nasty9er

today in delaware we had very hard rain after it was all over i went for a little wet road ride and found out i had water on my passenger side floor i traced it make to a few drops hanging from the panel underneath the glove box, any thought where it would be coming from?

dillon410021

battery box

Butters944

99% sure it's your battery tray. Chances are you'll look under the battery and find rust/holes. the good: there's tons of threads on here of how to fix it.

Kerry Chadderton

Nasty, I believe these guys about the battery box BUT, I have a leak there and it is not the battery box. I haven't found my leak source yet. It comes and goes. For instance mine sat out in that rain all last night and no leak. But that last big rain we had filled the passenger side! I'll be intereested to see what you find.

Good luck. Where are you anyway? I'm over here on the MD Eastern Shore.

odurandina

it'll mess with your alarm and fry your dme. bypass that alarm or face certain death.

BlackOp

There is a tube that runs under the passenger side a-pillar. (the thin interior strip to the right of the windshield. It comes loose and just drains right into your cabin. Mine did the same thing...

bebbetufs

My alarm got fried because the water entered the snorkel where the radiator fan wires go through the bulkhead to the ballast resistors. Make sure both snorkels slope down away from the bulkhead. Also check the tiny plastic strip above the ballast resistors. No 17 in this drawing. It keeps the water away from the wire passages in the bulkhead.

nasty9er

well its not the tray i just swapped out for a new opti last week so i will start at the A-pillar and work down from there

Kerry i am in lewes about 60 miles or so from you and always looking for close by 944 owners i only know of 6 cars not counting my 2 with in 30 miles of me and i dont know who the owners are.

Kerry Chadderton

Hey! I know the way to Lewes with my eyes closed. I have a full service garage here in Easton, so I'm at your service if needed. I have about the same number of 944 owners here and I'm aways trying to catch them when I see them in traffic. This 1 particular white-haired turbo owner has eluded me twice. I've been trying to give him a business card, not race him!

It's good to know another owner nearby. If you want to meet and talk 944 I'm in. PM me sometime.

Good luck with the leak. Let us know where you find it!

nasty9er

cool man great to know

2 of the cars i am thinking about are gray hairs one gray turbo and an old lady i worked for with a s2 its pretty funny

stew-gart44

Im having same issue water on pass side floor..thought it was my sunroof but its tight?my batt area dosent have any rust?and i got some water behind pass seat too?hmm ill have to add that to list ..

stew-gart44

maybes theres a colored fluid you can pour all over the car that dosen't stain anything to trace leaks...im gonna look into that..

Paulyy

Mine leaked there once, on my passenger side (your drivers side) and when it rained again it never dripped again. i had a look at the possible spots it could leak from under the bonnet and it didn't make any sense. 1.5 years later no leaks.

J1NX3D

weird. i had rust holes in the drains of my sunroof in an old 924. they formed because the drains were blocked and they were too far gone for a cheap fix. i've had 2 sunroof-delete cars since now :P

stew-gart44

I was just in bed thinking..in the Hamptons where im from ppl use this rubber on there roofs its 1.8 inc thick and some come with a sticky backing you can peel off... seeing you could cut it to shape i think its a way better idea then sheet metal and all that crazy stuff...measure the ***** area cut it to the whole shape of the battery area and put it down...ill look into where you can get it and talk to a roofer and if i buy a big roll ill make as many as i can and send to anyone who needs or wants free...ill make template's for each year..and cut 5 or six for each year thats different