[salih]

my dam stupid drivers side floor is always wet !

i always thought it was my soft top leaking
but now i got a hard to canopy still wet !
i thought maybe a leak in the canopy but no leaks.....

im thinking maybe its those vents in front of the wind screen but not shure

if it is then how can i stop it maybe cover the vents with some thing ?
or is there no help and i shode just burn the sierra lol ?

[Fatzook]

The vents rarely leak for any other reason that being blocked. Pull the rubber drain tubes off and clean them out. They will be full of years and years worth of leaf and dirt buildup.

[Damo]

salih wrote:

my dam stupid drivers side floor is always wet !

i always thought it was my soft top leaking
but now i got a hard to canopy still wet !
i thought maybe a leak in the canopy but no leaks.....

im thinking maybe its those vents in front of the wind screen but not shure

if it is then how can i stop it maybe cover the vents with some thing ?
or is there no help and i shode just burn the sierra lol ?

It comes through the fresh air vent on the scuttle like you said.

The water that collects in there should drain through 2 rubber hoses through the firewall in the engine compartment. These hoses attach to the heater box under the dash, and may have become dislodged.

[laurie]

both my rubber drain tubes were fine and flowed water .
i still got a wet foot. now i don't.

[salih]

laurie wrote:

both my rubber drain tubes were fine and flowed water .
i still got a wet foot. now i don't.

hmm looks like a good idea
what did you use to cover it and did you just potprivit it on or screw it on ?

thank to the other aswell but your way sounds like 2 much work lol
so i might go the laurie way

[laurie]

a sheet of aluminium that may have come from a traffic sign
some roof and gutter silastic a bunch of screws and a splash of paint.

[salih]

cool thanks for the info laurie might have to find some "fallen signs" around my area

[S13RR4]

did you suffer and change in your fans ability to blow?

[S13RR4]

http://www.auszookers.com/index.php?nam ... 431#337431

[laurie]

i'm not suffering yet. i just leave it on recycle.not fresh
fan still appears to work the same.
a side effect is now i have no slight cold breeze out of my dash vents 24/7

[S13RR4]

heating still work ok?

[laurie]

S13RR4 wrote:

heating still work ok?

yes it just uses recycled air not fresh

[S13RR4]

laurie wrote:

S13RR4 wrote:

heating still work ok?

yes it just uses recycled air not fresh

don't you run out of oxygen!!!!

I am going to do this but didn't want to loose my fan

[steak_knife]

S13RR4 wrote:

laurie wrote:

S13RR4 wrote:

heating still work ok?

yes it just uses recycled air not fresh

don't you run out of oxygen!!!!

I am going to do this but didn't want to loose my fan

I'm yet to see a air tight sierra...

With a/c you should swap to fresh or wind down a window every once & a while, but a sierra is far from a perfect seal....

[S13RR4]

hahaha, its a soft top and I dont even have bungs in my foot wells, its about as air tight as a fly screen hahaha

[TryHard]

S13RR4 wrote:

hahaha, its a soft top and I dont even have bungs in my foot wells, its about as air tight as a fly screen hahaha

LMAO sounds like mine and they want me to fix my demister to get over the pits ... lmao

[cairns27]

We have a few problems with leaking cars up here.

Get a hose on low and a brick,and direct the flow starting from the bonnet up.

With a torch from the inside, check the hinges[bonnet and screen], and the wipers, and the water squirtee thing.

Mine have found a way of leaking from all these places.

bye

[steak_knife]

cairns27 wrote:

We have a few problems with leaking cars up here.

Get a hose on low and a brick,and direct the flow starting from the bonnet up.

With a torch from the inside, check the hinges[bonnet and screen], and the wipers, and the water squirtee thing.

Mine have found a way of leaking from all these places.

bye

Yep, they do that.... How have you been fixing them??

[cairns27]

Well it hasn't worked, but I got that silicon that ya can put on wet surfaces,and applied it witha match from the out side.

Plan 1024 is to leave the cars under cover, and working fine so far.

I've just pulled the floor plugs out, and flung the matts in the back.

BOM reckon it'll stop raining soon, so that will solve the problem for a couple of months, and who plans that far ahead.

bye
.

[BlueSuzy]

x2 on the plate over the vents.

Also siliconed front window seal.

Hi

[cairns27]

I've had tape over the vent for a couple of months, it didn't seem to make any difference.

bye

[boostedbrick]

Mine turned into a bath the first time i ever drove it... Good fun.. All i did was replace the windscreen seal with some crap from clark rubber, (25x10 high density foam) and two tubes of silicon.. Plus flushed the drains out with the hose and silicond them back on. now the only leak i get is tiny and from the top of the windscreen seal.. Drips down from around the mirror.

[Teracis]

boostedbrick wrote:

Mine turned into a bath the first time i ever drove it... Good fun.. All i did was replace the windscreen seal with some crap from clark rubber, (25x10 high density foam) and two tubes of silicon.. Plus flushed the drains out with the hose and silicond them back on. now the only leak i get is tiny and from the top of the windscreen seal.. Drips down from around the mirror.

If you mean the seal under the screen for when it folds up/down then I did this too, minus the silicon. Just got the softer black foam and it worked aces!

I did have HEAPS of water on the floor the other night though, although I think that was because I was driving with the windows down, it drips straight down from the top front corner of the drivers window and hits the floor without me noticing (it was dark) and I was like wtf where did all this water come from? But since I wasn't getting a drip on the foot like I used to, I realised it was just from the window (I hope)

[skyman]

I know guys that use a magnetic door sign, and slap it over the outside vent behind the bonnet, works good, and is removable.

I had a mystery leak that used to come down and fill my passengers (your drivers side) floor. The things it got the ECM wet at the same time.

It turns out it was the upper part of the door seal. An old member to another forum pointed that one out to me.

If you get a mystery leak on the floor, and no idea how it gets own there check the upper seal on the door, right about where it takes the turn down to meet the windshield.