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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 03:54 PM
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water all in my car.

hey i just had some bad down where i live and water got a little on the the front seats the back where fine. the front for what super wet and the back wasn't. The floor of my trunk was though. really bad. does anyone know what the trunk. or why the front floor and not so much the seats and nothing at all the back seats and floor?
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 08:20 PM
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Re: water all in my car.

I for one do not fully understand your question . you need to give a little more info. . not a slam but it sounds like English may not be your first language . good luck , get it dried out ASAP .
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 08:27 PM
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Re: water all in my car.

Sorry for that. English is my first language by the way. I was just typing fast.

What i was trying to say is that, recently it had rained really bad where i live.
I was at school, and had my car parked outside. Sadly with my luck it rained then, and water got all over the inside of my car.
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 08:34 PM
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Re: water all in my car.

I just don't understand how the floor was wet, but not so much the seats. (The back seats, and floor were completely fine somehow.) Just the front were wet. Also the trunk floor was wet.

The car does have rusted T-tops by the way.
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 08:55 PM
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Re: water all in my car.

Originally Posted by UNCLE TOM
I for one do not fully understand your question .
I every word he. What was so to get meant.

But seriously, Ttop bar and seals probably leaking along with the deck to rear glass seal. Not uncommon to have the cowl rusted through and leaking too. Sounds like you need to do some digging around.
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Old Sep 1, 2014 | 07:59 AM
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Re: water all in my car.

I had a camaro (no t tops) i which left parked in heavy rain.The water got almost half the door in height and had no water inside at all (got inside through the trunk) and then I've seen on youtube burnout smoke coming inside the car through the trunk so you can imagine what rain will do .Guess every car is different .

EDIT:

thats the burnout vid i was talking about .That guy has some big holes in that car.

Last edited by FirebirdUSX; Sep 1, 2014 at 08:15 AM.
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Old Sep 7, 2014 | 12:54 AM
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Re: water all in my car.

You could try to duplicate the problem with a garden hose. Rain gets in either due to bad molding or rust holes.
Now if water is getting in while the car is parked and not moved at all, then you know the water is coming in from the top of the car. If rainwater is collecting in the front floorboards and the front seats are dry, I'd be willing to bet the water was coming in from the windshield/cowl/firewall area. (rule out ttops first if you have them)
Same thing with the trunk, try to duplicate the leak with a garden hose and then open it up and try to trace where the water got in from.

If water is getting in while driving and you see no visible leaks from the top of the car then suspect your floor pans, wheel wells and cowl/firewall/windshield area.

The important thing is that you find and stop the leak. Water getting in can cause electrical problems and rot out the car over time.

Hope this helps.
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Old Sep 8, 2014 | 02:25 PM
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Re: water all in my car.

It makes perfect sense to me, unless I read it wrong. You have a T-TOP car, with rust up there, and the front seats got wet (directly underneath T-TOPS). Your back seats were fine (directly under solid roof) and your trunk got wet (directly under hatch where seals could be bad)...
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