Water In The Front Footwells

[Karl W]

Hi All,

I'm getting water in both footwells in my W124 Estate. The door seals are water tight, and I can't see any split seals on the bulk head. Has any one else experianced the same problem ? I've no rust holes anywhere, and I do seem to get more water in the LH footwell, with some damp carpet around the trans tunel poss transfered from the mat !.

Thanks 4 reading

 

[camerafodder]

Maybe drain holes blocked with leaves/moss in the bulk head

 

[Dai rees]

Sun Roof Drains blocked??

 

[Karl W]

Hi, I've rodded the drains for the sunroof and the two centre vents. I got under the car to make sure the rod wires went all the way through. I ran a strip of gaffer tape along the top endge of the rubber that's at the bottom of the windscreen and around the wiper. Washed the car again and it seemed better. I couldn't see anything wrong with the rubber, it did seem to clip in reasonably firmly. So I think I might have to remove all the wiper and just check the rubber is seating firmly. Otherwise I might remove it then glue it in place. I've not rust holes at all in the area, it's a bit of a head scratchter at the mo.

 

[SilverSaloon]

How are the rear footwells? try pressing down hard on the carpet just where the rear seat mount is - does it feel wet?

rear side windows are a common source of wetness in 124 estates.

 

[Karl W]

Hi, It's bone dry in the rear foot wells, and the boot/spare wheel wells are dry too. I've been having another play around with it today, and I don't think the rubber around the wiper area is sitting correctly when it clips into the plastic channel which is clipped to the lower edge of the windscreen. I ran a full strip of tape along the rubber today and it was bone dry this time I didn't see any water running down the sides of the trans tunel into the footwells. I'm not sure if there's a peice of trim that's broken/missing around the screen rubber area. I'm not that clued up on Benz's

Thanks
Karl

 

[WDB124066]

My money is on blocked drains in and around the windscreen area. Do you have ventilation filters in your 124. You may need to remove these to clear all the drains; I can't fully remember if there are drains in that area as well as the ones at the outside ends of the windscreen drain channel, but it would be a good idea to remove them for a look. You won’t be wasting your time, as at the very least you will be able to clean out the filters........

 

[dinoy]

in other mercedes models wind screen need to come off and resealed or the heater pipe weep just in case

 

[WDB124066]

Can you smell antifreeze inside the car?

 

[Karl W]

Hi, I've rodded the centre vents for the heater. A grill pulls off and I threaded some welding rod down the vents in the centre and the corners. The car spent years in spain and I removed a good handfull of sand from the drain holes last week.

Cheers,

Karl

 

[Karl W]

Hiya,

I'm not smelling anti freez in the car. I'm thinking about taking a trip to an Auto Glass Shop, I reckon there's a leak in the windscreen so I'm going to see if they can remove and re-fit. I found a Spanish receipt for repairs to glass but it doesn't say what was done, I only spotted it this morning whilst flicking through all the bills. One bit of good news though is that it just past it's yearly MOT with no problems.

 

[PhilL]

I had a W124 Estate for more than 10 years with no problems with water inside then it started geting condensation on the inside of the car when weather got colder. Checked all the normal causes of blocked drains from air inlet and sunroof, all clear.

Eventually traced the leak to the windscreen surround, running down the front pillars to the footwells. Removed the inner trim from the windscreen verticals and could see water dribbling in as my wife hosed the screen from outside.

Pushed the screen slightly from inside and the water came in quicker.

To cut a long story short, sorry, too late for that, the windsceen had become 'unstuck' When the windscreen repair man arrived the screen did not have to be cut-out, he just pushed it and out it popped. He said the adhesive had failed with time and the only thing holding it in was the air pressure as the car went forward. My wife witnessed this and so he did not make it up.

If the screen is still good get it refixed, but a new screen on a sixteen year old car was bliss. One month later we sold it, but still remember it fondly.

 

[scillyisles1]

Does the car have a/c if so see my post on water in my front footwell in my W124 E320 cabriolet. Water was coming from the area around the front passenger transmission tunnel and soaking the carpets. It was a perished condensate tube from the A/c unit leaking condensate water into car. There is also another condensate drain tube on the drivers side. Both are very flimsy tubes which will perish over time.

 

[renault12ts]

This has been solved. How??

 

[Olivier]

its a mystery

 

[Karl W]

Auto glass repaired pulled out the screen and resealed it, and it's sorted now

 

[Karl W]

Sorted by Auto glass 27.07.10

 

[kth286]

do you think it was the original screen OR a replacement that had not been fitted very well ???????????