Rear sub frame water trap

Thought it was about time I started a new thread for a change.

Right, was out yesterday combining my two passions of driving a Landy and Geocaching (Google it :nospamhere. The series of caches I was working on was titled 'Lets off road' and took us on about 17 miles of byway, picking up caches as we went. The final bit took us through a 2 foot deep Ford. It came over the sills so the under side got a good wash.

Now, after fishing the doors out about half a mile down stream , I trundled the ten odd miles home.

Here's where the issue come in. About an hour later I went back out and and discovered a puddle extending out from the rear of the car. It seemed a lot of water after the drive home so I got underneath. I found that the rear sub frame can catch water and it was this that was dripping out throught the gaps between the lower welds.

This doesn't seem too clever to me as this water, expecially if there is muck in there to, is surely going to eat into the subframe with time.

Anyone else had this and is modification to add a drain unreasonable?

Cheers,

Dave

never heard of it before - I reckon its a subframe out jobby to see wots wot

I think mud has formed barriers preventing the water to come out the normal way.

I'm not sure that anything is actually wrong. It was clear that the whole area was submerged and when I check every thing had dried out. Water was still dripping from the Diff guard rail bit didn't appear to be coming from anywhere higher up. I then realised that the subframe is constructed a several steel components that are welded together and as far as I could tell it was open at the top as it wrapped round the diff. If this is the case it is going to flood and hold water.

Is there a drain hole that may be blocked here? This would seem logical.

Noticed how the setup could be a water trap years ago, never got round to blocking the gaping holes with expanding foam.

A few drain holes wouldn't go a miss

Pump aload of waxoyl in there to stop any rot.