Riba
Member
Could use a bit of a brainstorming here...
Passenger side door card in wet on the bottom. I know that a general consensus is that the seal on the aluminium cover inside the door has failed and water is seeping in, but the door does not appear like it was ever cracked open. Plan is to remove the door card again, but I wanted to dry it out first because the moisture is making the card soggy and I'm afraid it will break if I try to remove it in this condition - I did give it a try with the trim removal tools but decided not to force it as it did not look good.
What's confusing is that the only place for the water ingress is between the window and the door, and the seal seems quite tight there. I even put a duct tape as an additional seal to help out while I dry it out but that did not seem to have made a difference. I've placed 2 kilos of silica gel in the car, and yesterday I sandwiched large pet pee pad to absorb as much water as possible and it was properly soaked this morning even though there was no rain overnight. I've checked the drain holes and they don't seem to be blocked.
I'll definitely remove the door card asap, but it is still puzzling that so much water would accumulate inside the door....what am I missing?
Cheers,
Tom
Passenger side door card in wet on the bottom. I know that a general consensus is that the seal on the aluminium cover inside the door has failed and water is seeping in, but the door does not appear like it was ever cracked open. Plan is to remove the door card again, but I wanted to dry it out first because the moisture is making the card soggy and I'm afraid it will break if I try to remove it in this condition - I did give it a try with the trim removal tools but decided not to force it as it did not look good.
What's confusing is that the only place for the water ingress is between the window and the door, and the seal seems quite tight there. I even put a duct tape as an additional seal to help out while I dry it out but that did not seem to have made a difference. I've placed 2 kilos of silica gel in the car, and yesterday I sandwiched large pet pee pad to absorb as much water as possible and it was properly soaked this morning even though there was no rain overnight. I've checked the drain holes and they don't seem to be blocked.
I'll definitely remove the door card asap, but it is still puzzling that so much water would accumulate inside the door....what am I missing?
Cheers,
Tom