Novastrike 0 Posted December 13, 2009 Hi everyone. I have a very strange leak that I need help with!!. My car seems to accumulate water in the lower drivers side quarter panel. If you take the door card off you obviously have the metal bits where the doorcard is bolted too and seatbelts etc but behind that you have the metal panel which is outside of the car. The lower section below the trimline is absolutely soaked. I have only had the car a few months but there are two rust spots in that area so I am guessing its been like it for years. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what it might ? Thanks John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Novastrike 0 Posted December 14, 2009 Does anyone have any idea's? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon green 4 Posted December 14, 2009 does it leak when car is standing still ? Or when driving ? Have you put a hose over the window ? Is the seal watertight ? Are the arch liners in ? Inspect the arch, any small holes ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Novastrike 0 Posted December 15, 2009 Thanks Dragon Green, I have no idea whether the car is leaking when being driven or not. The leak is very difficult to see and i only noticed it because I dropped a screen down there. I will put a hose over the window and will inspect the Arch Liners this weekend. Thanks for the tips, this gives me somewhere to start :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Storm 0 Posted December 15, 2009 Is your passenger footwell wet too? I had the same thing and found that water was getting in through the door seal, draining into the passenger foot well and into one of the holes of the interior sill that sits at the edge of the door onto the carpet. The water would then drain to the back of the quarter panel. Once I installed new door seals it rectified the leak. I have also heard that if you have water getting into the boot it can collect around the spare wheel area and once it evaporates it can condense into the quarter panel. Like dragon green said, get someone to put a hose over the rear window and than the front window and watch to see if water starts pouring in after awhile. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shaung60 0 Posted December 15, 2009 Check the rear sunroof drain tube. It think the tube goes from the sunroof above the rear panel and down the C pillar. It might be blocked or leaking :shrug: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Novastrike 0 Posted December 15, 2009 I have checked the drain tube and it seems ok. There is no water leaking down the side or any moisture on the water marks on the plastics I just removed. I think its something lower down otherwise, It would be quite obvious would it not? Thanks John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
