Foot well water

Got a soaked carpet in passenger foot well, thought it could be windscreen seal or maybe even front vents but they look ok. 1998 county 90. Anyone had this before.
thanks
Steve

swmeader said:

Got a soaked carpet in passenger foot well, thought it could be windscreen seal or maybe even front vents but they look ok. 1998 county 90. Anyone had this before.
thanks
Steve

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Pretty much everyone has had it before. It could be the doors, or various other places.
Easiest answer is to ditch the carpet, get some rubber mats. Pretty cheap from Paddock.

It can literally come from anywhere.
You will have to do some investigating with a hose pipe, carpet out first then see where its coming from.

swmeader said:

Got a soaked carpet in passenger foot well, thought it could be windscreen seal or maybe even front vents but they look ok. 1998 county 90. Anyone had this before.
thanks
Steve

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Oh dear I guess you reach the end of the vehicle life.
1. Have suffered from from wet knee syndrome.
1 a. Have you forgotten to remember the Landrover code to wear full weather gear preferably scuba gear.
1 b. Have you removed the carpet to check out the amount of water ingress.
1 c. Have you checked the rubber seal around the door frame.
1 d. Have you checked the desert air-conditioning system ie manual vents rubber seal.
1 e. Have you checked the floor for rusty or crusty seams.
1 f. Have you checked the spare box under seat for a pinned doll of you from the misses with a note of your devotion to the Landrover than her him it.
1 g. Welcome to being a rain god with cherubs adorning your journeys.

Holes in the footwell under the heater unit added to list above.

tottot said:

Holes in the footwell under the heater unit added to list above.

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1 h.

Also the window seals on the front door windows. These perish, letting in water which runs down the inside of the door into the footwells.

Oh how I miss these issues and other similar delights associated with the ownership of a 90 or 110.....

I think the op has gone?

Well, if they come back, check the Alpine window seals. Water gets in there, runs along the inside of the roof rails and down the front of the door where the seal is, into the footwell, making you think it's the door seals or windscreen seal.

potus said:

Oh how I miss these issues and other similar delights associated with the ownership of a 90 or 110.....

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The best one on mine was, you'd get in and drive off, all was okay until the first downhill when a stream of water would wee onto my knee from the top of the door at the front.

The stream would last as long as, well, a normal wee.

Certainly long enough to soak my jeans

lynall said:

I think the op has gone?

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Drowned ?

If I didnt get water in my footwell after a downpour, Id start panicking.

Col

l considered installing a bilge pump on mine, for when l parked facing downhill and it rained.

lightning said:

l considered installing a bilge pump on mine, for when l parked facing downhill and it rained.

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I really recommend removing the roof and converting to a soft top/tilt. Seriously, I get absolutely no leaks on mine. The only changes I made from std are 1. fitting a strip of 10mm thick neoprene closed cell foam between the top of windscreen to the tilt frame, 2. using original Land Rover door seals, and 3. after some good research I did not fit std sill to door seals - instead I fitted later model lower door seals. This results in superb water tightness, though I'm the time spent adjusting the sills and covers also helps. The only thing I do to the tilt is once per year give it a steam clean both sides, dry and treat with a few coats of Fabsil.

If you want to know where it’s leaking, fill it up with water and see where it comes out.

rustynut said:

If you want to know where it’s leaking, fill it up with water and see where it comes out.

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Shirly you would need to turn it upside down first.

J

I am sure you have all heard this joke?
LR engineer on hols in japan, goes on Toyota factory tour, sees dead cat in a test car, Toyota engineers explain to him it is how they test the cars air tightness by leaving cat in car overnight, if its dead in the morning then the test is a success.
So LR engineer back home decides to try the same test, comes back in next day, only to find the cat has gone

Knappster said:

Also the window seals on the front door windows. These perish, letting in water which runs down the inside of the door into the footwells.

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lynall said:

I am sure you have all heard this joke?
LR engineer on hols in japan, goes on Toyota factory tour, sees dead cat in a test car, Toyota engineers explain to him it is how they test the cars air tightness by leaving cat in car overnight, if its dead in the morning then the test is a success.
So LR engineer back home decides to try the same test, comes back in next day, only to find the cat has gone

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It turned out to be the door seal, watched it run down the door in heavy rain. thanks.

Thanks it turned out to be the door seal which is surprising as it hardly ever gets opened. Maybe the the way I park the vehicle which faces the sun.