Damp footwells...help!

[mexicansteve]

So I have to drive the capri all year round as I cant run two cars, however, the inclement weather has left me with two very damp footwells.

I can't see any obvious running water or water marks so I thought I'd see if you good folk would have an idea of the usual places that would cause this.

I cant just take it to a shop as I cant really afford that at the moment.

[Vista]

Front or rear foot wells?

[mk2 ben]

Have you checked under the fuse box that's where my capri leaked in

[classicwhitey]

normally bottom corners of windscreen leak, at least mine does - it can run behind the plastic kick panels in the footwell so you may not notice it coming in untill you have the wet floor

[alltheoldohyeah]

If you can get hold of a smoke machine (you can rent one cheep) and put it on in the car with all the doors and windows shut. Watch to see where the smoke comes out from, that's where the water gets in.

[mattycoops43]

Does it have a sunroof? 

 

My granny has the same issue and I am in the process of tracking it down. another common cause is if the plastic sheet behind the door cards is damaged, rain water can run down the window glass into the door, onto the back of the door card and that takes it to the inside of the door seal at the bottom. 

 

Sunroofs have pipes that run from the sunroof opening  down through the car and out the bottom, as a sunroof is not designed to be waterproof. The water runs into the opening and down these pipes. The pipes rot and then leak into the car normally in the roof itself or in the pillars. The guy who restored my granny years ago replaced them all with rubber hose so I know that's not my cause. 

 

It does tend to be a small leak, so you can run a hosepipe over trouble areas to see if it starts to drip inside, or if the water in the floor gets worse. Can show up an obvious leak. The lot is wet anyway, so I don't see what more harm it will do and if it tells you where it is, you can get it stopped quicker! 

 

I am guessing the fusebox is where my granny could be leaking? I will check that.

[mexicansteve]

Front or rear foot wells?

 

Front.

[mexicansteve]

If you can get hold of a smoke machine (you can rent one cheep) and put it on in the car with all the doors and windows shut. Watch to see where the smoke comes out from, that's where the water gets in.

 

Ha ha. Makes sense

[mexicansteve]

Does it have a sunroof? 

 

My granny has the same issue and I am in the process of tracking it down. another common cause is if the plastic sheet behind the door cards is damaged, rain water can run down the window glass into the door, onto the back of the door card and that takes it to the inside of the door seal at the bottom. 

 

 

No sunroof. But I can look into the door card plastic.

[Vista]

Check the door card plastic as above but also get under the dash while someone hoses it down, it could be coming around the heater bowl or any of the joints between the bulkhead and adjoining panels.

[turnover]

To be honest it will probably be in foot wells in corners where all the crap and mud settle at the bottom of the A post/floor

[mexicansteve]

I don't think its from the footwells as it fills up when stationary.

[stuartp]

think I have had this problem in every OSF I have owned!