Yesterday was the 1st day I had to drive the old girl ( '85 300 Turbo D) in rain, and all of a sudden I have a pool of water on my driver side backseat I can remove the carpet, accumulate more water and make a swimming pool but rather not have any water under my drivers seat

any ideas .. leads wellcome

thanks

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'85 300 D Diamond in the rust

Back glass and moon roof seals good?

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RRGrassi


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Hood hinge pocket drains. Or, rusted out underneath the rear window gasket.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

I discovered this problem on my car just the other day. Unfortunately, mine is the worst case sceneraio : hole in the driver's floorpan.

I know its painful to think of, but you might want to check that as well. This week is "sheet metal" week for me as I'm going to patch it up best I can.

Good luck!
Patrick

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1984 300D Turbo W123, 198k - The Tank
1999 BMW 328i 5-sp - The Scalpel

Check for rust under the battery- that was one of my problems

I had up to 6 inches of water on both sides when it rained hard
Culprit(s): Sunroof, front windshield seal, back windshield seal, battery tray, door drains.
Good luck

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Andrew

1989 Volvo 745- 202K

Hopefully its just a missing drain plug.

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'85 300D Cal 280,000 miles
'14 GLK 350 60000 miles

side storages under neath the carpet, etc. You can locate the drain outlets by looking for the little black rubber tipped things that sort of look like nipples. Find the entry points that exit at these nipple looking things under neath the car and run a rod or similar flexible object long enough to clear the drains (the sunroof drains are in the corners near the front and might be two in the rear corners, as well), so the water will drain to the ground, instead of backing up and flooding the inside of your car. Also, there is a drain opening at the fuel refill entry that lets the excess fuel drain to the ground at fill ups that sometimes become clogged.

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