Hi everyone,
Recently I bought a 1972 Fulvia Zagato 1.3 S2. When she came my place, it was rain.
Today I cleaned her and smell something. Then I checked the floor and found the damp.
The insulation was wet under the rubber mat. So I removed the insulation and rubber mat, and am trying to dry them.
Does anybody have an idea where comes from water? How can I stop it?
Now I keep her in the garage.
water coming from somewhere to floor
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Paul de Raymond Leclercq
Re: water coming from somewhere to floor
Keep her in the garage is the best advice!
Seriously, water usually comes through from the corners of the windscreen.
The sealant that was used goes hard and brittle; best to remove the screen, clean up and refit using a modern silicone sealant. In any case if water is coming though, rust will start behind the rubber and cause chaos later.
Paul
Seriously, water usually comes through from the corners of the windscreen.
The sealant that was used goes hard and brittle; best to remove the screen, clean up and refit using a modern silicone sealant. In any case if water is coming though, rust will start behind the rubber and cause chaos later.
Paul
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Katsura Tsukamoto
Re: water coming from somewhere to floor
Hi Paul,
Thank you for your quick response. I will check around the corners of windscreen.
Thanks again.
Katsura
Thank you for your quick response. I will check around the corners of windscreen.
Thanks again.
Katsura
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Thibaut
Re: water coming from somewhere to floor
Hello,
from my small experience, water leakage come from the down corners of the windscreen,
taking out the rubber and fitting it again doesn't help...
as Paul tells, this black sealant is strange, 30 years later, it is surely dry. taking it out takes a while. You can apply silicone with great results.
potential danger here, not only for the floor pan, but again by the water staying behing the dashboard, around wirings and instruments, keeping moisture here, i let you imagine the effects...there are here some horizontal surfaces that will keep water very well.
from my small experience, water leakage come from the down corners of the windscreen,
taking out the rubber and fitting it again doesn't help...
as Paul tells, this black sealant is strange, 30 years later, it is surely dry. taking it out takes a while. You can apply silicone with great results.
potential danger here, not only for the floor pan, but again by the water staying behing the dashboard, around wirings and instruments, keeping moisture here, i let you imagine the effects...there are here some horizontal surfaces that will keep water very well.
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Olivier
Re: water coming from somewhere to floor
Hello Katsura,
Sorry to hear that your Zagato has water leakage. You don't say whether it's the front or back but I had the same in the back on my Fulvia Coupe. After any more or less serious rainfall (that is, quite often here in Belgium) there would be water in the boot, meaning in the surrounding of the gas tank. Not good.
So, after diligently drying this out I decided to apply some special car window silicone sealant. With a spatula I first removed the old grime around the rubbers, and then reapplied the silicone, and plenty of it in the corners of the screen. Excess kit you can wipe off with white-spirit.
(I can look-up the brand of the sealant at home this evening if you'd like, e-mail me if you want to know.)
A friend helped with all of this, as one needs to lift the rubber and the other needs to scrape / apply.
Removing the windscreen altogether seems more diligent, but if the easy way works, I guess it works.
Sometimes I still get water in the boot through the rear lights, even though I sealed those too. This only happens when I drive it in heavy rain.
Hope this helps, Olivier (Brussels)
Sorry to hear that your Zagato has water leakage. You don't say whether it's the front or back but I had the same in the back on my Fulvia Coupe. After any more or less serious rainfall (that is, quite often here in Belgium) there would be water in the boot, meaning in the surrounding of the gas tank. Not good.
So, after diligently drying this out I decided to apply some special car window silicone sealant. With a spatula I first removed the old grime around the rubbers, and then reapplied the silicone, and plenty of it in the corners of the screen. Excess kit you can wipe off with white-spirit.
(I can look-up the brand of the sealant at home this evening if you'd like, e-mail me if you want to know.)
A friend helped with all of this, as one needs to lift the rubber and the other needs to scrape / apply.
Removing the windscreen altogether seems more diligent, but if the easy way works, I guess it works.
Sometimes I still get water in the boot through the rear lights, even though I sealed those too. This only happens when I drive it in heavy rain.
Hope this helps, Olivier (Brussels)
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Katsura Tsukamoto
Re: water coming from somewhere to floor
Hi Thibaut & Olivier,
Thank you for your information. Finally I found water came from the down corners of the windscreen. My Fulvia Sport has repainted several years ago by former or more former owner, and I think the black sealant was also replaced. It is still soft but it doesn't work.
I will fill in silicone soon or later. Thank you again.
Katsura (Leuven)
Thank you for your information. Finally I found water came from the down corners of the windscreen. My Fulvia Sport has repainted several years ago by former or more former owner, and I think the black sealant was also replaced. It is still soft but it doesn't work.
I will fill in silicone soon or later. Thank you again.
Katsura (Leuven)