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ClassikFan

Active Member

• Oct 23, 2013

• #1

Can't see water coming down the A pillars but i have a small puddle collecting on the rubber mat in the passenger footwell. Seems like water is dripping straight down onto the mat but I cannot see from where. Carpet seems dry, roof lining same. Any ideas please?

 

discodrivercumbria

Well-Known Member

• Oct 23, 2013

• #2

sunroof, load bars or have you sealed them?
mine had a wet carpet but no sunroof, put new rubber door seal on all been ok since!

 

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ClassikFan

Active Member

• Oct 23, 2013

• #3

Sun roof has been sealed and the roof bars were upgraded to the G4 ones fairly recently. Can't rule either of those out however.

Is there an aircon issue that can cause this sort of puddling?

 

discodrivercumbria

Well-Known Member

• Oct 23, 2013

• #4

ClassikFan said:

Sun roof has been sealed and the roof bars were upgraded to the G4 ones fairly recently. Can't rule either of those out however.

Is there an aircon issue that can cause this sort of puddling?

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yes! the drain tubes either side of gearbox, you have to get underneath and look hard to find em

 

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AndyPoole

Active Member

• Oct 24, 2013

• #5

Check the Bulkhead where the cables go throgh in the large grommet by the ABS unit
Mine had rusted through

 

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somersetsparks

Active Member

• Oct 24, 2013

• #6

I traced this on a friends car to leaking windscreen before, although it was on the drivers side.

 

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NeilT

Active Member

• Oct 24, 2013

• #7

As already said check your air con drains. If they are blocked the water backs up until it leaks inside the car. If you lie under the car and look up to just in front of where the gearstick would be then they are 2 short tubes one each side of the bulkhead.

Give them a squeeze and see what comes out but be warned if they are blocked you will get water running down your arm.

A useful check in the summer is that there are 2 puddles under the car when it has been parked after being driven with the air con on cold.

 

Lisbeth

Well-Known Member

• Oct 24, 2013

• #8

My defender was pouring in mainly at drivers side just put new rubber round windscreen I used a genuine land rover one. It's rained hard since and so far no water is getting in.

 

discool

Well-Known Member

• Oct 24, 2013

• #9

Lisbeth said:

My defender was pouring in mainly at drivers side just put new rubber round windscreen I used a genuine land rover one. It's rained hard since and so far no water is getting in.

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But then the 300 D1 and D2s screams are bonded.

 

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ClassikFan

Active Member

• Oct 24, 2013

• #10

Thanks for all the replies, plenty of food for thought.

 

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mikes lr

New Member

• Oct 25, 2013

• #11

if its in the midle of the floor mat it might be coming in at the heater blower fan
the fix is to remove scuttle panel at the bottm of windscreen then what i done was to remove rubber seal good clean up refit seal and taped up the back of the seal so it sits right in position when refited i also used a bit of flashband over the blower inlet to redirect any water to either side of the inlet

 

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ClassikFan

Active Member

• Nov 4, 2013

• #12

mikes lr said:

if its in the midle of the floor mat it might be coming in at the heater blower fan
the fix is to remove scuttle panel at the bottm of windscreen then what i done was to remove rubber seal good clean up refit seal and taped up the back of the seal so it sits right in position when refited i also used a bit of flashband over the blower inlet to redirect any water to either side of the inlet

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Thanks Mike, that sounds just right. So am I right in thinking all the work you mention above is done on the outside?

Stu

 

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ClassikFan

Active Member

• Nov 6, 2013

• #13

Strange thing is after heavy rain there is no puddle. The sometimes when I go for a drive I get a wet mat??