The garage thought it was the drains under the sills that were blocked as I park my car under trees so they cleaned and emptied these. However overnight the footwell filled up again with water. any ideas where the water could be coming into the car?
Fresh water there has only 2 sources.
1: rain (or parked near powerful sprinklers)
2: condensate from HVAC Evaporator pan drain clogged
are you using AC cooling? yes/no? or heater mode,in defrost ,mode ,yes/no? ,if NO and NO, see #1
rain gets from bad door gaskets(seals), or broken glass or from
front top , front of windshield glass ,cowling drains clogged.
take it back tell them they failed.
Testimonial: "Having paid £300 so far and still no resolved I am not planning on paying any more!!"
OK THEN DO THE WORK, WE ARE BLIND HERE
NO HANDS ,EYES OR EARS
I ASKED YOU 2 QUESTIONS.
try not turning on the dash HVAC BLOWER FOR A DAY OR SO. (NO HEAT ,AND NO COLD BLOW)!!!!
SEE IF WATER GOES AWAY OR NOT GO WORSE
IF DOES GET BETTER NOW, THEN CLEAN THE AC EVAP CONDSENSATE DRAIN TUBE.
ARE YOU IN UK, AND WITH RHD CAR RIGHT HAND DRIVE CARS, THAT ALL PARTS ABOVE ARE BACKWARDS FROM OUR LHD USA CARS.
SO ANSWERS GET REAL COMPLEX NOT TELLING THE COUNTRY FIRST, SEE WhY.
THE DRAIN TUBE ON AC IS IN A DIFFERENT PLACE
AS ARE ALL PARTS UNDER THE COWL VENTS
LETS DO COWL 101.
ALL GLASS IN CAR NOT BROKEN,
ALL DOOR SEALS GOOD (I USE PAPER PLACED IN DOORS AS I CLOSE IT AND AT FULL CLOSURE OF DOOR I GENTLY PULL PAPER FROM DOOR SEAL
IF IT FALLS OUT THE SEAL IS BAD OR DOOR BENT. A CLASSIC TEST FOR 100YEARS AND TEDIUM.(THE OLD NEWSPAPER DOOR SEAL TEST) G
GOOGLE IT.?
CAR PARKED UNDER TREES, WORSE ARE PINE TREE NEEDLES,
DISMANTLE THE COWLING PER THE SERVICE MANUAL.
SEE A HUGE DAM THERE, CALLED A COFFERS DAM
IF THE DRAINS CLOG IT FLOODS UP HTEN OVER FLOWS
THE MAIN HVAC AIR VENT DAM AND WATER CASCADES DOWN THERE EVERY DAY IT RAINS!
OR PARK SPRINKLER? IDK.
THE CURE IS OBVIOUS. CLEAN THE DRAINS.
MINE HAVE 2 ON EACH SIDE OF COWL.
IF SAVVY USE POWERFUL FLASH LIGHT (TORCH IN UK) TO SEE DOWN THE COWL LOUVERS
SEE A TON OF TREE LEAVES /NEEDLES THERE
AND THE FLOOD, (MOSES KNOWS THE CURE)
WE CANT SEE CARS HERE AND CARS HAVE OPTIONS
SOME HAVE SUN/MOON ROOFS, SEE HOW I CAN'T SEE IT?
A HYBRID SMALL SUV.
UK CAR AND PASSENGER IS ON LEFT FRONT SEAT
???? RHD IS THAT.
MY SUV HAS NO DOOR DRAINS AT ALL ZERO
THE WATER GOES TO THE SILL PLATE AND SIMPLY FALLS TO THE GROUND
AGAIN DRIVE WITH THE A/C HEATER BLOWER TURNED OFF. TO SEE IF WATER STOPS.
IF YES BINGO
IF NO
YOU DO HAVE DRAINS CLOGGED IF NO GLASS BROKEN.
ONE CAR I SAW HAD THE NEW WINDSHIELD INSTALLED WRONG
AND THE CAULK CEMENT NOT APPLIED CORRECT AND LEAKED LIKE MAD. TO PROVE
THAT WE USE PAINTER TAPE ALL AROUND OUTSIDE OF GLASS TO BODY JUNCTURE AND WATER ENDED, SOLVED WITH NEW GLASS
THE SERVICE MANUAL REAL FROM MAKER OF CAR HAS FULL
COVERAGE ON BODY DRAINS, READ IT YET?
SEE "MR BEAN" EPISODE , SELF DENTISTRY. FROM UK MOVIE
THAT IS WHAT THIS FORUM IS, A MR BEAN COMEDY.
PS
YOU SAID WATER. BUT WHAT IF IT WAS ANTIFREEZE COOLANT AND NOT WATER !
IT SMELLS SWEET ON FINGER TIP, AND IS VERY SLIPPERY. AND IS TOXIC MAX.
IF YES HEATER CORE IS BAD. ON ONLY A $10 HOSE TO IT CRACKED.
GUESSING (WHY) UK CAR, RHD
PASSENGER IS FRONT AND IS LEFT SIDE FRONT FOOT WELL, CORRECT? FRONT /REAR,RIGHT LEFT NEVER LIES ON CARS.
OR TAKE A SAMPLE OF SAID WATER AND GET IT TESTED(LAB). FOR ANTIFREEZE OR FOR RAIN OR EVEN FOR TAP WATER AND CHLORINE OR OTHER CHEMS PUT IN THE TAP WATER (SPRINKLERS)
THAT (LAST) A MR SCIENTIST ANSWER.
CAR NEVER LEAKED BEFORE
OR BOUGHT A USED CAR THE LEAKER
OR COLLISION DAMAGE NOT FULLY CORRECTED?
DOORS DO BEND AND LEAK. ENDLESS..
SEE VAST YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON CAR LEAKS, ENDLESS.
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