leaking mx5 ahhh

[patrick malone]

my mx5 seems got its head thats it a submarine at
present , the carpet in front of the drivers seat and
behind get saoked when it rains.

also water seems to drain in front the right rear
wheel l assumed it was a drain for the roof.

as it seem to have hose there but as l dont have
maunuall or much knowledge on mx5,s

any help whould be apprecitaed

thanks

patrick malone

[Chic Lynch]

Patrick,

There IS a drain for the roof just in front of the rear wheels. If you
look behind the seat belt towers with your roof up, you will see a
plastic 'funnel'. The water from the roof goes along the rain rail and
down this 'funnel'. It should then come out under the car near the rear
wheels.

This drain gets blocked quite easily and I usually clean mine out by
inserting a piece of garden hose down the 'funnel' and pushing until it
comes out the bottom (usually accompanied by mud and leaves).

My theory is that, when this drain gets blocked, water overflows into the
sill. The sills also have drains that usually get blocked. These drains
are just gaps in the seams that run the length of the car. The drains are
just at the jacking points. I clear these by inserting a screwdriver and
pushing up and wiggling it until the water starts coming out.

When all the drains are blocked, I think water overflows into the foot
well. We had 10 cms of water in there once. Incidentally the foot wells
also have drains which are plugged by a rubber stopper. If you need to
drain water from that area, simply pull back the carpet (from the sides)
and pull out the plug.

Hope this helps

Cheers

Chic

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Chic & Morven, us@lynchz.com on 23/06/2004

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:19:55 +1200 (NZST), patrick malone wrote:
my mx5 seems got its head thats it a submarine at
present , the carpet in front of the drivers seat and
behind get saoked when it rains.

also water seems to drain in front the right rear
wheel l assumed it was a drain for the roof.

as it seem to have hose there but as l dont have
maunuall or much knowledge on mx5,s

any help whould be apprecitaed

thanks

patrick malone

[patrick malone]

--- Chic Lynch <mx5list@lynchz.com> wrote:
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Patrick,


There IS a drain for the roof just in front of the
rear wheels. If you look behind the seat belt towers

Hope this helps

Cheers

Chic

thanks very much is very helpful, yes suspected might
be the case.

cheers



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