Mines a wet one.......
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Well let's clarify that!
Boot dry, front dry, behind and under both seats soaking! It's all stripped down and drying out but question is how's it getting in? It's got wet parked up, not driving. The door seals are new so I am assuming it can only be through the roof, is that a safe assumption? I am guessing the Velcro is prime suspect - anywhere else I need to consider?
Cheers
Ian
Boot dry, front dry, behind and under both seats soaking! It's all stripped down and drying out but question is how's it getting in? It's got wet parked up, not driving. The door seals are new so I am assuming it can only be through the roof, is that a safe assumption? I am guessing the Velcro is prime suspect - anywhere else I need to consider?
Cheers
Ian
It could be coming in under the bonnet, The clutch cylinder cover, around the brake master cylinder, throttle and bonnet cables, pipes and also the nuts and bolts on the inner wings can all provide a route into the cabin via the footwell. Usual trick is to make sure they are well sealed with silicone or similar.
Doubt it is the roof.
IMO the problem is most likely to be rain running down the glass of the side windows, getting into the doors, running through the doors and getting inside the car over the sills. Two reasons for this:
- the rubber panel under the door card is either missing, not hanging correctly, or not sealed along the rear edge meaning water can get in between the door and the trim panel
- the door seal isn't crimped under the holes in the bottom of the door meaning the water flows over the seal inside of the car rather than outside
Good luck!
IMO the problem is most likely to be rain running down the glass of the side windows, getting into the doors, running through the doors and getting inside the car over the sills. Two reasons for this:
- the rubber panel under the door card is either missing, not hanging correctly, or not sealed along the rear edge meaning water can get in between the door and the trim panel
- the door seal isn't crimped under the holes in the bottom of the door meaning the water flows over the seal inside of the car rather than outside
Good luck!
carsy said:
Sorry Ian i've no idea. Good to hear the Griff is, i'm assuming, fixed and back on the road though.
Hi Ian, yep it's back and seems to be running a treat though I won't get chance to track it now until next year. It's been a right Royal tale of woe and taken12 months to sort! In summary a full engine rebuild including valves and rocker assemblies on a brand new engine that had done lest than 7000 miles, replacing a 2 year old ECU and replacing a bespoke wiring loom with another one! Needless to say not very happy with the original supplier but hey hoy time to move onColin RedGriff said:
It could be coming in under the bonnet, The clutch cylinder cover, around the brake master cylinder, throttle and bonnet cables, pipes and also the nuts and bolts on the inner wings can all provide a route into the cabin via the footwell. Usual trick is to make sure they are well sealed with silicone or similar.
Thanks Colin, fortunately the front footwells are dry, it's just under the seats in the mid section of the car that's wetandy43 said:
Mine was soaking under the seats/parcel shelf when I got it, and treating the hood (and in particular the area round the rear window stitching) with an autoglym kit from halfords seems to have sorted it.
This was similar to mine. It was two parallel lines of stitching just behind the door window and water just poured in through the stitches whenever it rained. I treated it with Renovo and it was watertight again.Simon
I struggled with this for years. In the end I found it to be water entering the wing via the door lock. This is normal and there is a drain hole at the bottom of the wing near the chassis rail. The problem was that the rain drops were dripping inside the rear wing and tracking into the carpet around the area of the seat belt reel.
In the end I solved this by gluing a long polythene strip on the inside of the wing just above the flap access to the door lock mechanism. Not the easiest thing to do (reach and access wise), but as long as the polythene is long enough to reach the bottom of the wing the water can track straight to the drain hole and not into the carpet.
Somewhere I have some photos that might help explain what I'm trying to describe, I can try and dig them out if it helps.
In the end I solved this by gluing a long polythene strip on the inside of the wing just above the flap access to the door lock mechanism. Not the easiest thing to do (reach and access wise), but as long as the polythene is long enough to reach the bottom of the wing the water can track straight to the drain hole and not into the carpet.
Somewhere I have some photos that might help explain what I'm trying to describe, I can try and dig them out if it helps.
I had this problem until I started using a Leven half cover, which covers the roof, glass and the mesh in front of the screen.
IMHO it is getting around where the targa panel abuts the pram hood, and/or around the glass to hood contact area.
The area in front of the screen and the screen rubber itself would be a prime suspect if you had wet feet....but you don't.
IMHO it is getting around where the targa panel abuts the pram hood, and/or around the glass to hood contact area.
The area in front of the screen and the screen rubber itself would be a prime suspect if you had wet feet....but you don't.
In my case (Chimaera) it was 2-fold.
1. Re-proof the hood (this was easy but only helped a bit)
2. Lifted the rear roof section off to discover no rubber seal under it and, at least in the Chimaera, the body slopes down towards the doors so that water was just running along the underside of the roof and in behind the Velcro section. Both sides, as you say. Fixed by running a bead of silicone along it, allowing it to go off slightly, and re-attaching the roof. Don't know if the Griffith has a similar design to the roof line?
Rich
1. Re-proof the hood (this was easy but only helped a bit)
2. Lifted the rear roof section off to discover no rubber seal under it and, at least in the Chimaera, the body slopes down towards the doors so that water was just running along the underside of the roof and in behind the Velcro section. Both sides, as you say. Fixed by running a bead of silicone along it, allowing it to go off slightly, and re-attaching the roof. Don't know if the Griffith has a similar design to the roof line?
Rich
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