01-31-2013, 09:02 PM
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If it was the heater core leaks I would think you could smell the fluid as it has a distinctive small.
If all fails for finding leaks, Remove carpet, plasic interior covers, and anything possable to remove and put your self in the situation of when leaks appear. Might be easier to spot where is coming from. Just a sugestion.
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01-31-2013, 11:10 PM
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cd try covering everything in baking soda,
1. will help with the smell,
2. you will easily be able to see where water touches the baking soda that way you can see if there is some kind of water trail and you could follow it.
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02-08-2013, 02:46 PM
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So, I took the carpet out and here's what I found out so far - looks like it's taking watter only when driving (in the rain, of course). Watter seems to be appearing on the left side of driver's floor, somewhere underneath the electric connectors or parking brake pedal.
I can't find a place where is it seeping through or where is it dripping from. Doesn't seem to be coming from the front part from underneath the rubber insulation either - but I'll pull this out on the weekend too, just to make sure I got it all open.
I'm getting closer to the idea of pouring the baking soda or some sort of powder all over the floor to pinpoint exact location of water seepage.
Standby for updates ;-)
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02-08-2013, 03:02 PM
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Same problem have tried everything to figure it out....Nothing
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02-11-2013, 12:48 AM
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I eliminated sunroof drain possibility - it was nice and sunny day today, so I opened the roof and kept pouring the H2O into the driver's side drain. All the water was coming out nicely from underneath the car, nothing on the inside.
I will do same with the windshield and hood area tomorrow.
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02-22-2013, 05:10 PM
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So, couldn't attend the problem in over a week. But got nice rain today and I was able pinpoint the spot, where the water appears first. Looks like it's seeping through right underneath the cable attached to the floor. Will try pull the plastic hook out of the floor and lift and secure the whole cable assembly to figure out exact entry point. It's kind of tricky looking down there while driiving in poring rain :-D Will try carwash on the weekend - might be enough for the water start getting in.
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03-22-2013, 12:13 PM
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Looks like I'll have to take that blue electric connector box out somehow - I saw the water running down in the corner behind that box and underneath the rubber insulation pad on firewall.
To make things more interesting, found a new leak in cargo area too - that one was easy one - the rubber boot for cables coming from the cargo door to the roof area looks like is leaking - will try some silicone to seal it.
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03-23-2013, 03:57 AM
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I'm pretty sure that when water goes near the bottom windshield drains, it comes out under the fender, not anywhere near the door drains. The door drains are for the window sill, since that isn't 100% water tight.
But I would start looking all around the drivers wheel well area, sounds like a bolt, the fender lining is cracked/ ripped/ bent out of place and it is letting water to a improperly sealed rubber grommet or something and is letting the water pour in.
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03-24-2013, 01:08 AM
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Just a shot in the dark, but have you guys done the upgrade for the AC relay? Before my AC relay went totally dysfunctional it got stuck engaging the AC compressor which pumped the system full of refrigerant and I got a lot of condensation under the glove box. It was very intermittent, and there was no sign from the dash that the compressor was stuck engaged. I remember taking corners and hearing the refrigerant sloshing around in the system (and thinking WTF is that ?)
Later the relay stopped working altogether and the AC light would start to flash and I put it all together then.
You could test by yanking the AC relay and seeing if you are still getting moisture in the cabin.
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06-03-2013, 10:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 20034RunnerV84x2
I'm pretty sure that when water goes near the bottom windshield drains, it comes out under the fender, not anywhere near the door drains. The door drains are for the window sill, since that isn't 100% water tight.
But I would start looking all around the drivers wheel well area, sounds like a bolt, the fender lining is cracked/ ripped/ bent out of place and it is letting water to a improperly sealed rubber grommet or something and is letting the water pour in.
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I think you might be right. I didn't have chance do anything yet, just driving with carpet off now.
As for the A/C relay - I can hear some liquid running occasionally when turning but no water appears after that - I thought it might be some water stuck under the windshield ...
