Re: 01 Elantra. Water entering passenger compartment causing num
The air intake is typically at the base of the windshield on the right side
(above that box on the right side under the dash which houses the blower motor). The water is typically intended to drain off either side of the area under the cowling into the area between the structural portion of the car and the back of the fenders. |
Re: 01 Elantra. Water entering passenger compartment causing num
Many thanks. Once my wife gets home I'll investigate. She'll be happy to
have her glove compartment back, I expect! |
Re: 01 Elantra. Water entering passenger compartment causing num
On 19-May-2005, "hyundaitech" <notpublic@not.public.com> wrote: > The water is typically intended to drain off either side of the area under > the cowling into the area between the structural portion of the car and > the > back of the fenders. Ah, I see what you mean now, if it was coming in from there, it would probably not be shooting from the left (where I drew that #1) and would somehow be coming from above #2 instead. When you say the box that houses the blower motor, do you mean above my #2 box. Taking off #2 drops down a white finned circular thing. Is the blower motor above that, or is above the assembly in the center? Inside #2 abiove where the finned thing was is absolutely bone dry. Putting my hand inside #2 and reaching to the left inside #1 I can feel water moving close as she turns left, then of course it all comes rushing out on a harder left. From the way you describe it, it sounds like the shaping below the cowling would make it very difficult for water to end up where it wasn't supposed to be. Unless of course the water testing was spraying water at a very unnatural angle. I know they were testing the front end and under the hood, so assumed they had mistakenly got filled something up with water. I feel like I am getting closer to solving this problem. I'll let you know how I get on. :o) |
Re: 01 Elantra. Water entering passenger compartment causing num
Great! I located the drain hose just behind the carpet. Pulled it out from
the grommet first, and as soon as it was clear of the lower floor skin water gushed out. I think the very bottom of the pipe was twisted or doubled over. Hoere's the thing. I poked the pipe back through the first hole (like the upper floor skin?), and wiggled it til I felt it go through the lower/external one. Crouched down under the vehicle to make sure the pipe was pulled through and open, and about 6 inches to the right (i.e. towards the door, as opposed to towards the the middle of the car) of where the pipe was poking through I found this. It was wet, and it was on the floor. Where on earth could it have come from? It was on our drive, and our car is the only one which ever parks there. http://www.2hosts.com/uh-oh.jpg I had a look around as best I could but could not see anything missing. Maybe is fell off from further back on the car as she reversed in? Surely pulling that pipe out and putting it back in can't have made this fall off!? Oh, back to the pipe. We went out on a test drive to see if the water problem was cured, and it seemed to be. Now time will tell to see if it fills again. I can't thank you anough for your help, it is most appreciated. |
Re: 01 Elantra. Water entering passenger compartment causing num
There's no way this bolt would have come off just by pulling the hose out
unless it wasn't attached to anything. I suspect that for some reason that the hose was actually plugged with this bolt. I suspect personnel doing the water leak work installed it-- possibly for some leak diagnosis, but my ideas of what this would accomplish are very sketchy. Perhaps if you go back and show it to them they may have a slightly different tune about your problem. |
Re: 01 Elantra. Water entering passenger compartment causing num
You raise a very good point. I wondered if it was poked into the bottom of
the hose, because the hose was pretty hard to pull out, then it suddenly came free. Also, there was absolutely nothing inside the hose blocking it, so i had to assume it was kinked somehow. So I shouldn't worry about the bolt? |
Re: 01 Elantra. Water entering passenger compartment causing num
No, I wouldn't worry about it. From what you say, I'm almost positive the
bolt was the cause of the problems. You pulled out the hose, water gushed out, nothing was blocking the hose, and suddenly you found the bolt directly under the hose exit. If this were an actual bolt holding something together, it wouldn't just fall off the car like that. |
Re: 01 Elantra. Water entering passenger compartment causing num
Very many thanks for your help. I phoned the dealership and told them what
happened, and they were stunned! It's a shame that they can turn us away because there is nothing more they can do, when it was something so simple. I could not have done this without your advice and help, and truly appreciate the time and effort you put forth to help people in this NG. :o) |
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