dirtwarrior
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No one going to answer my question? Go ahead and chase a leak in the front that wets the rear floor
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San
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Hello, friends. I am a new member of the forum, sorry for my English in advance)
I also had a problem with water on the passenger side of the car (steering wheel on the left). It was the holes in the right passenger footwell. To fix this problem, you do not need to remove the door. I would like to add an observation: the holes through which water got into the cabin (highlighted in red in the photo). There is foam there that retains water. You can check this by putting a rag on the wire and pushing the wire through the same holes as far as it will go. If the rag is wet, you need to get rid of it. Perhaps I have helped someone. Thank you for your attention.
I also had a problem with water on the passenger side of the car (steering wheel on the left). It was the holes in the right passenger footwell. To fix this problem, you do not need to remove the door. I would like to add an observation: the holes through which water got into the cabin (highlighted in red in the photo). There is foam there that retains water. You can check this by putting a rag on the wire and pushing the wire through the same holes as far as it will go. If the rag is wet, you need to get rid of it. Perhaps I have helped someone. Thank you for your attention.
Cobra Jet
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@San welcome to the site!Hello, friends. I am a new member of the forum, sorry for my English in advance)
I also had a problem with water on the passenger side of the car (steering wheel on the left). It was the holes in the right passenger footwell. To fix this problem, you do not need to remove the door. I would like to add an observation: the holes through which water got into the cabin (highlighted in red in the photo). There is foam there that retains water. You can check this by putting a rag on the wire and pushing the wire through the same holes as far as it will go. If the rag is wet, you need to get rid of it. Perhaps I have helped someone. Thank you for your attention.
English is fine!
Good info. That foam is a spacer between the metal which is supposed to absorb NVH due to the thin sheet metal and also acts as a sound deadener too.
There Is the A-pillar TSB which addresses the "holes" in that section seen when either door is open. This is specific to the A-Pillar and contains the Ford TSB about it addressing water intrusion lower than the roof:
https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/th...-s550s-a-pillar-water-intrusion-leaks.178242/
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I like your images - I literally laughed when I see you saying "you do not need to remove the door", but your images show the entire side of the car cut open and gone... (being funny here)
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So back to topic of the foam:
If the inner wheel well liner is removed, is that area accessible or seen from the "front" (which would be behind the front wheel with liner removed)?
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And lastly, what is the project you are working on, do you have a build thread about it on here?
San
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Hi. I had a whole problem with water, as I found the whole lake in the winter. It was unrealistic to dry the interior and there was nowhere to do it.
I needed the cheapest endoscope I could find.
To check for water: you need to remove the clip and its bracket in the photo. There will be a hole that gives access to the endoscope.
I found the photos I uploaded by accident on YouTube. Because I didn't understand how it was possible, I had sealed everything according to the datasheets, and there was still water.
I needed the cheapest endoscope I could find.
To check for water: you need to remove the clip and its bracket in the photo. There will be a hole that gives access to the endoscope.
I found the photos I uploaded by accident on YouTube. Because I didn't understand how it was possible, I had sealed everything according to the datasheets, and there was still water.
AlexG27
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Just wanted to share my recent experience with a leak in case this helps others in the future.
About a week and a half ago when that hurricane rolled through (I'm in Florida) we had like 2 straight days of rain. I went to drive my car a few days later and basically saw a puddle behind my driver's seat. Nearly the entire driver's side carpet was soaked almost up to the firewall with most of the water being under/behind my seat. I started tearing off panels and pulling up carpet to vacuum it out and look for potential entry points for the water. I read through this thread several times trying to find the answer to my problem. I ended up recreating the leak by running water over the driver's side windshield cowl area until it was more than the drain hole could handle and I saw water drip in the footwell basically from the lower mounting spot for the gas pedal. It didn't make sense to me until I remembered that the stock intake has a sound tube that runs to the firewall and that a previous owner had installed an aftermarket intake on my car and had probably removed the part that connects to the firewall. I removed the gas pedal and sure enough, there is about a 1" opening looking straight into the engine bay. It seems like such common sense to plug this and I can't believe this was left this way. It would have saved me so much trouble if it had been plugged from the start.
TLDR: Moral of the story. If you remove the sound tube from the firewall, plug the hole! I don't know if this will help anyone that finds this thread, but there you go. Added some pictures for reference.
I ordered a plug that was suggested by someone in another thread: https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/plugging-hole-in-firewall-from-sound-tube.186208/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077MWY5D5?th=1
^^^Water coming from behind the pedal mount^^^
^^^Gas pedal removed and visible hole in the firewall^^^
^^^Culprit of who knows how much water entering the cabin. I think I vacuumed out nearly a gallon or so.^^^
Now the only lingering thought I have left is when the water drains through the hole in the windshield cowl, it pools up underneath it as seen in the following picture. Is this by design or is it supposed to be moving on to somewhere else? I could not find any holes or channels for it to go to from there and it seems odd to me that it would be intentional to just have water sit there until it evaporates or gets thrown out from driving.
About a week and a half ago when that hurricane rolled through (I'm in Florida) we had like 2 straight days of rain. I went to drive my car a few days later and basically saw a puddle behind my driver's seat. Nearly the entire driver's side carpet was soaked almost up to the firewall with most of the water being under/behind my seat. I started tearing off panels and pulling up carpet to vacuum it out and look for potential entry points for the water. I read through this thread several times trying to find the answer to my problem. I ended up recreating the leak by running water over the driver's side windshield cowl area until it was more than the drain hole could handle and I saw water drip in the footwell basically from the lower mounting spot for the gas pedal. It didn't make sense to me until I remembered that the stock intake has a sound tube that runs to the firewall and that a previous owner had installed an aftermarket intake on my car and had probably removed the part that connects to the firewall. I removed the gas pedal and sure enough, there is about a 1" opening looking straight into the engine bay. It seems like such common sense to plug this and I can't believe this was left this way. It would have saved me so much trouble if it had been plugged from the start.
TLDR: Moral of the story. If you remove the sound tube from the firewall, plug the hole! I don't know if this will help anyone that finds this thread, but there you go. Added some pictures for reference.
I ordered a plug that was suggested by someone in another thread: https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/plugging-hole-in-firewall-from-sound-tube.186208/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077MWY5D5?th=1
^^^Water coming from behind the pedal mount^^^
^^^Gas pedal removed and visible hole in the firewall^^^
^^^Culprit of who knows how much water entering the cabin. I think I vacuumed out nearly a gallon or so.^^^
Now the only lingering thought I have left is when the water drains through the hole in the windshield cowl, it pools up underneath it as seen in the following picture. Is this by design or is it supposed to be moving on to somewhere else? I could not find any holes or channels for it to go to from there and it seems odd to me that it would be intentional to just have water sit there until it evaporates or gets thrown out from driving.
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Another known leak is the rear upper brake light. Replace it and seal with a good bottles worth of your favorite water-proof heat-proof sealant. I had this issue when i found my roofliner covered in water stains.
AlexG27
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Does that leak into the cabin or the trunk? My headliner seems fine so I don't think that it happening with mine. I know that I do have a leak in the trunk as well and have seen that mentioned. I tried to recreate the leak today but I couldn't get any water to come through so I am just going to monitor and check after it rains.
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Cabin only. Third brake light is above rear window and leaks onto headliner area.