Big Easy Sharkster

Washed the car last weekend and afterwards found a dripping into the glove box and further onto the passsenger compartment floor. Opened the hood, removed the plastic cover at the back end of the engine compartment and tried to find some sort of drain hole that might be plugged. It was getting dark, area was cramped, no visable or obvious problem so I buttoned her up and tucked her in for the night.

Where is that drain?? On the passenger side underneath the fan box? Any help appreciated

'94 GTS 5 spd

Sailmed

We'll show you - when you show up at the kart races Friday

Big Easy Sharkster

Crazy Mike,

how about the swap meet on Saturday at Vortex Motorsports?

Sailmed

I'm on shift @ 8am Saturday. After the Kart meet - I have a feeling it will be a long 24 hrs

rixter

the cowl drain comes out on the firewall, there is a rubber flap there, debris will clog this up and it backs up into the passenger compartment... real genius of a design if you ask me
when the engine is cool, flip it up and clean it out, then run the hose or dump a couple buckets of water over the windshield to clean it up
I have a pic I can post later tonite when I get home if you need it

John Speake

Check that water hasn't pentrated into the connector of the LH ECU. This usually happens as a result of such a leak into the passenger footwell. The water can rot out the pins on the LH ECU connector.

I am seeing increasing numbers of this type of damage recently.

kjurkic

I have this problem; I have cleared the drain as far as I can reach, but still get water in passenger footwell, that drains to back seat footwell, and never seems to dry out. My ghetto fix for now (still wet winter here) was to drill a hole where the floorpan starts turning upward. Still have water entering at firewall, but drains & dries now.

It would be nice to find a perma-fix; perhaps a better cover than the chintzy toy plastic cover that would catch windshield run-off & drain it away.

Ken

ckabee1

I am having this problem too. Seems mine has to do with the seal around the blower motor and the housing where the recirc flap is.

The plan is to attempt a reseal around that area when I get the chance.

Mrmerlin

For all of the submarine commanders try this , look under the pass side dash look around the edge of the blower box .
If you see any tell tale water drips then the blower box needs to be resealed, this is about a 4 hour job and you should collect the things you need first.
3M body/strip caulk , found at the body shop supply store use black.
Also if your car has the vacuum pod you should test yours before taking this apart, if its bad then now is replacement time. ( to test find the blue hose under the cowl cover next to the expansion valve)


So disconnect the battery .
Remove the bolts that hold the CE panel and all of the ground wires and the thick red wires if they are in the way.
Your trying to lower the CE panel down about 6 inches to drop out the blower box assy.

To remove the blower box assy, remove the 2 securing screws on the blower motor under the cowl cover(one of these screws is in the rubber duct)
Disconnect the blue vacuum hose, leave the motor where it is .

Otherwise hood removal may be necessary.
(The motor can actually stay in the car while the lower part is removed your helper should hold this while you remove the lower part)
And depending on your year of car it can also be dropped down the same hole that the blower box sits in.. NO hood removal needed.

There is also one long motor securing screw that goes through the blower grate inside the car, so remove this as well.
Then remove the securing nuts that hold the blower grate, after this gently pry down the edges, there will be lots of leaves/dirt /dead mice and any other number of things dropping down with this part.

So cover the CE panel with a towel or plastic sheet. clean out every bit of dirt from the seal edges both on the car and blower box, and clean out the well that the box covers.

Add a few strips of new caulk to the sealing area in the seal groove,

Put everything back together, then test with a hose on the well area to see if you have any more leaks, this should fix it.

SMTCapeCod

Yep...
bettin' I messed up the seal when I had to...er, well went ahead and did that pod...which was no treat....crud.

Big Easy Sharkster

Thanks, Guys.... much appreciate all the good info. Looks like a good project to keep me busy this week-end

kjurkic

Ditto, thanks for the directions
K

nomoexes

Yep. Did mine last weekend. Had to remove the hood (mark the placement of the hinges first). I literally pulled out what worked out to be almost 2 gallons of compressed leaves. I've seen other posts saying the same thing with disbelief but yep they are right. Definetly a two man job if you dont want black sealant all over the place. Also the plastic is a must. My kid dropped a bolt behind the plastic (to catch the leaves that fall thru) and into the back of the fuse box. You dont want these problems

WallyP

Clean the A/C evaporator WYAIT.

Mrmerlin

Yeah Wally, I forgot to add that part