veehexx

my S has suffered a second water leak in the 3 years i've had it; first one was the plastic trim wasnt fitted right so the rain got on the wrong side and leaked down into places it shouldn't.

this time, the drain hole on drivers side got clogged.

bottom of my jeans are soaked, as are the mats and carpet. mats i picked up and a stream of water poured from them.

so i set about finding the cause. low and behold both general shite and a rusted nut was found. sincei had the hoover out, i did both sides and i got a rusted nut from the passenger side too!
god knows where they came from, what they do or how long they've been sat there. i cant find anywhere obvious to put them.

anyway, point of the post is it maybe worth grabbing your hoover and using the long thin nozzle to clean out the crud down there. i'll be doing this every few months just to avoid possible issues; on the jobs todo when the car gets a clean.
i now have to mop up about 5litres of water from the carpet and spend a winter with condensation on the inside of the glass

i've seen posted of this nature in the past, but never knew where to look for these drain holes.
well, retract roof, and down the side of each pivot point is that 1/4 circle of bristles. put your hoover nozzle down the gap between the outter-most one and the body panel.

rtbiscuit

will need to try this, i dropped a board marker down there recently and still need to fish it out.

NineBolts

park it up engine running, fans, heater and aircon all on max. leave to simmer.

buaan

A dehumidifyer will sort your damp problems out in a jiffy

I'll stuff the hoover down my drain tubes before I put the hardtop on and see what it pulls out.

unclefester

Alternatively, stuff the HT on and do it next year when all that crap has dried out and can be hoovered up safely

Irish TuneR

x2

Easier and safer then leaving the car running with the heating on. Must get at this as im pretty sure i dropped a bolt down there when changing the roof

buaan

Good idea haha

veehexx

i'll be pulling the drivers seat out tonight and lifting the carpet to sponging the worse of it out.
it is an actual puddle rather than just damp. might even be worth a wet-vax attempt and de-humifidy the remaining.

i think a week worth of de-humidifying wouldnt get rid of it all!

i did go out last night for an hour; heater on full, ac and recurculate on - no obvious impact what so ever on the water, although it was a nice drive out...

Nick Graves

The carpets aren't the problem; it's the sound deadening mat under them which stays damp for months and gets smelly.

veehexx

yeah, i just found that out, nick.
carpet is bone dry. the sound deadening stuff is still damp after a day on the radiator.
it is just damp now though - should hopefully be fully dry tomorrow.
would take months if i left it in the car, if at all.

thankfully i dont need the car till the weekend; cycling to work

....and now i just need to get some trim clips ordered due to broken/missing ones.

i still cant believe how much water came out! i think i've got around 3pints without counting any thats evaporated.