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Ok, I think this may have been covered before, but I have never actualy seen a good answer. My truck leaks on the passenger side under the carpet. I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem with around a 2001 truck, and have found where it comes from and how to stop it? I have my passenger side torne apart and am afraid to put it back together until I can fix the leak.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(RChevy.48 @ May 12 2006, 01:11 PM) [snapback]52890[/snapback]</div>is it the heater core?Quote:
Ok, I think this may have been covered before, but I have never actualy seen a good answer. My truck leaks on the passenger side under the carpet. I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem with around a 2001 truck, and have found where it comes from and how to stop it? I have my passenger side torne apart and am afraid to put it back together until I can fix the leak.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(2k5Squirrel @ May 12 2006, 01:35 PM) [snapback]52893[/snapback]</div>it seems to be under the carpet and not on top of the carpet.Quote:
is it the heater core?
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(RChevy.48 @ May 12 2006, 01:46 PM) [snapback]52896[/snapback]</div>well the heater core is going to leak against the firewall then drip between the firewall/floorboad and carpet. when you turn your heater on does it smell like antifreeze?Quote:
it seems to be under the carpet and not on top of the carpet.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(2k5Squirrel @ May 12 2006, 01:50 PM) [snapback]52897[/snapback]</div>I haven't noticed the heater, didn't use it much during the winter, but the a/c smells a bit musty.Quote:
well the heater core is going to leak against the firewall then drip between the firewall/floorboad and carpet. when you turn your heater on does it smell like antifreeze?
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But, I usualy notice the water after a good rain.
Maybe the condinsate building up in the vents not sure where the drain is but I will bet that it is plugged and the water is leaking out of a seam somewhere... maybe?
my friends 04 had a bad gasket around the 3rd brake light and it leaked into the interior, try pouring buckets of water over your roof and front and back window. also watch the weatherstripping around the doors to see where the water is channeled.
Have you noticed it mostly when you've been running the AC. Sometime the condensation drains get stopped up and drain back inside.
Just a thought. It happened to both my mothers Lincoln and to my Jeep Wrangler.
Thanks for the reply guys, I will probably run some tests this weekend. Does anyone know where the ac condensation drain is?
A guy on another forum was wondering why is interior would get wet, especially after a rain. It was the seals on the windshield. Whoever did it did poorely. So he got a new windsheild and seals, no more wetness. But yours could be completely different.
that could be, I do need to replace my windshield due to a crack. Actualy does anyone know a window company that will waive the deductable?
ask the glass company before the work about waiving the deduct, some will some wont... windshields only leak after somebody replaces one and installes it incorrectly... do a water leak check... find a helper. one inside and one out. take the hose on the outside and a good flashlight on the inside. take the "A" pillar mouldings off. take the kick mouldings off, look inside the a pillar and inside the door jamb where the door hinge bolts to the cab. water can come in around the hinge bolts or at the upper part of the "A" pillar where the roof is welded to the pillar. is you pull the upper seal off the drip rail i have seen small holes form over time and cause water to enter. water coming out of the hose at wall pressure is enough, dont make a leak...just run water over the top of the truck, if it is leakign it will come in. a good tip is to take the carpet out (to let it dry also)soak the crap out of the top, and even get a small low pressure sprinkler and put it under the truck to cheak for water entering from under a seam in the floor. with the carpet out there is no way not to find the leak, good luck. ps dont ever use silicone on the windshield, it will never seal up. allways use a good body seam sealer on body seams, and go to the glass shop to have a strip of urathane sealer backfilled on the glass to seal up leaking glass.