----- 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. > > > > > Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: > www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxx > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >