internal water feature....

[5teve]

Hi Guys

Bit of an open question here....

Over the last coupe of days we have had some fairly heavy rain.. nothing too bad tho! I park the deefer facing up the drive so some water pools on the roof and the cutout in the bonnet. its not a steep slope just enough to hold water in the bonnet.

Anyway for the past 2 mornings i have reversed off the drive turned the car around facing down an even gentler slope.. gone to the end of the very short road (12 meters) and braked to have water slop out of the headlining in the corner by the windscreen post. probably about 50-100mls. Its definitly not from the door seals.. its sitting inside the headlining / trim somewhere along..

There are a few damp patches on the rear benches so im wondering if the water is being held by the trim that runs front to back.

The open question is has anyone had this happen, any idea where its come from and how did you fix it..

I appreciate its a defender and internal water features are considered fashionable by some... i just would rather not have a wet right leg when i brake first thing in the morning :D

Thanks

Steve

[KarlB]

Have you had a look at the Water Ingress Manual: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/local_links.php?catid=3&linkid=81 ?

[spudboy]

I have exactly the same issue on my 90 (Process 11.5 in the water ingress manual - last page).

Thought it was the alpine windows, so I had them taken out and re-caulked, but no improvement. Must be 11.3 or 11.4.....

You'd have thought that if they know all about these water ingress areas they'd fix the manufacturing process to stop it happening from the start :mad:

[Sprint]

wear a wetsuit?

[The ho har's]

What a handy manual;) hmm might fix our internal water feature now:D


Mrs hh:angel:

[MinniTheMoocha]

11.1 Roof seams is what was causing leaking in my roof liner.

Used white sealant (Sikaflex) and cleaned off the excess with thinners.

[KarlB]

An old mate (Series III swb) drilled out all of the rivets holding the roof on. Applied new sealant, blind riveted, and no more leaks. Was a big job though. There were a lot of rivets.

[5teve]

well 3 days running i have had it now... and it didnt rain much last night either still a nice waterfall this morning tho...

I'm hopefully installing some rear speakers at the weekend so i will remove the headlining (routing them internally i think) and give it a good douse of water and see if i can get any clues.... could do with getting to the bottom of it!

Thanks for the manual... very helpful!

Thanks

Steve

[VladTepes]

.. the water ingress manual....

You'd have thought that if they know all about these water ingress areas they'd fix the manufacturing process to stop it happening from the start :mad:

:Thump: :Rolling: :Rolling: :Rolling: :Rolling: :Rolling: :clap2:

stop it, you're killing me !!!!!

[lardy]

spuddy tell another one....:D
...Sikaflex shall now become a friend of yours call me Psychic...:)

[samuelclarke]

I just recently took my roof lining out - sealed the front of the roof where it meets the windscreen...that stopped one leak, but I've still got two others including one that matches what you've described. 11.3 in the Water Ingress Manual would be my bet for where your leak is coming from...if you look at the diagram of the outer drain channel you can see that it goes inside - so any cracks in the sealant will let water in. (hope that made sense!) Running a flexible sealant (such as a silastic based one) along the drain channel should fix it.

[lardy]

well 3 days running i have had it now... and it didnt rain much last night either still a nice waterfall this morning tho...

I'm hopefully installing some rear speakers at the weekend so i will remove the headlining (routing them internally i think) and give it a good douse of water and see if i can get any clues.... could do with getting to the bottom of it!

Thanks for the manual... very helpful!

Thanks

Steve

Steve sit in the care get someone else to wet it down as, soon as you open the door you will get a fail reading