Fw: [DML] Re: Water Leak-blower motor

["Chris Parnham" <chrisparnham@xxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Reeve" <ultra@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 7:12 PM
Subject: [DML] Re: Water Leak-blower motor


> Again, it seems I've had the exact same problem as you. While my car
> was sitting outside this spring waiting for some decent weather to
> come along so I could get it running again, it sat uncovered though a
> weekend of about 3-4 inches of rain. Monday I went into the car to
> get somthing, when I saw about 6 inches of water filling up the
> passenger side tub. This included the battery compartment, lucky for
> me I removed the battery a few days earier. I couldn't find where the
> water was coming from, and was getting parainod that a neighbor might
> be dumping the water in it. After bailing out more water after
> another soaking with the car locked, I looked to other sources. After
> drying the carpets for probably the 4th or 5th time, I pulled them all
> out, including the seat, and shoved my head under the dash. I could
> see a faint hint of daylight looking up from under there. What had
> happened was that the sealant used to glue the fresh-air intake box to
> the body, had shrunk. This left several gaps in the front wall, where
> the water absolutely poured through. This isn't the worst part. The
> worst part is actually sealing it back up. The best way to do this
> would be to physically remove the entire HVAC controll box, and there
> wasn't a chance in Hell, Mich. I was going to do that. It is a very
> narrow and deep crevace between the HVAC box and front wall which you
> need to reach up into to seal. Again, not so bad if your a small guy
> like me, but even I was having trouble. It took countless attempts of
> sealing from underneith, and I even took the grille below the
> windshield off and dumped sealant around the fresh air box there. I
> really dont know what I did to eventually block the leak, but
> thankfully I dont have it anymore. I acually have this problem of
> shrinking sealant throughout my entire car. All my windows have small
> leaks around thier glue (noticable in a high pressure carwash), and
> several other areas of sealant on the car are showing the signs of
> age. I sure hope this doesn't become a chronic problem on our cars,
> and if it does, at least mine will already be taken care of. :-)
> Good luck David.
>
> Jim Reeve
> MNDMC - Minnesota DeLorean Club
> DMC-6960
>
> --- In dmcnews@xxxx, Delorean17@xxxx wrote:
> > Hello List,
> > After driving home in the rain yesterday I noticed that the
> passenger
> > side carpet was absolutely soaked. Water that goes
> into the
> > drain below the windshield goes into the car. It leaks out all
> around the
> > blower motor.
>
>
>
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