in the floor, and it won't fill up any more. smile





ARAF

20,759 posts

222 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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ringram said:
Mine started doing that recently. I think its the door rubber.
I parked it around the other way on the drive (slight incline) and its not reoccurred since.
But will need to wait for winter to confirm.

Will drill a hole through the floor, brake lines and fuel line if needed wink
Yeah, and also mind the wiring loom. banghead

Oi Paperboy! I saw that. hehe

Tattooboy

7,946 posts

177 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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ARAF said:
ringram said:
Mine started doing that recently. I think its the door rubber.
I parked it around the other way on the drive (slight incline) and its not reoccurred since.
But will need to wait for winter to confirm.

Will drill a hole through the floor, brake lines and fuel line if needed wink
Yeah, and also mind the wiring loom. banghead

Oi Paperboy! I saw that. hehe
biggrin

V8HSV600HP

126 posts

116 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Hi Rob

I knew I had read something on this before check this link pls...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=109...

hope this helps..cheers

Colin

Xpuffin

9,209 posts

204 months

Thursday 28th August 2014
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Get the car into a garage or wait for a still air day and lob one of these puppy's in.
http://www.smokepellets.co.uk


SturdyHSV

10,083 posts

166 months

Thursday 28th August 2014
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Xpuffin said:
Get the car into a garage or wait for a still air day and lob one of these puppy's in.
http://www.smokepellets.co.uk
I think there's a joke in here somewhere about Paul and sausages... scratchchin

IXLR8

2,025 posts

148 months

Thursday 28th August 2014
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SturdyHSV said:
Xpuffin said:
Get the car into a garage or wait for a still air day and lob one of these puppy's in.
http://www.smokepellets.co.uk
I think there's a joke in here somewhere about Paul and sausages... scratchchin
You don't want to blow the car up.... or the bloody doors hehe

extra330

177 posts

174 months

Thursday 28th August 2014
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I started a similar topic last year
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Im off work in a fortnight for a week, purely to finally track my leak down before winter.

will post any findings, yet again.
But i WILL find it this time