Car wash = Wet carpet
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Tophatjimmy
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Re: Car wash = Wet carpet
Check for any open holes in your firewall and make sure your door seals are not torn or rotted.
To see if you can find where it's coming from, sit in the drivers seat and have someone hit your truck with the hose. (water from the hose, not the hose itself...)
Check for any open holes in your firewall and make sure your door seals are not torn or rotted.
To see if you can find where it's coming from, sit in the drivers seat and have someone hit your truck with the hose. (water from the hose, not the hose itself...)
escofield
New member
Re: Car wash = Wet carpet
It's not antifreeze, it was soapy water. The rubber around the door seems fine, it's got to be coming from the firewall/cowl. I took the kick panel off and the insulation behind that was wet as well.
Hood hinge maybe is the source? the foam rubber seal around the hole is pretty much gone???
It's not antifreeze, it was soapy water. The rubber around the door seems fine, it's got to be coming from the firewall/cowl. I took the kick panel off and the insulation behind that was wet as well.
Hood hinge maybe is the source? the foam rubber seal around the hole is pretty much gone???
burmeister
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i have this same problem and the floor pan has a huge hole in it now. when ever i wash the damn thing the floor is wet same side??? it has to be the firewall maybe the rubber is shot? i bought it like this too. nice ahh?:tdown:
i have this same problem and the floor pan has a huge hole in it now. when ever i wash the damn thing the floor is wet same side??? it has to be the firewall maybe the rubber is shot? i bought it like this too. nice ahh?:tdown:
Captain Morgan
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escofield
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Got a part number for it? Is there a kit, might as well do all the seals around the cowl/ wipers too.
Got a part number for it? Is there a kit, might as well do all the seals around the cowl/ wipers too.
escofield
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Re: Car wash = Wet carpet
Windshield leak? Water always ends up on the floor (it never travels "up"). Exactly how much of the carpet is wet and exactly where? By the firewall? By the door? Get under the dash with a flash light or shop light. You can also start the vehicle, close all windows, turn on the heat or a/c full blast, close all the doors and spray soapy water around the windshield and or other suspected areas and look for bubbles or take a blow gun connected to a compressor and blow air backwards from the interior and look for the bubbles on the outside.
Windshield leak? Water always ends up on the floor (it never travels "up"). Exactly how much of the carpet is wet and exactly where? By the firewall? By the door? Get under the dash with a flash light or shop light. You can also start the vehicle, close all windows, turn on the heat or a/c full blast, close all the doors and spray soapy water around the windshield and or other suspected areas and look for bubbles or take a blow gun connected to a compressor and blow air backwards from the interior and look for the bubbles on the outside.
escofield
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Re: Car wash = Wet carpet
The truck was parked on slight upward angle in the driveway so all the water pooled in the back of the drivers side foot well and forward to about the rubber pad in the carpet. It was also wet a long the door sill. The kick panel insulation was wet to about half way up. I didn't notice any water from under the dash(not to say it didnt come from there)
Will try the bubbles tomorrow.
The truck was parked on slight upward angle in the driveway so all the water pooled in the back of the drivers side foot well and forward to about the rubber pad in the carpet. It was also wet a long the door sill. The kick panel insulation was wet to about half way up. I didn't notice any water from under the dash(not to say it didnt come from there)
Will try the bubbles tomorrow.
Don W.
Stab it and steer it
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X2 Beat me to it, dang. :rotf: Good call, seems nobody thinks of this one...:tup:
X2 Beat me to it, dang. :rotf: Good call, seems nobody thinks of this one...:tup:
escofield
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Re: Car wash = Wet carpet
DaveP, You rock..
Can you see the hole from under the truck? I have no cladding on the truck.
Bottom of the front fender?
DaveP, You rock..
Can you see the hole from under the truck? I have no cladding on the truck.
Bottom of the front fender?
escofield
New member
Re: Car wash = Wet carpet
I will definitely jump on this tomorrow and let you guys know what the problem was.
I do park under a F**ing Maple tree, I bet there are a ton of those helicopter things in there!!
I will definitely jump on this tomorrow and let you guys know what the problem was.
I do park under a F**ing Maple tree, I bet there are a ton of those helicopter things in there!!
