Wet drivers floor board...most prevalent cause?
04-25-2011, 08:01 PM
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Wet drivers floor board...most prevalent cause? Ok guys Ive seen these threads on this kind of thing on our cars a thousand times but now I think I'm one of the unfortunate that have fallen to the leak also. Upon cleaning the Goat out the other day I was vacuuming and felt the drivers floorboard carpet is damp. I pulled the carpet back as far as I could without pulling the seat and like I said only the damn drivers floorboard was wet. No puddle, no sopping wet carpet (yet), just damp carpet. Ive seen a few things where some areas can have white plugs or something that block the water in the car but I'm not sure if that could cause my exact issue. Any ideas guys? MUCH appreciated!
04-25-2011, 08:19 PM
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Oh yeah, if you have a GOOD solution or links to CORRECT info please PM me so I can chat with you if you have experience in finding these damn leaks!
04-26-2011, 07:27 AM
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I thought that too, but I've got two floormats in each floor board and they were dry. I saw some good info on ls1gto but I'm not a member there. Looks like I may be joining to get some help. Interior stuff is hard enough to get to replace I REALLY don't want to have to do carpet, or have any electrical issues.
04-26-2011, 02:47 PM
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I've been trying to find my leak which sounds like the sameone you have. I think its actually the windshield sealant. I've had my windshield replace and when my floor is wet i can follow it up under the dash but after that its a guessing game.
04-26-2011, 05:59 PM
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I had the same issue where water would trickle down the passenger side kick panel when it rained or I washed it.
It ended up being my windshield. It was replaced sometime in my goat's life and they replaced it with a slighly thinner version. I eventually got a gm spec thickness and the leaked stopped. So the theories of it beign windshield related would be a good place to start.
It ended up being my windshield. It was replaced sometime in my goat's life and they replaced it with a slighly thinner version. I eventually got a gm spec thickness and the leaked stopped. So the theories of it beign windshield related would be a good place to start.
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04-27-2011, 12:10 PM
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Now did this come from the door??? A little trick you can do is put baby powder on the top of the door, take it to a self serve carwash and spray the crap out of the doors from different angles. Then when your done if you find water inside you can check the baby powder on top of the door and see if its the rubber seal around the door. The shower at the dealership doesnt do **** thats why i did it this way.
04-27-2011, 12:12 PM
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Yours may be the plug on the quarter panel next to the speaker in the rear. Usually if the rear floorboard is wet its usually this seal back there. I'll see if i can find the thread about it for ya.
04-27-2011, 12:17 PM
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04-27-2011, 01:02 PM
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Here ya go some light reading for ya!
http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthr...ght=water+leak
http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthr...ght=water+leak
05-01-2011, 12:08 PM
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Sorry I havent been following my own thread guys. Thanks for all the info Ima check it out soon. Been dodging tornadoes here in Alabama. I live in Hazel Green, a few miles from Harvest where a EF4 touched down. Seven dead in my county alone and 230 statewide. Pray for us guys, its been a rough week, just fortunate I still have a roof over my head.
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Ya man those were some of the most severe tornado's our country has ever seen. Im glad your ok man. My thoughts and prayers go out to you and all the families that were caught in the storms.
05-02-2011, 08:28 PM
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Thanks bro, my family and our direct area was untouched but just a few miles away it killed 7 as far as I have seen on the news just in our county. 230 statewide last time I listened to the news. over 600k without power but theyre getting it on slowly. Just glad to be alive, damn the electricity. I just feel sickened for the people who lost everything and loved ones.
05-02-2011, 08:35 PM
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Im just killing time on here and thought I'd check my leak thread. No power at my house, nothing good on local news and its painful to listen to the news anymore due to the chaos of the storms, and the only good thing on TV is Osamas *** is gone. But anyways on a more lighter note... Since mainly ALL the good info about the leaks that plague our cars is on other sites I was hoping we could get a sticky going here in the GTO section by posting pics of problem areas and/or as many VALID links to good info sources as possible. Maybe this will work?
