It's been raining pretty much nonstop for the last 48 hours and I found a puddle about 2" deep on the floor of the passenger side of the car this morning. I keep my car outside. It's a '93 Buick Skylark. There was no puddle last night when I got home from work. I have had the car only 2 weeks now. I have never seen it do this before.
2006-12-01 03:40:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It's been raining pretty much nonstop for the last 48 hours and I found a puddle about 2" deep on the floor of the passenger side of the car this morning. I keep my car outside. It's a '93 Buick Skylark. There was no puddle last night when I got home from work. I have had the car only 2 weeks now. I have never seen it do this before. The water is apparently coming from the fron of the car.
2006-12-01 03:50:48 · update #1
The leak seems to be at the front of the car.
2006-12-01 03:51:26 · update #2
It's possible that you have a leak somewhere around your windshield seal (silicone is your friend), or that you inadvertently left a window cracked open. But my guess is that if you haven't noticed either of those, more likely It's possible that your fresh air intake chamber has been clogged up with leaves/debris. If those old Skylarks had a grill on their hood where fresh air comes into a plenum, and gets mixed with the air being circulated in the ventilation system, then there ought to be a small flexible drain tube coming off of the plenum. It should be right in front of the firewall, in the back of the engine compartment. On my old car, this sometimes got clogged up, and I'd have to reach into the engine compartment and find the end of the drain tube, and clear it out. Perhaps something similar is wrong with yours. With mine, I'd go out on a rainy morning, and find that mysterious puddle, checked to see if there was window seal leaking, or if I was an idiot and left a window open--nope. if I took a sharp right turn, I could manage to get the water that was trapped in the ventilation system to slosh over and drip into the driverside footwell as well. That's when I realized what to look for. No "technical expert" required. Cold water splashing over your kicks certainly wakes you up!! G'luck!
2006-12-01 03:50:56 · answer #1 · answered by Driveshaft 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I had that problem one time it was caused by a leak in the fresh air intake. The little grill on the hood between the hood and the windshield. Rainwater goes in and is supposed to drain out. The drain gets plugged, rainwater builds up and overflows into the car under the dash where you don't notice it coming in. Front passenger side carpet is probably wet also.
2016-05-23 07:50:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister had this problem (but she drove a cutlass supreme at the time). Her problem was a defect in the floor of the vehicle that the previous owner had covered up with new carpeting. It could be any multitude of things though. First thing, I'd take it to an AAMCO or Midas or somewhere else that does cheap diagnostics and make sure its actually water and not coolant or something.
2006-12-01 03:49:52 · answer #3 · answered by Takfam 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ugh. This happened to me too, a couple of years ago.
It could be leaking around the windshield, so check that as well. Often times, rust forms around the top of the windshiled (called the "pinch well", and you can put some silicone in there to stop it.
That's what I did, and it worked for awhile, but then sprung a leak somewhere else, and i had to take it to a shop, $700 (ouch).
2006-12-01 03:49:35 · answer #4 · answered by Jerry J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do not need to do any pin pointing, nor should you take it to a body shop and it's not necessarily a weather stripping. Best option is to take to the manufacturers service department where the techs are thoroughly trained in working on your make of vehicle. It could be a number of things, but you have to get it diagnosed by a tech. It's not a body shop concern. If it's a Buick, take to the nearest GM/chevy dealer.
2006-12-01 03:52:41 · answer #5 · answered by A 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
on your car's firewall normally on the pax side is where your aircon cooling coil and pipes from compressor(engine side) are located.
check the rubber grommet between the aircon pipes and the firewall if it's worn or missing. Bring it to a certified aircon shop for check up and possible grommet replacement/ and or sealant application
2006-12-01 04:04:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can go to a shop that does body repairs. The weather stripping has failed and needs to be replaced.
2006-12-01 03:46:16 · answer #7 · answered by Lab 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A window leak? I dunno, you need to pinpoint the source of the water first.
2006-12-01 03:47:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