my feet are wet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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lads, i wonder if anyone out their can shed some light on my problem. i have a 1984 350i conv. the problem is i have a very wet carpet at the rear of where my feet go when driving and cant seem to find where the water is coming from. i have removed the foot carpet and the main floor seems to be dry, its just that rear area behind my feet that seem to be very wet. also the wall carpets are dry, bit of a mystery. regards paul.
I assume you don't have aircon. One of the complaints of early aircon models was water leaks which was caused by TVR not realising that the water from the condenser has to go somewhere. Somewhere usually meant the driver's feet. The other main source of water ingress in a TVR is the atmospheric conditions....
Mine just leaks down the doors and ends up behind the seats! Oh and a little by the front door sills! I just dont take mine out in the rain..come to think of it, dont seem to take my car out at all any more!!
I used to have this leak though - turned out to be a small home where the battery sits. Take the battery out and have a look
I used to have this leak though - turned out to be a small home where the battery sits. Take the battery out and have a look
[quote=adam quantrill]Paul: so are you saying that the floor - without the carpet - is totally dry?
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what i am saying is, the wet patch is right at the back of the carpet behind my feet but feeling the side wall carpets seem to be dry.obviously we have had a lot of rain the last 3 weeks which does not help. just wondered if anyone knew where the water was coming from. no water loss from engine, no aircon, its definetly coming through body somewhere.
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what i am saying is, the wet patch is right at the back of the carpet behind my feet but feeling the side wall carpets seem to be dry.obviously we have had a lot of rain the last 3 weeks which does not help. just wondered if anyone knew where the water was coming from. no water loss from engine, no aircon, its definetly coming through body somewhere.
firefox1712 said:
Drill a hole in the far corner of the footwell! That's what I did.
If you drive it in the wet or keep it outside for a while, you'll probably find some water ingress by way of a 'lake' at your feet. As others have said, dry carpets out indoors. And drill a hole!
JJ
sounds a good idea, where exactly did you drill the hole.If you drive it in the wet or keep it outside for a while, you'll probably find some water ingress by way of a 'lake' at your feet. As others have said, dry carpets out indoors. And drill a hole!
JJ
Cant find where the water is getting in?
Here is a trick that works. Dry everything and put thick pads of newspaper under and over the the carpets to soak up the residue. A linen bag full of silica gel cat litter is also a great absorbing medium.
When its as dry as possible put fresh thick newspapers in and wait for the first rains. Then inspect the newspaper.
The wettest bits will be nearest the point of entry but you can also follow the stains because the paper acts like a filter and the dirtiest stains are nearest the entry point.
Once you have identified the area where it starts collecting at floor level, just keep wedging in fresh newspaper pads higher up until, by regular inspection ,you can identify the entry point. seemples!
Here is a trick that works. Dry everything and put thick pads of newspaper under and over the the carpets to soak up the residue. A linen bag full of silica gel cat litter is also a great absorbing medium.
When its as dry as possible put fresh thick newspapers in and wait for the first rains. Then inspect the newspaper.
The wettest bits will be nearest the point of entry but you can also follow the stains because the paper acts like a filter and the dirtiest stains are nearest the entry point.
Once you have identified the area where it starts collecting at floor level, just keep wedging in fresh newspaper pads higher up until, by regular inspection ,you can identify the entry point. seemples!
Edited by honestjohntoo on Thursday 10th December 21:52
Do your flaps work? The bits that flop over the door seal as you raise the rear section. They deflect water to the outside of the seals from the roof.
Roof needs to be water proof as it stops the roof acting as a sponge and providing a ready reservoir to trickle into gaps. Water needs to run off, bit like your gortex. It will not breathe waterlogged but great when water runs off.
On mine the bottom on the door seals have cut outs for any water that does find its way part way around the seal to spill out. Without which it would spill over into the car. They are around a couple of inches from the front and rear of the door on the horizontal section.
The door window butts nice up to the screen section seal.
I am bone dry.
Edit. As Jeff M says but also you have four (hopefully) seat bolts and a seat belt anchor point but are they not on a slope away from the feet?
Roof needs to be water proof as it stops the roof acting as a sponge and providing a ready reservoir to trickle into gaps. Water needs to run off, bit like your gortex. It will not breathe waterlogged but great when water runs off.
On mine the bottom on the door seals have cut outs for any water that does find its way part way around the seal to spill out. Without which it would spill over into the car. They are around a couple of inches from the front and rear of the door on the horizontal section.
The door window butts nice up to the screen section seal.
I am bone dry.
Edit. As Jeff M says but also you have four (hopefully) seat bolts and a seat belt anchor point but are they not on a slope away from the feet?
Edited by jmorgan on Thursday 10th December 22:46
For a while, the car was kept outside and on one occassion I jumped in the car (hood down as usual) to go for a drive and as I heard a strange sloshing noise. The passenegr footwell was full of water! I found this was most likely due to a leak around the window seal helped by the camber of the road as it sat outside.
This was in the passenger footwell, and so a hole was drilled in the foremost left corner of the footwell. That's where I think the hole went, as I didn't actually drill it.
Also had a similar, but somewhat less of a problem with the river's side if I parked the car the other way round - soon learned that one, but I also used to get supermarket slip bags / produce bags (the ones you put your apples etc in). You can screw these up and insert/mould into likely leak areas when you are parked, and they do stop rain getting in.
Later, the car spent it's parked and out-of-use time in the garage.
JJ
This was in the passenger footwell, and so a hole was drilled in the foremost left corner of the footwell. That's where I think the hole went, as I didn't actually drill it.
Also had a similar, but somewhat less of a problem with the river's side if I parked the car the other way round - soon learned that one, but I also used to get supermarket slip bags / produce bags (the ones you put your apples etc in). You can screw these up and insert/mould into likely leak areas when you are parked, and they do stop rain getting in.
Later, the car spent it's parked and out-of-use time in the garage.
JJ
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