Trapped water in bodywork??? HELP

[roffy]

Can anyone help, last night my passenger door wasn't shut properly and it rained pretty hard! none of the interior was at all wet and thought i had got away with it. But have noticed a problem. Under acceleration and heavy breaking it sounds like there is a gallon of water running along the passenger side cill from the rear seats to the front of the door! all i can think of is it must have got into the bodywork and the drainage holes must be blocked! can anyone shed any light on it? i need it out asap before it does any damage! I'll be taking the afternoon off to try and sort it.
Something must be causing a gutter effect as when i reversed into my work carpark and breaked heavily the water sloshed back and i noticed some had spilt out onto the floor!

Any ideas???

Rich

[MatBrown]

Drainage holes are on the inside on the sill, check they are clear.



Mat.

[roffy]

will i be able to check these without jacking the car up? i'll have a look at lunch. I'm a little bit of a mechanical numpty are there locations obvious?

[Gav]

pretty obvious but if u cant find them drill a new drain hole but only small so u dont weaken the sill

[clowo16v]

Pull the rear "door" cards out and then park the car with the backend facing down a hill. The water will rush to the back. You can then drill a hole to let it out.

See ya

Matt

[roffy]

Cheers Guys, i jacked up the passenger side and found the blocked drainage hole on the under inside of the sill, eased a screwdriver in to clear it and water rushed out for a few mins!
Job done, water and noise gone, and hopefully no water damage in the bodywork!

Thanks for your help

[Gav]

:D

[BRUN]

any pics of where it is ?

for future reference ?

[MatBrown]

As you look at the very bottom of the sill from the side of the car, there are about 2 small drainage holes on the opposite side, where the two skins come together.



Mat.

[BRUN]

at the front or back ?