another wet floor
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another wet floor
my xm keeps getting a wet floor on the drivers side.i have ruled out the heater matrix so rain must be getting in somewhere.does anyone know any weak spots where this might happen?
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I don't know about the XM for sure, but many times in the past (BX, Xantia, Cavalier, Escort) I've found it to be blocked sunroof drain tubes.
Sunroofs are not watertight, they leak into a tray above he headlining which then drains down 4 or even 6 tubes.
Carefully pour some water into each of the four corners (parking on sloping ground may help) and look for water coming out near the A and C pillars. Usually you'll find that one tube is blocked.
The manufacturers don't recommend it, but I've found in the past that something like a bicycle inner brake cable VERY CAREFULLY fed up the tube from the bottom will dislodge the blockage, and you can then flush through with lots of water.
I used to flush my Xantia about every three months, which seemed to keep it problem free.
I first dicovered this when I came back from a two week holiday and found over an inch of water in the back of the BX. The kids were less than amused!
Hope this helps.
Jamie
Sunroofs are not watertight, they leak into a tray above he headlining which then drains down 4 or even 6 tubes.
Carefully pour some water into each of the four corners (parking on sloping ground may help) and look for water coming out near the A and C pillars. Usually you'll find that one tube is blocked.
The manufacturers don't recommend it, but I've found in the past that something like a bicycle inner brake cable VERY CAREFULLY fed up the tube from the bottom will dislodge the blockage, and you can then flush through with lots of water.
I used to flush my Xantia about every three months, which seemed to keep it problem free.
I first dicovered this when I came back from a two week holiday and found over an inch of water in the back of the BX. The kids were less than amused!
Hope this helps.
Jamie
Read forum for a while now (thanks to all for useful info!) but not posted before... Seen a few references to water seeeping in at seals (windscreen etc.) and been surprised nobody mentioned Comma Seek 'n Seal (liquid mastic) as a solution solution, ideal as unlike silicone sealants it doesn't push components apart, and seals right up to the outer edge of the rubbers....
Found in the past it worked not just on my old GS, but on seeping house window frames as well; also that an over-all application of it followed by any unabsorbed excess being wiped off with white spirit a few days later prolonged the un-cracked life expectancy of green rubber wellington boots in the 1980s (when they were notorious for drying out and cracking up if exposed to much sunlight).
Btw, the repair to ZX rear shelf elastic mentioned in another thread works perfectly, did it when first got a ZX 18 months ago... the cotton-covered elastic as comes for sewing/dressmaking seems far better quality than the stuff Citroen used for retracting the rear shelf strings.
Found in the past it worked not just on my old GS, but on seeping house window frames as well; also that an over-all application of it followed by any unabsorbed excess being wiped off with white spirit a few days later prolonged the un-cracked life expectancy of green rubber wellington boots in the 1980s (when they were notorious for drying out and cracking up if exposed to much sunlight).
Btw, the repair to ZX rear shelf elastic mentioned in another thread works perfectly, did it when first got a ZX 18 months ago... the cotton-covered elastic as comes for sewing/dressmaking seems far better quality than the stuff Citroen used for retracting the rear shelf strings.