Wetness!!! :-(

vtectom · Post by **vtectom** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:57 pm

Drill a hole in the floor

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:59 pm

... Or don't own a car right?

Post by **Donald** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:08 pm

Same as Ratty I've been getting some condensation on the rear screen.

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:13 pm

Then inch or two isn't every day, takes a couple weeks to build up. Can't really tell where its comig from as the car is completely steamed when I get to it. Was thinking of covering the speaker holes and seeing if that helped.

Ratty where are these drainage channels?

Supermarine Blues · Post by **Supermarine Blues** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:52 pm

That's a leak.

Condensation is terrible ATM (even in ground-floor flats!) but not that bad.

You might need to get a friend to run a hose over the car, whilst you prod around until you find it.

I'd start at the bottom & work upwards.

Likely causes;

rust holes behind the cill covers.

blocked drain tube for the HVAC system.

bad sealing/shrunken mastic around the bulkhead/air box. (common on EK Civics).

Ditto round windscreen, possibly causing rust hole (that's not a euphemism, BTW)

blocked sunroof drainage tubes.

GLWTS.

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:29 pm

Alex, you changed your spoiler recently right?? Did you put in a new gasket (similar type of material) between the spoiler and the boot lid?

I figured it out that I had the water coming in from the spoiler holes.

Plus there was a plastic/rubber bumg missing on the bottom of the boot too.

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:37 pm

Good call nits! I haven't put a gasket on yet as didn't have a spoiler before. The holes for the spoiler are outside the bootlid gasket do didn't think it would matter but will give that a look too!

The "S" express · Post by **honda-hardy** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 4:29 pm

mine leaks through the front screen area and has blown my main relay, i get huge amount of water in the front foot wells but nothing in the rear. also i find a lot of condensation on the inside face of the boot lid but nothing in the wheel well. oh and loads of condensation on the glass to the point it freezes in cold weather.

Post by **Donald** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 6:00 pm

Bio · Post by **Bio** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:09 pm

Cant believe nobody has said it yet but just like my old managers DC5 the seals round the tail lights seem to go and leak like a c**t.
I know that's where mine is coming in and I'm getting the exact same symptoms you describe.

I also have a slight leak round the sunroof gasket due to a rotting s/roof frame.