Damp Footwells

[John042]

Hi, sure this is a well discussed subject. My 350i has developed water ingress into the passenger footwell. Seem to have developed over the last couple of days, not surprising with North Devon summer! Anyway haven't had time to fully investigate yet but the bulkhead feels dry so in the wealth of knowledge and experience on this forum, where's the likely area I should be focusing on please? Cheers John C.

[John042]

Thanks Chris, did think the door area was suspect given the area forward was dry. I've not examined the bottom of the doors but the seals do look OK. So it must be running down the forward part of the door hinge points into the footwell in front of the door seals?

[John042]

Thanks for the suggestions. Sod the passengers, they have the privilege of riding in TVR wet feet or not.🤣🤣 Seriously though good idea to lub' the seals and use paper roll to identify the source. Cheers J C.
PS, just took the beast round our airfield taxiways, Je** CHr**t I'd forgotten how quick they accelerate.😁😁

[John042]

Thanks Adam, bit technical for aircraft engineers, paper towels and marker pens!. Happy with oil and fuel leaks. Good idea though, I'm not convinced it's ingress from the bottom of the doors as the carpet on the sides is dry. I'm going to examine the bulkhead more closely. Cheers John C.

[John042]

Sh** Mike that sounds serious? Difficult to find I guess. Surely not a common Wedge problem?

[John042]

Just tried the paper towel along the sill and found it soaked and water in the footwell. So water ingress from the bottom of the door? However how does it get from the bottom of the door, through the seal into the footwell. As the carpet on the inside of the sill to the seat is dry?

[John042]

I think you've hit the nail on the head Chris. Sat in the car with other half and hose pipe and sure enough water running down between the front door hinges entering the car along the forward edge of the body to the footwell. Have, for now coated the seal in silicone grease and will invest in a replacement door seal. Cheers J C.

[John042]

No problem Adam, found a length of door seal originally bought for the roof fabric replacement. However another problem manifested its self this morning. Starting very reluctant. Usually starts no problem.This N Devon rain caused the king lead to short. Nice sparks though.

[John042]

Damp Morning all. Went to replace the passenger door seal and from an initial look it appears to be a continuous seal across the door aperture, across the top of the windscreen? No join at the top of the front door frame. Surely it wouldn't be a continuous seal? If so leaves two options, buy another longer length of seal or join the seal I have at the top edge of screen frame? Any thoughts please?

[John042]

Thanks KelinatorNZ. I've had to cut the seal as you suggested hopefully in areas that won't cause more leaks. I'll try it now before I embark on cutting the bottom part of the seal. Cheers J C.