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Title: wet carpet bottom drivers door
Post by: chelskifl on 07 January 2010, 11:59:03

hi can anyone help...??
problem drivers door on 3.0 elite estate 1997, i have a wet carpet on bottom of drivers door
but can not seem to see were its getting wet from i have checked the rubbers round the door which seem to be intact.
no splits ect , i have checked the round rubber drianhole drivers side under bonnet thats not blocked, its got me stumped?
and when i say the carpet at the bottom of the door is wet ,, i mean sopping wet,
is there a way of testing door seals ect, or is there a fix
i cant be the only one with this problem??
cheers
 :-/oh by the way only after it has been raining,even if the car is parked and not been drivern
plaese advise anyone thanks :-X

Title: Re: wet carpet bottom drivers door
Post by: rustym95 on 07 January 2010, 12:01:19

A/C leaking mabe? or sunroof.

Title: Re: wet carpet bottom drivers door
Post by: mathewst on 07 January 2010, 15:40:29

Highly unlikely but get under a car and check that it hasn't rusted from the underside

Title: Re: wet carpet bottom drivers door
Post by: tunnie on 07 January 2010, 15:46:12

check for any holes underneath, there are 2 bolts in each footwell which i assume are for clips for the matts. Rear passenger on mine was missing somehow, not sure what happended to it. Caused dirty great big hole, and letting in water. which soaked into the carpet

Title: Re: wet carpet bottom drivers door
Post by: Bionic on 07 January 2010, 16:28:27

Were I you I would check the Sunroof drainage. Had this problem on an old Grannie and that was what it turned out to be.

Title: Re: wet carpet bottom drivers door
Post by: tigers_gonads on 07 January 2010, 17:40:27

as above and also check that the windscreen scuttle drains are clear of cr*p ( both sides ) :y
a bit of twin & earth cable is good for it  :y

Title: Re: wet carpet bottom drivers door
Post by: geuymartz on 07 January 2010, 20:02:54

check the window seal it could be coming in and going behind the door panel just a idea

Title: Re: wet carpet bottom drivers door
Post by: Paul D on 07 January 2010, 20:26:45

I had the same problem, water on passenger floor carpet, found that the scuttle drain blocked on that side coming through pollen filter to floor, also check windscreen bottom seal.

Title: Re: wet carpet bottom drivers door
Post by: Agemo on 07 January 2010, 20:45:05

I am sure the sunroof drains go down the A post, not sure where they exit the car, but easy to check.

Title: Re: wet carpet bottom drivers door
Post by: mantahatch on 07 January 2010, 21:33:19

I am a little confused, do you mean the carpet in the foot well, or the carpet actually on the door panel itself ?

Others have answered if it is in the footwell, but if it is the door panel carpet, then I would take the panel off and check the membrane behind it. If it has holes/tears or even not there that would be a good place to start.

If membrane is ok I would check the mounting of the door mirror as this above the level of the membrane and if leaking would allow water down the back of the door panel.

HTH

Title: Re: wet carpet bottom drivers door
Post by: Proz on 07 January 2010, 21:35:44

I was wondering the same .... the way i read it it was the carpet stuff on the bottom of the door .... not the floor carpet  :-/

Title: Re: wet carpet bottom drivers door
Post by: rustym95 on 08 January 2010, 08:37:56

think he main the door card, it could be the liner in the door, if its blocked on the drain holes.

Title: Re: wet carpet bottom drivers door
Post by: unlucky mark mv6 on 08 January 2010, 14:42:40

Sit in the car and get someone to soak it with the hose pipe(if you can thaw it out). ;D ;)

Title: Re: wet carpet bottom drivers door
Post by: ricardo1500 on 10 January 2010, 11:58:50

Had that problem on an old carlton...nedded the menbrane behing the door card resealing as it leaked through where it met the speaker....sem to rmember I used window silicone.

Title: Re: wet carpet bottom drivers door
Post by: nordic on 10 January 2010, 19:58:27

I have the same problem with my 2001 3.0.

Today after clearing the heavy snow I found the floor mat in the drivers footwell soaking.

The plastic trim near to the accelerator pedal  towards the wing appears to have water coming from behind it.

It's not the scuttle as I have just taken that off and cleared behind it.

Where are the sunroof drainage channels and how do you unblock them?

Thanks,

Andy