Water on the inside!

Buzzch46 · 12-24-2007, 12:50 PM

I have a 94 GT Vert with a unique problem. I keep getting a puddle in the back driver's side pan every time it rains. I cannot find any dribble trails, or obvious ways of water intrusion (no tears in roof, can't find an obvious hole in the weatherstripping, etc...). I just replaced the weatherstripping piece on top of the post (which had a hole in it - and I thought was the problem). Next rainshower - problem not solved! It only goes into the floor pan behind the driver's seat, nowhere else. Any ideas?

HokieStang00 · 12-24-2007, 01:04 PM

Around the windows would be a safe bet.. as exciting as it is.. you might have to wait for the rain and then look around the car inside as it is raining.

Buzzch46 · 12-24-2007, 02:34 PM

Like watchin' grass grow? LOL Thanks. Fortunately, I may have to wait a while. It looks like a rain free Christmas.

By the way - Hokies (VT right?): Michigan??

Buzzch46 · 12-26-2007, 08:39 PM

Okay, now I'm completely baffled!! It rained last night and today. New puddle. Sat in the car and looked for a drip. Couldn't find one at all. No wet "trails" down the interior or anything! And it's only the driver's side rear pan. I'm stumped.

DaGonz · 01-01-2008, 09:42 PM

Get in the car.
Have someone spray water from a garden hose on the roof area above the rear pan to pinpoint the area of the leak.

Codiddy · 01-01-2008, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaGonz

Get in the car.
Have someone spray water from a garden hose on the roof area above the rear pan to pinpoint the area of the leak.

are you on autopia also? i swear i've seen your S/N before.

Buzzch46 · 01-04-2008, 12:23 AM

Gonz - Well I sort of did just that. I washed it last weekend (after sucking all the water out with shopvac). Lots more water came in. No water trails anywhere!! I started taking trim pieces off, seats out, etc... BINGO!! Under the outside trim on the driver side, where the vert top forms a "channel," there was a 3" tear. The water was coming in through there, running down the inside into the tray under the left rear seat, and then seeping into the floor pan. Got a vinyl repair kit and did what I could. Right now waiting on more precip to see. (At 20 degrees outside, I ain't running water on it on purpose right now - lol!)

CoDiddy - Nope, not on autopia.

DaGonz · 01-05-2008, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Codiddy

are you on autopia also? i swear i've seen your S/N before.

I am on a number of firefighter and car website forums as "DaGonz".

12-24-2007, 12:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
Buzzch46 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Jacksonville, NC Posts: 68	Water on the inside! I have a 94 GT Vert with a unique problem. I keep getting a puddle in the back driver's side pan every time it rains. I cannot find any dribble trails, or obvious ways of water intrusion (no tears in roof, can't find an obvious hole in the weatherstripping, etc...). I just replaced the weatherstripping piece on top of the post (which had a hole in it - and I thought was the problem). Next rainshower - problem not solved! It only goes into the floor pan behind the driver's seat, nowhere else. Any ideas?

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12-24-2007, 01:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
HokieStang00 Blackity Black Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 654	Around the windows would be a safe bet.. as exciting as it is.. you might have to wait for the rain and then look around the car inside as it is raining.

12-24-2007, 02:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
Buzzch46 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Jacksonville, NC Posts: 68	Like watchin' grass grow? LOL Thanks. Fortunately, I may have to wait a while. It looks like a rain free Christmas. By the way - Hokies (VT right?): Michigan??

12-26-2007, 08:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
Buzzch46 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Jacksonville, NC Posts: 68	Okay, now I'm completely baffled!! It rained last night and today. New puddle. Sat in the car and looked for a drip. Couldn't find one at all. No wet "trails" down the interior or anything! And it's only the driver's side rear pan. I'm stumped.

01-01-2008, 09:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
DaGonz Mustangboards Fire/Rescue Join Date: May 2007 Location: Marlborough, MA Posts: 71	Get in the car. Have someone spray water from a garden hose on the roof area above the rear pan to pinpoint the area of the leak.

01-04-2008, 12:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
Buzzch46 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Jacksonville, NC Posts: 68	Gonz - Well I sort of did just that. I washed it last weekend (after sucking all the water out with shopvac). Lots more water came in. No water trails anywhere!! I started taking trim pieces off, seats out, etc... BINGO!! Under the outside trim on the driver side, where the vert top forms a "channel," there was a 3" tear. The water was coming in through there, running down the inside into the tray under the left rear seat, and then seeping into the floor pan. Got a vinyl repair kit and did what I could. Right now waiting on more precip to see. (At 20 degrees outside, I ain't running water on it on purpose right now - lol!) CoDiddy - Nope, not on autopia.