dump/wet under back seats and boot floor?

1. liam-o Established Member Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 1346

   #1 24th March 2010, 16:01

   as the title says (should say DAMP not dump)
   
   i noticed it was damp under my rear seats about 2 months ago, and have just today noticed its wet under my boot carpet
   
   so where can this water be getting in from? my cars parks facing down a steep hill, so it cant be coming through the aerial?
   
   any ideas/suggestions?
2. holdawayt Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2010 Stourbridge Posts: 7338 Nissan 200sx S14a

   #2 24th March 2010, 16:29

   hahaha title says dump
   
   
   anyway try the tailgate seal most likely coming through there. sort it now buddy the boot rots like a bitch.
   
   tom
3. liam-o Established Member Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 1346

   #3 24th March 2010, 16:38

   lmao, i just noticed that iFail
   
   the tailgate seal looks fine, no cracks, not gone hard?
4. user_33380 Frequent Poster Joined: Apr 2009 Chesterfield Posts: 666 Saxo VTR MkII 2000(W) Posi Blue, VTR MK1 1998(R) P

   #4 24th March 2010, 18:11

   Could be the boot seal, quarter window seals or as with my dads car it was the sunroof seal. The water was coming in from the seal and running along the inside of the headliner where you can't see it then running down at the corner where the liner meets the boot. He had a soaked boot floor puddles under the rear bench and a wet carpet behind the dirvers seat. A new sunroof seal sorted it(one from the scrappy's). Hope this helps.
5. Davidd Newbie Joined: Mar 2010 Bradford Posts: 7

   #5 24th March 2010, 21:23

   Sunroof?
6. K17NEY Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2005 Porthcawl Posts: 5726 FQ Volvo V70R Peugeot Partner

   #6 24th March 2010, 21:27

   Take your boot carpet out and ill put money on one of the gromets in the floor being missing.Seen it 100s of times on saxos..
7. liam-o Established Member Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 1346

   #7 24th March 2010, 22:06

   Cant be any seals at the front... As the cars facing downhill water getting in the would go to front and not the back... , anything else i could check?
8. russelldav Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 223

   #8 25th March 2010, 09:50

   Get a hose or watering can out, sit in the car adn ask someone to pour it methodically around the seals - look for water ingress.
9. liam-o Established Member Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 1346

   #9 25th March 2010, 23:40

   i thought about that but thought it wouldnt work as the water would run behind the interior trims etc so would mean stripping out the rear interior? if it gets really bad its something i may have to do though
10. russelldav Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 223

    #10 26th March 2010, 08:35

    you can take out the c pillar trims in about 10secs - might be worth investigating. I currently have all of my interior stripped out trying to fix a leak from the sunroof and and the windscreen :o(
11. user_33380 Frequent Poster Joined: Apr 2009 Chesterfield Posts: 666 Saxo VTR MkII 2000(W) Posi Blue, VTR MK1 1998(R) P

    #11 26th March 2010, 09:37

    A tip a chap gave to me mate for checking the seals was to mix a bottle of soapy water up(washing up battle is good). Then slowly go around the car pouring a bit onto the seals at a time. If there is a leak or gap in the seal anywhere you will see the bubbles literally get sucked in. This will tell you if it's any of the seals. I spent 4 weeks trying to find my leak for water behind my driverseat and you wouldn't believe where it was found. There a thread about it. My Sax has been bone dry since though. Good luck mate I know how much it can mess with your head let alone the smell as it stagnates.
12. liam-o Established Member Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 1346

    #12 26th March 2010, 22:20

    thanks for the replys guys, you all know what ill be doing on sunday
13. jinx Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2008 Staffordshire Posts: 745 Saxo - Furio 1.4

    #13 26th March 2010, 22:28

    check the rear side windows are shut properly