Water Ingress in O/S/F door
I would welcome suggestions from members, to aid another member with his problem of water ingress at his O/S/F door. (On a 463 model).
I have covered the usual areas of water ingress, from windscreens, wiper spindles, heater matrix box, door sill rubber, wing bolts etc..; however this has not addressed our members' problem.
He has removed floor carpetting to check on water ingress, which seems to collect at the A - pillar area sipping along the kick plate. The problem also occurs when the bottom half of the door panel is fitted, he reports water slossching in the door but maintains the water drains are fine?
The sunroof drains are fine. I have no access to any pictures to address this problem on my own and I am inviting your collective input in this matter.
Open to your suggestions, and you will hear the results of this.
Thanking you in adance.
Regards,
air conditioning, air intake, sunroof seals....
is he sure it is water and not fluid (wiper etc) of some sort?
leaking window?
Hi does the header tank level require top up at short intervals? could be from the hot/cold valve under the dash..is the drain blocked in the heater air intake base allowing water to collect and run into the car round the heater matrix? a serious look at the windscreen seal at the lower corners and contamnation under the seal wll let water in....water trapped in the bottom of the door would indicate blocked door drains..too much waxoil will do that...wiper spindle seals (which are a bit inferior anyway)between the body and the large nut that holds the spindle assembly in place could be sitting on a rusting surround..tigerseal between the sealing ring and the body may work if the hole has not been enlarged/elongated by a siezed spindle causing the whole assembly to rotate instead of just the spindle shaft....
who is the owner rakesh?
it might be a G someone here knows and could there fore trigger someones memory.
blood nuisance these water ingresses :?
hope its fixed soon :!:
Water could be entering from door mirror and also through wiring tube from a-pillar to door.
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Thank you, to all contributors, all points mentioned by you guys so far have been covered; I can only re-iterate these to our member.
Looks like this needs some personal attention rather than remote diagnoses.
Regards,