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have this same problem with my s10 and the company s10, haven't had the chance to look into it yet, but all the s10's i've ever owner the hood hinges foam was always mostly torn off or gone, and none have ever leaked besides these 2, so i'm gonna go out on a limb and say thats not the problem.
i do know that when putting my s10 together it had tons of junk is the cowl drainage areas and i blew it all out, so i can't imagine that thats what my problem is but it still leaks. could very well be the windshield to.
i had a car that the windshield glue had a chemical reaction with the windshield and it started to lift away, i could literally push the window out, and the guy who came to install the new one had said that if i let it go any longer and happened to have a loud subwoofer or hit something in the front of the car that the windshield woulda popped outta the car.
behind the drivers side kick panel there is supposed to be a plastic cover with a rubber seal around it, and i've seen people take them out before to run stereo wiring and the blamo, leaky insides. something to check at least
have this same problem with my s10 and the company s10, haven't had the chance to look into it yet, but all the s10's i've ever owner the hood hinges foam was always mostly torn off or gone, and none have ever leaked besides these 2, so i'm gonna go out on a limb and say thats not the problem.
i do know that when putting my s10 together it had tons of junk is the cowl drainage areas and i blew it all out, so i can't imagine that thats what my problem is but it still leaks. could very well be the windshield to.
i had a car that the windshield glue had a chemical reaction with the windshield and it started to lift away, i could literally push the window out, and the guy who came to install the new one had said that if i let it go any longer and happened to have a loud subwoofer or hit something in the front of the car that the windshield woulda popped outta the car.
behind the drivers side kick panel there is supposed to be a plastic cover with a rubber seal around it, and i've seen people take them out before to run stereo wiring and the blamo, leaky insides. something to check at least
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escofield
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Re: Car wash = Wet carpet
Ok guys it is coming from the kick panel, I poked all the maple helicopters out of the drain. so its flowing free. It wasn't really that plugged up, I think it was just a leaking from that huge hole in the kick panel with the bad seal.
Thanks again everyone SyTy.net rocks.
Heading to the GM parts dealer to get a replacement
Parts dept. closed for the day... Anywhere else I get a replacement. Want to take care of this tonight=]
Ok guys it is coming from the kick panel, I poked all the maple helicopters out of the drain. so its flowing free. It wasn't really that plugged up, I think it was just a leaking from that huge hole in the kick panel with the bad seal.
Thanks again everyone SyTy.net rocks.
Heading to the GM parts dealer to get a replacement
Parts dept. closed for the day... Anywhere else I get a replacement. Want to take care of this tonight=]
burmeister
Today forecast High Winds
Re: Car wash = Wet carpet
escofield what do you mean by the kick panel?? fire wall? mine is leaking bad when ever i wash it and the person i bought it from (a lovely forum member)?? had the carpet up and didn't have the balls to tell me about the rust spot on the left driving side floor pan.i guess he didn't see the huge hole when he was putting the new carpet in?? (yahh right) well he didn't tell me alot of the wrongs with the truck but thats an 2 hour discussion about that?? i would like to know about what you did so i can take a look a try to fix the problem thanks rob
escofield what do you mean by the kick panel?? fire wall? mine is leaking bad when ever i wash it and the person i bought it from (a lovely forum member)?? had the carpet up and didn't have the balls to tell me about the rust spot on the left driving side floor pan.i guess he didn't see the huge hole when he was putting the new carpet in?? (yahh right) well he didn't tell me alot of the wrongs with the truck but thats an 2 hour discussion about that?? i would like to know about what you did so i can take a look a try to fix the problem thanks rob
Captain Morgan
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who told you the carpet was up or that it was replaced in that truck????
who told you the carpet was up or that it was replaced in that truck????
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the kick panel is the plastic cover that screws inside to the side of the cab by your feet and is right next to the paring brake lever
the kick panel is the plastic cover that screws inside to the side of the cab by your feet and is right next to the paring brake lever
escofield
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Re: Car wash = Wet carpet
If you sit in the drivers seat, the kick panel is below the dash at your feet, all the way to your left, just in front of the door. The plastic panel or "kick panel" is held in by 4 screws give or take and behind that is where I was told to look for the leak, and that is where I found it. It's what appears to be a large rubber inner tube patch with gooey s**t all around the edges that is where the leak was comign in, the gooey stuff was no longer holding the rubber over the hole, hence the leak. I have yet to "repair" it, just got some silicone on it at the moment. Going to replace the carpet and take care of the rust bubles, hopefully in the next few weeks and then see how the silicone is holding up and go from there.
Good Luck to you
Eric
If you sit in the drivers seat, the kick panel is below the dash at your feet, all the way to your left, just in front of the door. The plastic panel or "kick panel" is held in by 4 screws give or take and behind that is where I was told to look for the leak, and that is where I found it. It's what appears to be a large rubber inner tube patch with gooey s**t all around the edges that is where the leak was comign in, the gooey stuff was no longer holding the rubber over the hole, hence the leak. I have yet to "repair" it, just got some silicone on it at the moment. Going to replace the carpet and take care of the rust bubles, hopefully in the next few weeks and then see how the silicone is holding up and go from there.
Good Luck to you
Eric