Passenger Side Wet

[McVette]

When I drove my 96 tonight my wife noticed that the floor on the passenger side was soaking wet. I have never noticed any leaking before until today. We had a large rain shower yesterday and when my wife was driving home from work she mentioned that the roads were heavy with water. Since I have never experienced this problem before does anyone have any idea where my water may be coming in at? It was mostly in the floor board in the foot areas but some was under the seat.

 

[78SilvAnniv]

Your 96 is constructed differently from my 78, but mine will leak where the water runs down the back of the t-tops and joins with the rear side molding. It seeps in, or between the window and w-strip, and runs down my seatbelt.
Some vettes can also leak at the front, usually the windshield area, or down the sides of the wiper tray area between the fenders and into the footwell.
You may want to look at the underside of your vette to see if the water is being allowed in from the floorpan...holes, cracks or joints?

Do be sure to check that the excess amount of water on the passenger side is not from your heater core.
Good luck finding your leak. If you find it (and find a cure) please post so others can fix their leaks, too.
Heidi

 

[Moonunit 451]

I'm guessing (hoping), since you didn't mention it, that there is no smell of antifreeze?

 

[redc4corvette]

On the 96 if you go to mid america they have the weather strip that goes on the bottom of the door not factory, but if you have that high of water levels in your area
you might invest in that weatherstrip seal.It works, I had to put one on my 94 also check your weather strip on the top of the windshield right piller post if the seal is broken it will run down inside the door and along the dash and fill up the floor.
Lucky its fiberglass it does float!

 

[SSTibet]

RedC4corvette, I installed the strips from Eckler's on both doors without knowing that they would also prevent water ingress; I thought they were good for dust and stuff. Thank's...

 

[ThunderVette]

Three reasons may be:
1. Is the sillplate also wet? If YES then check the door main weatherstrip.
2. If the sill is dry - inspect the the area between hood edge and windshield bottom edge. The sealant compound may be cracked - the water may flow through those cracks.
3. Each floor (driver's and passenger's) has 3 plugs (I suppose for water drainage). You can see them if highly jack the car. The plugs are located in under-seat area of each seat. So if the car was deep in the water (deeper then car clearance) - that maybe the way water came.
The No.2 above suspected to be most reasonable...