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Barrett90

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I have a 1988 90 csw, I know Landys are supposed to let some water in, but is it normal to come out in the morning and find that, after some overnight rain, both front footwells are completely flooded?
The water seems to be coming in from abocve the head lining but there are no obvious places of ingress either on the roof or on either channel.
Has anyone had similar problems and can give me a start point to look for the leak?
 
Mine used to do the same. I found that it was coming in from the door seal, in the corner between the roof and the windscreen pillar.

I poked some small holes into various points of the seal, and then pump silicon sealant into the inside (rather akin to a bottox operation). This puffs the seal out more, and once dried is still flexible.

The seal is now completely waterproof.

HTH.
 
Hi,

I don't know if it helps, but the current Defenders have a small right angle end to the roof gutter which diverts the water flow onto the windscreen, instead of running over the top corner of the door and door seal.
If you can fit one it would make a big difference to the amount of water the seal has to deal with.
HTH

Steve W
 
i have this problem even on a 2002 Td5 defender 90!! but not to the extend of flooding. hee hee. I'm one whom will defy the 'all land rover leak' statement and seek to plug every possible leak.

ok,
1. the cornner just where the gutter meets the windscreen. aka just under the edge of the front most of the roof.
2. the cowl vents, check there. place a piece of paper there just before it rains, close the vent and check if it gets wet. a lot of water gets in from there if your seals are not fitted properly. initially thought it was leaking from somewhere else.
3. the joint where the a-frame meets the bulkhead. there's a rubber strip there. sometimes it's not seated properly or worn. 30 buck sg for that rubber strip. also the bolts which hold the two pieces, bulk head and a frame, is another place where water comes in.

Happy swimming.
 
There was 2 top bosses in a pub,1 from landrover and 1 from toyota they argue over which car is best at not letting water in,so after a short while they agree to leave a cat in each car out in pouring rain all night,in the morning the bosses return to check there cars and cats,the cat in the toyota has died due to lack of air,oh my god says landrover boss,they go and check the landrover but dont worry folks he escaped through the gaps.
 
achuakh said:
the A post / frame is actually the frame that holds the windshield.
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Ah yes, what in my younger Landie days was called the Bulkhead and which had a wonderful habit of getting severe attacks of rust in it!
Pat
 
tigapiglet said:
There was 2 top bosses in a pub,1 from landrover and 1 from toyota they argue over which car is best at not letting water in,so after a short while they agree to leave a cat in each car out in pouring rain all night,in the morning the bosses return to check there cars and cats,the cat in the toyota has died due to lack of air,oh my god says landrover boss,they go and check the landrover but dont worry folks he escaped through the gaps.
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fantastic! nice one! im so glad the landy one too :) my landy leaks... but she does not flood! it just drips down off the gutter, not a big problem, bit of water wont hurt!
 
For those of you how do care about the puddles in the footwells, I have tested my botox solution (see earlier post) a bit more now. At the weekend I put the pressure washer against all of the door seals, from about 6 inches away. I used to try to avoid these areas for obvious reasons, but I wanted to test the puffed up seals.
There were no puddles when I opened the door, and I could not find any ingress of water.

Seems to have worked a treat, and only cost me £5 for the silicon.
 
Pardon me if i got it wrong, the bulkhead is refered to as just the lower section, up to where the A frame for the windshield meets. it comprises of the footwells.

the entire framing for the wind shield is detatchable from the bulk head. if you look carefully just around the bottom corners of the windshield, there are some bolts and a 'strip' of metal while helps to hold the 2 parts together.
 
Might not be any help but try sitting in the landy when its raining, then follow the drips back to where its coming in....then fill it with mastic!
 
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