Footwell Still Soggy

[Torquemada]

Despite sealing every orifice in sight, I still came back to soggy driver's footwell carpets after the car had been standing in a shower this morning. The water seems to be coming from the right side of the front bulkhead, and draining under the carpets rather than dripping from above.
Any ideas, or just stick with the wellies??

[Toffer]

If all else fails, you can buy a waterproof cover that just goes over the cabin area of the car. Some of the TVR dealers use them to keep the cars dry whilst awaiting service, or to keep tree resin off the roof panel...

[cutmonster]

Have you had the roof Fabsil'd? Worked for me!

[andyvg]

Had a similar problem with my Griff,

The water on the passenger side comes in through the cold air vent (underneath the glovebox) and then either drips onto the carpet or finds someway along underneath and down via the transmission tunnel.

The most common cause of this I have found is the area underneath the wiper motor where the box(?) section containing the wipers is sealed to the main body, following around right into the corner where the main bonnet posts are.

If there is water in the drivers footwell the usual cause is due to the seal around the brake reservior which in my experience is either :- really neatly done and leaks or smothered in sealant and doesn't leak!!

Another thing to check is does the bottom section of your windscreen seal fit properly as even though they don't seal the window in (as it's bonded to the shell) they need to be properly fitted as water can get behind the wiper box section and into the car.

How do I know all this? - I actually removed the entire wiper box section and resealed it.....however I now think that my door seals are leaking - doh!!

Hope this helps

Andy.

[craigalsop]

Are you sure you resealed around the brake fluid reservoir? Wiggle the reservoir to see if the rubber sealant moves or not.
Alternatively could it be coming past the door seal rubbers? (you can usually tell when you open the door if there is water dribbling over the edge of the rubber seal)

[andyvg]

quote:
Have you had the roof Fabsil'd? Worked for me!

The only parts of the hood that should need Fasbil are around the stitching where the window fits - having said that though 'Fabsil'ing it will prevent the water getting but only by relocating it to another part of the car - if you can successfully make the water run off the car then you've got to be onto a winner!!!

As for the provenance of Fabsil when it rains there are several parts of my patio that do remain bone dry!!

[sb930turbo]

My Chim had a leak at the side of one of the mounting bolts holding the master cylinder on to inner wing.It had been overtightened at some stage and there was a small crack in the glassfibre next to the bolt head.Fernhurst sealed it with black sealant.

[simon.b]

I had exactly the same problem on the Griff and like you sealed all the obvious places.

I confirmed mine to be leaking from the driver-side inner wing by removing all the trim steering column and getting my head down in the footwell while the other half drenched the car with a hose pipe. I could see a small river running down the inside of the bulkhead behind the peddle box and hitting the top of the steering column bearing.

It wasn't the brake reservoir, as everybody kept telling me this had already been resealed. The only other obvious sources from far enough forward to get onto the bulkhead are the two rubber cable bungs. These turned out to have hardened off and were cracking.

I removed these carefully and rubbed in plenty of black silicone sealant around the bulkhead hole and the cable. I also sealed all the top edges of the heat shield and the pop-rivet heads and so far it's worked, I've been dry for about 10 months now.

Hope it works for you,

Cheers,

Simon.