help - wet footwell ?!

[nuttydon]

Hi there - I am new to maseratis but whilst cleaning my facelift 4200 this evening when I lifted the drivers floor mat I discovered that the drivers side carpet (not the passengers) and footwell is quite wet?!

Now it did have a very thorough hosepipe wash the other day and it has been raining for three days now - but its only 7 years old so I reckon it should not leak yet . . . its not a land rover after all ?!

Are there any typical problems with this model that may cause this and which may give me head start towards a fix, like blocked aircon drain, etc or am I looking for a needle in a haystack as with most leaks.

worryingly is that by looking through the little plastic lided inspection hole that is in the carpet (what is that for?) I can already see some rust forming on the floor so a fix needs to be found and pronto . .

cheers in advance - Don

 

[bigbob]

Hi. A few options:
-air con drain hole
-blocked drain holes below windscreen
-windscreen seal gone

The first 2 are easy to fix, the third is expensive.

 

[mjheathcote]

The inspection hole is so you can see the VIN number engraved into the floor.
The air con drain is a well known problem, at assembly it can get kinked not passing through the transmission tunnel so all the condensed water ends up inside the car. This sounds like the favourite cause especially as you can see rust, its most likely been wet for a long time. It can be sorted though, search the forum for air con drain.

 

[Emtee]

Aircon drain / pollen filter pictorial is here...

http://www.sportsmaserati.co.uk/sho...lean-out-pollen-filter?highlight=aircon+drain

 

[safrane]

Air con issue floods the NS not drivers side IIRC

 

[Emtee]

Air con issue floods the NS not drivers side IIRC

The aircon drain is driver side Peter, which certainly for me caused dampness in the drivers side footwell on my 4200. I have heard of the passenger side also getting damp however, but put this down to condensation on the aircon piping behind the lower central dash.

 

[Klive]

When mine got blocked it filled the passenger's footwell with water. It obviously depends on how it leaks back into the cabin.

 

[oh-five]

Careful (above) if you're RHS or LHS drive, as the aircon/heater core isn't moved from left to right depending on your country of delivery, is it? So perhaps Port and Starboard are more accurate references. Heater core condensation drain tubes plugged have been reported and are supposed to be unblocked/blown out.

 

[adam01]

Careful (above) if you're RHS or LHS drive, as the aircon/heater core isn't moved from left to right depending on your country of delivery, is it? So perhaps Port and Starboard are more accurate references. Heater core condensation drain tubes plugged have been reported and are supposed to be unblocked/blown out.

Hah, not everyone is a sailor

 

[Snowflakes]

On a previous test drive on a 4200 I put the aircon on and about a pint of water emptied itself on my fiancées feet! Didn't buy that one!

I've actually got the exact same problem right now so checked the windscreen seals, they're fine; took off the black plastic external covers & although drains holes were blocked (now unblocked) everything looked fine so also looking for a fix. Any more bright ideas?!

SF

 

[Emtee]

Hi Snowflake, maybe check under the metal plate beneath the scuttle panel. Lift out the pollen filter and hoover it out. You could do the same with the fan, lifting off the mesh and cleaning out any leaves that have got through. Internally you could check the lagging on the aircon piping behind the centre dash and obviously the aircon drain.

 

[Snowflakes]

Thanks miles, hopefully dry weekend so will have a look & report back!

SF

 

[oh-five]

Oh. In addition to persons driving of the "different" side of the road in some parts, in the Southern hemisphere you are flipped upside down as well. So according to me geometric calculations people in (e.g.) Melbourne would be flipped once by having their steering wheels on the right and once by being upside down, resulting in a perfectly "normal" vehicle layout again. Bravo!

 

[Emtee]

Oh. In addition to persons driving of the "different" side of the road in some parts, in the Southern hemisphere you are flipped upside down as well. So according to me geometric calculations people in (e.g.) Melbourne would be flipped once by having their steering wheels on the right and once by being upside down, resulting in a perfectly "normal" vehicle layout again. Bravo!

Yes but you therefore need to watch out for a damp roof liner.

 

[hodroyd]

Hahahahaha, hilarious....!!!!