Lada Priora Station Wagon SQ › Logbook › [Solved] Leaking under the passenger mat
Detecting the problem
I cleaned up the car, removed the floor mats and discovered that the front passenger floor mat was wet at the bottom. I washed the rug, waited for the carpet to dry (
15 hours), began to monitor the humidity. After the next rain it got wet again.
Finding a solution
I took off the glove compartment, pulled back the carpet, everything was wet there. I broke the clips and removed the threshold (it turns out that you need to unscrew it and move it to the side so that the hinges come off the clips).
I know that the typical leak location (in the upper right corner in relation to the passenger's feet) is securely sealed with sealant, and there is little information on the Internet about what else may be leaking (I have not yet registered with drive2). Someone said that there were holes in the floor with low-quality rubber plugs, but even rolling through puddles, so much water would not have leaked into them. Let's go look!
The moisture appeared after rain, which means you need to imitate rain. I took a 1.5 liter bottle, poured boiling water so that I could feel where the water was flowing and evenly poured it over the grille between the hood and the windshield. After a while I saw where the water was flowing from in a thin, almost imperceptible stream.
Seal from the inside is not an option. Water can accumulate and, sooner or later, flood everything in the cabin. Many scary thoughts appeared: stove? air conditioner? do I need to take everything apart? Hopelessness forced me to try everything, just so as not to remove the heater: I took the sprayer, turned it to direct jet mode, poured hot water and began to pour water deliberately on different areas under the hood. After a while I discovered that if you pour water on the connection (photo below), the water begins to flow into the cabin.
Thanks to the moisture, the gap through which water flows became visible to the naked eye. When everything around dries out, the area with the gap remains moist.
I bought the simplest white sealant and automotive degreaser, washed everything around the crack, degreased it, and carefully spread the sealant. The next day I took the sprayer again and poured water on that place in jet mode - the interior was dry.
Solution
1. Remove the carpet in the damp area. Release the metal so that you can see where the water is coming from. 2. Using a water sprayer in jet mode, spray different places on the wall between the hood and the passenger seat on the hood side. See if there is a leak inside the cabin 3. When the hood wall dries, look at which places take the longest to dry, examine them for cracks 4. If a crack is found, wash everything around it, treat it with a degreaser, seal it with sealant (preferably matching the color of the car), let it dry according to the instructions for the sealant. I usually leave it to dry longer just in case 5. After the sealant has dried, pour plenty of water over the sealed area again 6. If there is not a drop in the interior, dry the interior with newspapers and collect
Inventory, consumables
— Screwdriver — Sealant (
160r) - Rubber spatula (15r) - Spray head with jet mode (I had it in stock, in the store about 25r) - 1.5 liter bottle (simple, from under water for 20r) - Newspapers
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From under the door trim. Maybe even where the belt is. Pull the belt out and see if it's dry?
I had the same thing. In the logbook there is a photo of the place where the water was flowing, I covered it with sealant.
I had a leak along the weld seams of the engine shield and also the plugs in the bottom did not fit well, everything around them was damp.
Look under the carpet there are several large through holes with plugs, water gets in through them, put the plugs on the sealant, and go over the outside with bitumen mastic and you will be happy =)
Maybe he drove too fast and scared the passengers?
Then there would be a puddle on the rubber mat))
It could also be through the doors from under the trim.
I'm sinning at the seams. In the summer, condensation from the air conditioner flowed under the rug
Well, if such things are known, then it will be easier to eliminate)
The stove on the prior is outside.
clearly, I was wet too, until I sealed everything with vibroplast...
I was leaking through the welds of the bottom and engine compartment. and also in the corner under the panel where the wing is. I covered it with car plastic. www.drive2.ru/cars/lada/p…andrew15/journal/1671318/
Place a paper napkin and it will be easier to see that there is water. and dry everything well, I dried all sorts of cavities with a hair dryer
There the factory Shumka is all wet
To remove it, you need to remove both seats and the floor tunnel. It’s just that if you don’t dry it, then corrosion occurs and there is an odor in the cabin. Although, maybe your floor plugs are just poorly placed and everything will be fine. I, too, was thoroughly wet, and what’s more, I didn’t have a rag, but a sponge with some kind of cellophane from the factory
I was leaking through the welds of the bottom and engine compartment. and also in the corner under the panel where the wing is. I covered it with car plastic. www.drive2.ru/cars/lada/p…andrew15/journal/1671318/
When I saw Shumka, I also saw that dirty water was flowing under this rib
I had exactly the same thing. After a trip in the rain, from nowhere there was dirty water under the floor... the result was sour factory noise. I had to re-glue everything
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Hi all! In general, my struggle with water in the cabin has been going on for a long time and every time I find new places!
