ss2115
1995 850 Sedan.
50mm of water on drivers floor after heavy rain. Car parked downhill.
All drains under bonnet clear and free flowing. Removed kick panel under dash - no signs of water entry down wiring loom or anything. Clean clear water so not coolant.
No sunroof so not that either.
All other floors bone dry.
Seals around door appear good and no water tracks or water droplets indicating entry point.
Have taken door lining off to check interior seals and drains. Plastic covers all pressed in place and look good. Interior of door very original and looks new apart from slightly dusty - doesn't look like its ever had water in it. The outside door to glass seal is in good condition and very tight against the glass.
But - where are the door drains? I cannot find anything resembling a drain hole or outlet for water.
My only conclusion is windscreen which is original Volvo. However, we have drenched it and concentrated water all around it for some 30 minutes and no water entry into the car at all and we have both the carpet and the foam up to observe the floor directly.
Across the top of the screen is a rubber strip that presses down into the gap between glass and metal roof. At drivers side this has pulled back by about 2 mm and there is a small gap past it. It appears to only be a cosmetic piece to cover the gap, but we've held water on it anyway as a slow steady stream for a long time and not found any water ingress into the car.
Baffled.
So anyone -
where are the door drains and how do they work?
any suggestions or tricks with water leaks to the front floor on the old 850?
Ex850R
If on an angle towards the driver side the heater core may leak into there but normally on the passenger side.
ss2115
Thanks but as mentioned, the water is definitely rain water. Our coolant is bright green and has a smell which the floor water didn't.
As well, the foam up the sides of the tunnel wasn't wet apart from soaking a little higher than the collected pool of floor water went to.
AC drain looks intact also - properly seated and no splits.
And there's been no water ingress before and now suddenly after one night of rain, there it was next morning. Mind you, Sydney has had a very mild winter with hardly any rain at all. But if you remember back to the weeks before Easter this year we had all that torrential rain and the car never leaked parked up hill or down hill.
Ex850R
Yes, it is one for the experts I feel!
@VolvoDeger @timbo @Philia_Bear?
Julian
I had this problem! It mainly occurred when I was parked facing downhill.
I found that the top corner of the windscreen on the driver's side leaked in. I got clear silicone sealant with a thin nozzle on it and just pumped heaps of it into that area. Not visible from outside at all and solved my leak!
Get someone to concentrate hose water on that area whilst you are in car looking for leaks. From memory the water in mine was running down the inside of the A pillar inside the plastic trim (pillar at edge of windscreen) and leaking out of it at low level. I'd advise checking that.