Water inside the car...

[RickyP]

Woke up this morning, went out to get in the car and my mat had a puddle of water, what the f**k Also the passenger side had all water under the mat etc. Also my sunroof and both the drivers and passenger side pillar has water around there.
What can I do?

Thanks!

 

[phantomx0_1]

MY old 172 had this problem and it was a build up of crap like leaves under the black panels under the windscreen it was blocking the drainage holes. Have a look? The water will have evaporated once in the car and thats why its around the pillars and sunroof as that happened on mine as well! (not sun roof though as the 172 didnt have one lol!!)

May not be this but its worth a look!!!

 

[Jonff]

My old 172 Cup had a similar problem, nothing like the amount of water your's is letting in, I just put down to the seals around the doors failing.

 

[phantomx0_1]

Trust me mine was flooded!!

 

[RickyP]

Yeah I couldn't believe how wet it was in there! I'll check all those vents etc!

 

[dan9]

Do I win? Definately rain water. Door seals all look very good. Have removed scuttle panels (removing the passenger wiper arm was hard work, even with a puller tool). Both side drains (into the wheel arch) were fine, but there was a collection of water in the middle. I used a bamboo cane to poke around in there - very tricky to get past the wiper mechanism. Managed to poke through to the engine bay below - but if there was any kind of rubber hose/plug in there then I probably poked that out too!

Will see if the swimming pool gets any better!

 

[MATT BLACK]

Best thing to do with a leak is suck the already remaining water out of the floor well - strap a hose pipe to a pair of step ladders and aim the jet in the area you think its coming in through - then sit in the car with torch and a jiz mag and wait for the water to make an appearance.

Check door aperture seals
door membrane ( under interior panel )
sunroof seal ( sunroof model only )
aerial seal
heater matrix ( is it leaking water ? )
bulk head blockages