Getting wet

[Cuppa]

did you plug the holes when you changed the seats ?

I did. On the way in here last may we crossed two rivers at 800mm & got through largely unscathed. Just a bit of dampness, & I traced where it had got in & sealed it. This time more got in but water depth was far less, but I was stationary in the water for 10 minutes & there was a reasonable flow coming from the driver side. Inside the car is almost dry now after several days with a pair of electric fans running 24/7, & the vinyl plus underfelt is getting there hanging on a line. There was a constant drip of water onto the ground though. Yesterday I got down to see where it was coming from. What looked like a small drain hole in the bottom of the driver side sill. I pushed a knife blade up into it & turned the drip in a full flow tap! It ran for for a long time, I'd estimate 8 or 10 litres of water at least. The Sill must have been completely full, but unless it all got in via that little drain hole I have no idea where it got in. If it was the sill which filled first it could have overflowed into the footwell via the holes that the plastic sill cover clips into? Floor was wet on passenger side footwell too, but nothing in the passenger side sill. At least I now know where the sloshing noise I could hear as I drove home was coming from!