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This started in the tread "A Bit of a Redhead Moment": http://www.sportsmaserati.co.uk/showthread.php/23136-A-bit-of-a-Redhead-moment
During this it was discovered that there was water accumulated in the battery well. Condensation? Well, there was about 2 litres in there after I'd baled it out.
Clearly water had sloshed back up the well. Not a great thing to find amongst high current cabling, terminals, relays and servo motors.
Potential consequences:- soaked brake servo, wet battery cables and corroded relay terminals.
Can't perceive any water ingress, hints at rear indicator cluster, boot seal seem improbable; everything is bone dry dusty. The boot floor panels and vertical surrounds are bone dry too. Unless there's a hidden priest hole passage that exits into the well.
In any event, I'm not sure if any damage has yet been done; I'll find out after the battery has undergone a conditioning cycle (it was in good condition - CTEK MX5 cycled through first three phases to 80% capacity in about and hour and a half, looks a good newish OEM unit so unlikely to be the stimulus for the sudden burst of fault warnings).
This is most puzzling, there don't seem any drain vents.
So the question is, have any other GT owners encountered this, if so did you find the source of ingress, and what if anything has been done to overcome.
I've ordered some silica bags to act as dehumidifiers in the meantime.
What say to an incontinent Maserati?
During this it was discovered that there was water accumulated in the battery well. Condensation? Well, there was about 2 litres in there after I'd baled it out.
Clearly water had sloshed back up the well. Not a great thing to find amongst high current cabling, terminals, relays and servo motors.
Potential consequences:- soaked brake servo, wet battery cables and corroded relay terminals.
Can't perceive any water ingress, hints at rear indicator cluster, boot seal seem improbable; everything is bone dry dusty. The boot floor panels and vertical surrounds are bone dry too. Unless there's a hidden priest hole passage that exits into the well.
In any event, I'm not sure if any damage has yet been done; I'll find out after the battery has undergone a conditioning cycle (it was in good condition - CTEK MX5 cycled through first three phases to 80% capacity in about and hour and a half, looks a good newish OEM unit so unlikely to be the stimulus for the sudden burst of fault warnings).
This is most puzzling, there don't seem any drain vents.
So the question is, have any other GT owners encountered this, if so did you find the source of ingress, and what if anything has been done to overcome.
I've ordered some silica bags to act as dehumidifiers in the meantime.
What say to an incontinent Maserati?