wet carpet

[Ben]

Hi all, I discovered last week that the carpet under the passenger side front mat was pretty wet - did a bit of research and the 2 most likely causes seemed to be blocked drain holes in the battery compartment area and/or leaking A/C drain pipe inside the cabin.  I dried out the carpet and poked around the drain holes (with plastic straws in the dark!), and 2 of them did seem quite well gunked up.  Hoping that has fixed it, but has anyone else had similar issues and found any other alternative cause/remedies?  

Cheers 

[FLAT STICK]

Hi all.

I has the door liners leak on mine with the same result, so check the bottom of your door cards and check there not wet also.

Dean

[Mavrik]

Pretty common tbh... especially if the door cards have been removed i.e to replace a knackered window regulator!

 

As FLAT STICK suggests, check the bottom of the door card carpet... If it's wet you'll need to remove the door card & window mechanism access plate & reseal with something like "Tiger Seal" ... Worked on mine...

 

 

[Ben]

Cheers guys, I had a quick check of the door cards and they seem to be dry. 

I think the weather at the moment will test whether I've solved the problem! 

[Ben]

Well the recent weather really has tested the issue, and the wet carpet returned - so I re-checked the door cards as suggested by Dean and they were indeed soaking at the very bottom.  As mentioned by Mavrik I decided to take the door card and metal access panel off at the weekend and check the seal.  I used a combination of the following 2 guides to help me which made the process fairly straightforward:  

 

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=48&t=1569378

 

There was no obvious damage to the rubber seal but it was apparent by the broken clips that the door panel had been removed previously, so as suggested I re-sealed the metal access plate with a PU sealant - Puraflex 40 High Modulus PU sealant and adhesive to be exact, which I picked up from my local ToolStation for under a fiver:

https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p85566

Very sticky stuff - I made the mistake of not wearing gloves and I've still got the evidence on my hands 3 days later!  

But so far so good - no evidence of any further water ingress, and I have plenty of sealant left over if I need to do it again.

Hope this helps anyone else in the same situation and thanks to Dean and Mavrik for their advice.

 

 

[FLAT STICK]

Hi Ben,

Glad I could help, hope it was a cheaper option than mine having 2x new door liners fitting £££

Dean

Edited December 7, 2018 by FLAT STICK

[Ben]

On 07/12/2018 at 19:26, FLAT STICK said:

Hi Ben,

Glad I could help, hope it was a cheaper option than mine having 2x new door liners fitting £££

Dean

Yep less than a fiver and a coupe of hours of labour! Seems to have fixed it as we've had some rubbish weather over the last few days  but no new wet carpets. 👍

I was trying to work out how so much water could collect in the bottom of the door to cause this issue. I noticed that water only drains away when the door is opened so maybe if you don't open the passenger door so often it could lead to a build up of water? To the extent that it breaches the seal if left too long? Dunno!

 

[FLAT STICK]

No idea but mine were drenched, glad all sorted

Dean