Wet Windows

[dubber36]

Ut-oh... if the soundproofing is wet you could do with getting the carpets up and checking all four footwell sections. The soundproofing goes a long way up the firewall too - you really need to check it all and make sure everything is fully dry before you start replacing and just hope that your floorpans haven't started rotting.

I've found a good clue about whether you have water in the footwells is if you have rubber floor mats - if you look under these they should be bone dry, and if they're damp/wet underneath, you probably have water under your carpets.

And that would cause my windows to be soaking wet right?

Yep. Moisture in the car is condensating on the cold windows.

[Haribo!]

ok so lets say thats the problem, how do I fix it?

[tony_ack]

ok so lets say thats the problem, how do I fix it?

Check out Chuff's link on the previous page - there's a really good guide on the matey matey site. The first thing you need to do is find the leak(s). Didn't you fit some electric windows recently? If so, the door membrames would be a good place to start...

[Haribo!]

yeh is that the plastic covering behind the cards?

Ive got those but theyre like, held on with black tape :p

[X4MGS]

ok so lets say thats the problem, how do I fix it?

Take it all out and dry it!!

Then you MUST find the leak... Could be sunroof, window membrains, heater blower, bulk head, tailgate, tailgate lights etc etc etc.....

[Haribo!]

heh, just found a puddle under my passenger seat, i guess its that then.

[dubber36]

On one of the Top Gear specials, they shot a hole through the floor. That soon drained the water out. 

Seriously though, you need to find where it is coming in. On the passenger side it could be door seals, door membrane, sunroof drain pip come adrift, rust around the base of the windscreen causing the seal not to, err seal or though the bulkhead. Check to see if the scuttle drains are clear and water is not collecting by the wiper motor for the last one.

[Haribo!]

From what ive heard so far it sounds like my passenger side rear door seal.

I also know that my roof leaks from above the drivers seat so I try and clean the drainage thingy up there out.

So I guess im gonna have to take the carpet up?  does it leak from under it or is it just so I can dry it out?

[X4MGS]

On one of the Top Gear specials, they shot a hole through the floor. That soon drained the water out. 

Seriously though, you need to find where it is coming in. On the passenger side it could be door seals, door membrane, sunroof drain pip come adrift, rust around the base of the windscreen causing the seal not to, err seal or though the bulkhead. Check to see if the scuttle drains are clear and water is not collecting by the wiper motor for the last one.

It could also be coming in from the blower motor if the plastic cover in the skuttle has come loose or is broken or missing!! bulkhead covers could be another if one has come adrift!!

[X4MGS]

From what ive heard so far it sounds like my passenger side rear door seal.

I also know that my roof leaks from above the drivers seat so I try and clean the drainage thingy up there out.

So I guess im gonna have to take the carpet up?  does it leak from under it or is it just so I can dry it out?

Have you done your heater matrix - Recently??