by lambaj » Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:33 am
Hi
Simon
HA's have internal rain water drain hoses that run from the inside of the scuttle panel/air intakes at the base of the windscreen, out to the area at the top of the A post/inner wing. If these hoses are perished, all the water that runs of the screen/roof into the scuttle flows straight on to the carpet/floor. You can inspect the hoses by sticking your head under the parcel shelf and you should see the hoses running from the heater box area to the inner wings. This is your starter for 10.
Also Fuse boxes leak, and HA's are not know for being the best for tin worm, so you can get water in from all over the place. Also under the throttle pedal and its mirror position in the passenger footwell, there are "inspection" plates fitted to the inner wheel arches. God knows why Vauxhall put these there - what a moronic place to put a panel held in place by a gasket and 4 pop rivets - directly behind the front wheels.... strangely enough these are known to rust away and leak like sieves.
If you have wet carpets without driving the car, check your drain hoses, then windscreen seals, then fuse box, then rust in the scuttle panel/front bulkhead.
Hopefully you will find its just the hoses.......
Good luck
Tony
"Ere look - thats one of them Mk2 Vauxhall Cortinas....!!"