Weather is getting warmer now so I'll be looking into it shortly and will keep this tread updated.
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06-03-2013, 11:12 AM
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Just went through this myself. After a lot of testing I figured out it was the A pillar metal on the windshield sides. For whatever reason, Toyota put three holes down the inside edge of the windshield and these were partially uncovered. I popped off the interior A pillar trim and sure enough, when pouring water down the edge of the windshield, water runs in those holes and drains out at floor level.
I had my windshield replaced in January and that's what triggered this. The windshield was sealed properly but the channel on the edge of the windshield (under the weatherstripping) had those holes exposed so water was pouring in. My glass guy resealed everything last week and filled the three holes and zero leaks since. Might be the solution.
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06-04-2013, 05:56 PM
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As for the A/C relay - I can hear some liquid running occasionally when turning but no water appears after that - I thought it might be some water stuck under the windshield ...
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If your AC relay goes bad the way mind did, that is not water, it's refrigerant in the AC system. Because the relay is stuck and the compressor is constantly engaged, too much liquid refrigerant is being pumped into your AC system--hence to excessive condensation inside the cabin and the sloshing.
When the fluid moves does it sizzle like water on a hot grill? If so it's likely your AC relay stuck on. Try yanking the AC relay and see if it makes it better. Or, in my case the relay finally died and got stuck open (compressor would not engage), and then it was pretty easy to figure out the AC relay was bad.
I'm not saying this is definitely the source of your problem, but if you are chasing a mystery leak and can't find it, it's worth checking out the AC relay (and easy to do).
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07-03-2013, 04:58 PM
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Quote:
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Just went through this myself. After a lot of testing I figured out it was the A pillar metal on the windshield sides. For whatever reason, Toyota put three holes down the inside edge of the windshield and these were partially uncovered. I popped off the interior A pillar trim and sure enough, when pouring water down the edge of the windshield, water runs in those holes and drains out at floor level.
I had my windshield replaced in January and that's what triggered this. The windshield was sealed properly but the channel on the edge of the windshield (under the weatherstripping) had those holes exposed so water was pouring in. My glass guy resealed everything last week and filled the three holes and zero leaks since. Might be the solution.
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Thanks for letting me know. I was gone for a month so will be getting back to address the issue. Before reading this, I actually popped the windshield wipers cover up and checked for some draining holes there but there's only 2 of them in the corners and poring the water in them doesn't seem to be the problem - no water inside. So I'll try take off the A pillar trim to see what's going on there. Windshield was replaced on my truck too, so might be same issue.
As for the A/C - I drive with A/C off and compressor is not running so shouldn't be condensate from the A/C, I think.
Thanks for all the input guys.
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07-29-2013, 01:21 AM
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Hello!
I was just wondering if you had found anything out about this? My 2005 Sport Edition is doing exactly the same thing. I have also determined that it only happening when it rains. It's not a hose from the A/C or anything.
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09-10-2013, 11:12 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kensley_jennings
Hello!
I was just wondering if you had found anything out about this? My 2005 Sport Edition is doing exactly the same thing. I have also determined that it only happening when it rains. It's not a hose from the A/C or anything.
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Hey, it wasn't raining enough whole Summer :-D But over those few days it was, I figured that I have a water appearing along the driver's side A-pillar right under the windshield caulking. It seemed just seeping through and I didn't see any run-off anywhere underneath. But, again, not enough raining yet.
Also, I discovered that the upper windshield plastic/rubber trim was lifted up at one place above the driver's side and back side was kind of squeezed and rolled - so I straighted this on and pushed it back over the edge of the windshield. Even though this trim is not suppose to seal the windshield, it might have been place where lot of water was running in and seeping through on the side.
In any case, I'm waiting for rainy season start to see if the leak will continue and it it really is the windshield seal.
As far as I Googled similar issues on different cars, wrongly sealed windshield while its being replaced can cause nightmare. My windshield is not original, so I'm assuming I will have to visit an auto glass shop and have it taken out and resealed if the problem prevails.
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