Noticed my carpets were soaked a couple of weeks ago when hoovering the car out. Had an idea it was leaking a while ago as I've seen some water trickling out the bottom of the doorcards. Also I did hear a small amount of water sloshing around in the dash. I started with the drains under the scuttle panel below the windscreen thinking they may be blocked. There was some debris in there but it was dry. I put some water in with a hose which confirmed they were blocked. Cleaned them out with some wire and they are now draining well.
This wasn't the problem though. Today I checked the doorcards, opened the door and poured water on the window which confirmed my thoughts. The outer window seals were off a while back when the car was repainted and I never put them on properly enough to get a decent seal. So the water was getting in there, going down the doors and not draining just out the bottom of the door as it should. It also gets past the membrane which has been damaged in the past and out of the bottom of the doorcard and into the footwell.
A quick video to show
And a couple of pics of the passenger side showing it coming out the bottom of the doorcard.
So I need to repair the membrane or replace and I'll put some plastic over the main holes to stop it getting in. And then try and dry the carpets but I need to take the hardtop off first to start stripping the interior.
I had a blocked vent in the filler cap which I've cleaned out with some pipe and also sealed the 3rd brake light again as there was a bit of condensation in the boot. Plenty more jobs to come on the zed
This wasn't the problem though. Today I checked the doorcards, opened the door and poured water on the window which confirmed my thoughts. The outer window seals were off a while back when the car was repainted and I never put them on properly enough to get a decent seal. So the water was getting in there, going down the doors and not draining just out the bottom of the door as it should. It also gets past the membrane which has been damaged in the past and out of the bottom of the doorcard and into the footwell.
A quick video to show
And a couple of pics of the passenger side showing it coming out the bottom of the doorcard.
So I need to repair the membrane or replace and I'll put some plastic over the main holes to stop it getting in. And then try and dry the carpets but I need to take the hardtop off first to start stripping the interior.
I had a blocked vent in the filler cap which I've cleaned out with some pipe and also sealed the 3rd brake light again as there was a bit of condensation in the boot. Plenty more jobs to come on the zed
