jimnms
Veteran Member
We've practically had non-stop rain for over a week. I was a little under the whether (no pun intended) so I haven't been anywhere since last Friday. My car is parked on a hill with the front facing downhill.
When I went out to the car yesterday morning, it was still kind of misting, but it rained all weekend and through last night. There was a puddle of water in the driver's side floor. The first thing I checked was the sunroof drain, but it wasn't clogged. It has stopped up in the past and when that happens water will drip from the vanity light, but it was clean.
I can't tell where or how the water got in. I checked the whole interior of the car, font, back and cargo area, and everything else is dry. I felt the carpet on the sides and up behind the pedals, it's all dry. The only place that is wet is the carpet in the floorboard. It had to have dripped in from somewhere up under the dash. I shined a flash light up there, but I didn't see or feel anything wet. I turned the AC fan on and set it to blow only through the floor vents, and there is no water coming in from there.
Our neighbors have pine trees which partially hang over my driveway. I am always having to clean out pine needles from between the hood of the car. I usually do this when I fill up and check my oil, but the last time I filled up, a car pulled up literally within an inch of my front bumper so I couldn't open the hood. I was already running late, so I didn't clean the crud out.
I popped the hood and there was lots of pine needles crammed in there. There is still some stuff down behind the little vent looking things that I can't get to. I don't see any way to get that out without removing that plastic piece that covers it, and the only way I can see to do that is to remove the windshield wipers. If I got a pressure washer and blasted down in there, is there a place for that crap to come out?
I cleaned out what I could, but I'm not so sure if that is the problem. Even if the pine needles were enough to block that, the water would have had to flow uphill to get into the cabin of the car, so I opened the back hatch and there was a good bit of crap in there too. I cleaned out out too, but I didn't see anywhere for the water to get in the car.
It's supposed to rain again tomorrow afternoon through tomorrow night, and it looks like it will be clear after that for a while. How can I be sure if that was the problem?
When I went out to the car yesterday morning, it was still kind of misting, but it rained all weekend and through last night. There was a puddle of water in the driver's side floor. The first thing I checked was the sunroof drain, but it wasn't clogged. It has stopped up in the past and when that happens water will drip from the vanity light, but it was clean.
I can't tell where or how the water got in. I checked the whole interior of the car, font, back and cargo area, and everything else is dry. I felt the carpet on the sides and up behind the pedals, it's all dry. The only place that is wet is the carpet in the floorboard. It had to have dripped in from somewhere up under the dash. I shined a flash light up there, but I didn't see or feel anything wet. I turned the AC fan on and set it to blow only through the floor vents, and there is no water coming in from there.
Our neighbors have pine trees which partially hang over my driveway. I am always having to clean out pine needles from between the hood of the car. I usually do this when I fill up and check my oil, but the last time I filled up, a car pulled up literally within an inch of my front bumper so I couldn't open the hood. I was already running late, so I didn't clean the crud out.
I popped the hood and there was lots of pine needles crammed in there. There is still some stuff down behind the little vent looking things that I can't get to. I don't see any way to get that out without removing that plastic piece that covers it, and the only way I can see to do that is to remove the windshield wipers. If I got a pressure washer and blasted down in there, is there a place for that crap to come out?
I cleaned out what I could, but I'm not so sure if that is the problem. Even if the pine needles were enough to block that, the water would have had to flow uphill to get into the cabin of the car, so I opened the back hatch and there was a good bit of crap in there too. I cleaned out out too, but I didn't see anywhere for the water to get in the car.
It's supposed to rain again tomorrow afternoon through tomorrow night, and it looks like it will be clear after that for a while. How can I be sure if that was the problem?