Is it a good thing when..., Water comes out of the seams inside the car? Options

[A&PGirl]

It rained very hard and almost continuously yesterday so I went out today to check the car. It had water where I usually see water and then where I have never seen it before. So, I vacuumed out the psgr's side then the driver's side. I noticed that the pedal cluster area was full of water despite the car sitting flat on the ground.

I cleared that out then worked on the water around the cross member. I cleaned it up on the front side and then turned to work on the rear. When I look back it is full of water again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) I look forward into the pedal cluster area, it is full. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) So, I sucked the water up in the pedal cluster area and crawled over to the other side.



The water was right up against the center tunnel and across the front firewall. (Rust shows you). I cleaned it all out and water didn't appear again. I went back to the driver's cross member. This time I watched what happened after I sucked the water up. 30-50 seconds later, water came out of the cross member seam and long-to-floor seam and filled that area again.



I checked again same thing happened. What is going on?

The water came out of the cross members on both sides, the center tunnel and the driver's long-to-floor-cross member seam. There are no obvious holes or cracks, but there is surface rust where the water has come out.

I don't have a clue what is going on. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[Jeff Hail]

If you are getting water anywhere near the front wheelhouse's or front of the center tunnel and have not been driving the car leak is coming from up top.

The most likely places are the air distribution system plenum seals are leaking via water entering the cowl vent or Drain tubes probably plugged up. Next is you have a hood weatherstrip leak and it is wicking down the flexible air hoses. Next is the really bad news..... the lower cowl bulkhead to apron/wheelhouse connection (inner fender under the cowl has rust and is leaking past the seam sealer. More bad news is the windshield frame has rust under the glass and is leaking. Another place to look...the switches in the door jambs have rotted boots and can leak wicking water on the wiring. Do you have speakers in the doors? Check the wires where they pass through the door jamb and pillar. Easy leaks to fix are the targa tops seals at the door glass connection.

Water always runs down and horizontal on metal.

Get in there and have someone blast with a hose. You will find it


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