92GaEnthusiast
11-29-2007, 09:30 AM
Alright guys, it's been almost a year since this problem, but it's back now. Once last winter left, I completely gutted the interior of my car, and had the floorboards and inner seams re-welded and sheetmetaled, so I know the leak isn't coming from the floorboards anywhere, but water is still getting in my car.
As you know, it gets extremely cold in Michigan, and well, all that water has to go somewhere. My windows keep getting frosted over on the INSIDE of the car. Worse so than the outside. I spend about 2 minutes scraping the outside, and about 5 minutes scraping JUST the inside windshield, but all five windows frost over (The worst is the driver and passenger, and worse yet is the windshield). I also noticed around the window trim on both doors, that there is frost starting to develop on the inside too. (This is when it's say all night and gotten extremely cold). My drivers side power door lock also seizes up when this happens, and I have to crawl through the passenger side and force the lock to unlock before it unlocks.
There is also a puddle of water on my drivers side floorboard in the front. It's not very big, but it wasn't there before. We extracted all the water from the car and carpet when we removed it all.
After we fixed the floorboards and etc on the car, we soaked it with water for about 20 minutes from a hose checking the car for leaks, and we couldn't find any place that the water is getting in, but this may help. Even when the car sits, and we get extremely heavy rainfall, the drivers side gets wet. (Which indicates that for the amount of water there is, it's not coming from below)
I was told to check the windshield wiper area as this is a common area for leaks, but does anybody know how to remove the windshield wipers so I can check? Also, does anybody know how to check for door seal and windshield seal leaks? This would help me alot.
Oh, one more thing. My defroster doesn't work worth a damn to defrost the windows either. It takes quite a bit of time to defrost the windows (When they aren't frosted over, just foggy). I've seen most cars do it in a matter of about 3-6 seconds, but mine takes well over 6 minutes.
As you know, it gets extremely cold in Michigan, and well, all that water has to go somewhere. My windows keep getting frosted over on the INSIDE of the car. Worse so than the outside. I spend about 2 minutes scraping the outside, and about 5 minutes scraping JUST the inside windshield, but all five windows frost over (The worst is the driver and passenger, and worse yet is the windshield). I also noticed around the window trim on both doors, that there is frost starting to develop on the inside too. (This is when it's say all night and gotten extremely cold). My drivers side power door lock also seizes up when this happens, and I have to crawl through the passenger side and force the lock to unlock before it unlocks.
There is also a puddle of water on my drivers side floorboard in the front. It's not very big, but it wasn't there before. We extracted all the water from the car and carpet when we removed it all.
After we fixed the floorboards and etc on the car, we soaked it with water for about 20 minutes from a hose checking the car for leaks, and we couldn't find any place that the water is getting in, but this may help. Even when the car sits, and we get extremely heavy rainfall, the drivers side gets wet. (Which indicates that for the amount of water there is, it's not coming from below)
I was told to check the windshield wiper area as this is a common area for leaks, but does anybody know how to remove the windshield wipers so I can check? Also, does anybody know how to check for door seal and windshield seal leaks? This would help me alot.
Oh, one more thing. My defroster doesn't work worth a damn to defrost the windows either. It takes quite a bit of time to defrost the windows (When they aren't frosted over, just foggy). I've seen most cars do it in a matter of about 3-6 seconds, but mine takes well over 6 minutes.