P38A How does water get here then?

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tomcat59alan said:
Oh bugger get it out, the carpet that is,and hang it in the garage/greenhouse. Sprinkle some talc once you've dried the boot area that should pinpoint the source of the leak.;) Spooky eh @Brian P38 .if I has a colour coded back bumper can I have it.:D
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It has colour coded inserts in the bumpers, and very nice they are too.
It looks like you have to remove the rear seats to get the carpets out, is that correct @tomcat59alan ?
Sadly, I don't have a garage or a greenhouse, so I am a bit stuffed for places to hang the damned thing.
 
DanClarke said:
It has colour coded inserts in the bumpers, and very nice they are too.
It looks like you have to remove the rear seats to get the carpets out, is that correct @tomcat59alan ?
Sadly, I don't have a garage or a greenhouse, so I am a bit stuffed for places to hang the damned thing.
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Yes to the seat removal,if it's not a full colour coded bumper then torch the fecker.:eek::D can you stand it in the bath or drape it over a shower cubicle? I suppose over a fence if the weather permits.;)
 
If it’s any consolation, I have to wrap a towel around the spare wheel in the boot of my L322 to stop the water slopping around. One day I will get the bumper off to re-seal the mounting plates. Then wait for another water run to open up.
Tricky :mad:
 
Just too phucked-off with the fricking Lemon of a motor.
Drastic measures were needed and were taken.
I cut the stinking soggy wet carpet off just under the seats and where the damage done will only show minimally.
The wet slimy sponge rubber is currently being blow-dried by a fan as it stands up agains t the wall in my tiny workshop.
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DanClarke said:
Just too phucked-off with the fricking Lemon of a motor.
Drastic measures were needed and were taken.
I cut the stinking soggy wet carpet off just under the seats and where the damage done will only show minimally.
The wet slimy sponge rubber is currently being blow-dried by a fan as it stands up agains t the wall in my tiny workshop.
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Sometimes drastic action is required, it would probably have taken years to dry out if ever, good call.
Tricky.:)
 
I hung my old carpet over 3 piece and dried it with a big fan heater that was one of the 1st grounds for divorce but not to worry the enemy’s had plenty of other car related reasons since but they get over them it would have probably been easier to remove them back seats Dan
 
We went out in it today to take herself for a digital retinopathy appointment.
No water in evidence when we got in the car, but by the time we got home some "Magic" water had made its way into the two seat mount indents while the rest of the floorpan was dry. Maybe it has sloshed out from the two holes where the bolts are and then settled there.
No drip-marks or wet spots on the headlining.
Curious indeed. :(

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DanClarke said:
We went out in it today to take herself for a digital retinopathy appointment.
No water in evidence when we got in the car, but by the time we got home some "Magic" water had made its way into the two seat mount indents while the rest of the floorpan was dry. Maybe it has sloshed out from the two holes where the bolts are and then settled there.
No drip-marks or wet spots on the headlining.
Curious indeed. :(

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That’s why all the advice about using talcum power to track the water. It is very possible that it’s coming from the bolt locations under the folds of the metal plate. That’s exactly the terrain in the L322 boot that I found the water path. Perhaps someone knows how that section of body is layered up at the weld stage of build that could offer a path from above your waterline, to use a phrase.:confused:.
Tricky :)
 
marjon said:
Were the roads wet? if so then its possible its coming in through the bolts or the panel seams.
I would say its possible that it was water hiding around corners in the panels and after a drive it has moved around and come out.

J
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I think the driving around (in the rain and on wet roads) has possibly meant that some has got in through seams, but I am more inclined to think it has slopped from those 2 holes where the bolts and the bigger bolt head are.
If I look closely at the picture there is indeed a trace of water exiting from those top plates. At least with it all opened up I can have a proper look at it now. I may take a vacuum out there an hoover out those recessed wells and then dry them with a hot-air gun and put some talc down.
 
The rear carpet that I hacked out of the car seems to have dried quite well.
An oscillating desk fan stood behind an oil-filled radiator has done a good job of evaporating all the water. :)
I am going to leave it for a few days to see if more water appears in that rear area. If the talc stays dry and no "tracking" appears in it then I will consider it "fixed" and then put the carpet back in.
I wonder how long it had been steadily leaking into the upholstery. That connection in drivers side C pillar where it goes from clear pipe to the rubber boot was clearly defective.
 
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