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Old 12-07-2015 | 12:34 PM
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Looking for a water leak

So where are some points water could enter the cab other then the windshield I have about an inch of water drivers side on my floor mat and it's not wet on the ceiling or windshield
Old 12-07-2015 | 12:39 PM
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Look for a hole behind the front tire .

The tire throws up the water making it even worse .

Pull back the carpet and sound proofing you will find it .

An inch of water should be easy to find!!
Old 12-07-2015 | 01:02 PM
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It's while I was at work I came to check it and bam
Old 12-07-2015 | 02:33 PM
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So say I left my heater on when I turned the car off and then it dumps like crazy I come in and it's dripping from around the floor heater Looking for a water leak-photo835.jpg
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This is the passenger side that it was dripping from from under the glove box and then on the drivers side on top of the little floor heaterLooking for a water leak-photo732.jpg
Old 12-07-2015 | 03:47 PM
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What about your heater core? That is my suspect.
Old 12-07-2015 | 04:04 PM
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I'll have to check it so I closed my vent to circulate air in the cab and non fresh air it's raining a bunch right now I'll check it in a little bit see if it's still dripping and the more tear down will happen
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Do you run straight water in your cooling system??

I would think you could smell antifreeze

Has the coolant level been dropping ??
Old 12-08-2015 | 10:32 AM
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Nah my coolant is real coolant got the green to cheap for Toyota red. And level is fine since I switched my vent nothin has been dripping
Old 12-08-2015 | 10:33 AM
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It also rained 24inches yesterday so I dunno if that had anything to do with it we broke a record
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That just may have had a little something to do with moisture in your vehicle
Old 12-08-2015 | 02:24 PM
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Ok so another day of hard rain and my heater vent on circulate and not fresh and we have no water in the cab !! Yay
Old 12-08-2015 | 07:44 PM
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Ok so another day of hard rain and my heater vent on circulate and not fresh and we have no water in the cab !! Yay
Maybe your cowl drain is clogged and water is pooling there and when vent is in fresh air mode, it sucks some of that water in?

Cowl screen design is flawed. It allows leaves, etc. in only to be trapped in the drain that is too small.
Old 12-09-2015 | 02:20 PM
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Yes that is kinda what I was thinking I'm gonna take it out and try and use a shop vac go try n get it all out
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heck behind your mudflaps and see if you have debris there. That could be a sign of a clogged cowl and drain vents.
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Originally Posted by Terrys87
heck behind your mudflaps and see if you have debris there. That could be a sign of a clogged cowl and drain vents.
Will do I'm doing another complete look over as I am planing for a overland trip and will be out in the middle of nowhere in the snow in the northern cascades so I'll be posting in my build thread soon. The north west is supposed to get close to 30 inches of snow here this next week!!!
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