Wet behind the seats!

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Both the carpets behind the seats are wet in my Tamora but I can't find how it's getting in. Had the hose all over and I can't see any obvious leaks. All seals and in good order.

I did have a wet drivers side footwell leak but found that water was running down the side of the windscreen and onto the fuse box....nice!

Thanks

[V8 GRF]

Is your hood waterproofed? It might be soaking in through the hood fabric if not.

Brush on Fabsil is great.

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V8 GRF said:

Is your hood waterproofed? It might be soaking in through the hood fabric if not.

Brush on Fabsil is great.

The hood is watertight as far as I can tell, I had it retreated last year when I had the rear screen replaced but will give it a one over to be sure though. I also replaced all the seals recently, hoop door and door tops. (yes, I did the drainage folds around the door before anyone asks) thanks

[craigcaf]

Same prob on a T350C - worth removing the door card for the 5 minutes that takes and then get someone outside to sprinkle water. That's how I found my leaks. A trickle of water was coming down between the door card and the rubber membrane around the edge flange and under the door cover. It then drips onto the door seal on the wrong side of the door seal drainage lip and onto the carpet. Rear footwell carpet takes the brunt.

My fix was a second door seal lip cut in at the appropriate point, and a drainage hole drilled behind the door panel into the door shell. Also I put a drainage hole in the bottom lower part of the door to stop water accumulating in the lower fold crease of the door shell - that cuts down the interior misting a bit and stops water sloshing around inside the door. Job done.

You also seem to get water accumulating in the front clam and rear diffuser - both could do with drain holes. Guess the guy with the drill was on holiday at the factory. C

[Davel]

Great timing - same issue here.

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craigcaf said:

Same prob on a T350C - worth removing the door card for the 5 minutes that takes and then get someone outside to sprinkle water. That's how I found my leaks. A trickle of water was coming down between the door card and the rubber membrane around the edge flange and under the door cover. It then drips onto the door seal on the wrong side of the door seal drainage lip and onto the carpet. Rear footwell carpet takes the brunt.

My fix was a second door seal lip cut in at the appropriate point, and a drainage hole drilled behind the door panel into the door shell. Also I put a drainage hole in the bottom lower part of the door to stop water accumulating in the lower fold crease of the door shell - that cuts down the interior misting a bit and stops water sloshing around inside the door. Job done.

You also seem to get water accumulating in the front clam and rear diffuser - both could do with drain holes. Guess the guy with the drill was on holiday at the factory. C

Could be door cards, I have noticed the pocket is a bit damp so will pop them off at the weekend and see what's what. Thanks

[shep1001]

Have a look at where the Targa top hoop seal meets the top of the door seal (rubber cup things). Thats where mine leaked when I cut the rubber 'flaps' off the hoop seal end that looked ste but obviously served a purpose!

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Also check the two small drain holes in the sill, though they may be hard to find.

My passenger side ones were blocked with dust/grit last year, when I poked a wire through had a little flood! Bit embarrassing 'cos I thought I was keeping it clean.

Any water finding it's way down there - I don't know how particularly, but possibly from the suspect sealing above the passenger footwell - can then build up & then overflows onto the carpets near the seats when you accelerate

[craigcaf]

I completed some checks on the water ingress issue I'd had on the T350, and the car has stayed bone dry during the last few days heavy rain (yes it was outside!).

The cure in my case was:

1. two horizontal drain holes on the bottom door shell lip behind the door panel (which is where any water that gets behind the door panel accumulates - ready to run out onto the carpet).
2. two drain holes in the door bottom lower V-flange - to allow any water that gets into the door shell to drain out (there's no exit for water from the door shell - so basically the door fills up until it floods into the car)
3. one extra dimple in the door seal about 9cm forward of the rearmost existing dimple (this is a low spot on the door seal so anything that gets onto the bottom door seal past the existing dimples accumulates here and then overflows into the car)

I repeated this on the passenger side - although haven't had any water ingress issues there - but just to be sure.

Hope this helps. Ultimately to work this out, it was easiest to take the door panel off - sit in the car and get my daughter to spray a hose over the area. Then it all seems obvious what's happening.

I also had a damp patch in the boot - that turned out to be the boot trim fabric glued over the boot hatch lip too far and getting wet from the outside under the seal and wicking the water in. That was an easy fix - just cut the trim fabric excess back on the lip about 5mm.

Hope this helps.