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Re: 2001 Merc water leak [mike41356]
by mike41356
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Oct 19, 2007 (7:43 am)
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Replying to: mike41356 (Oct 16, 2007 11:54 am)
Just to update, two days later it rained cats & dogs and unfortunately it leaked again. Back to square one, pulled again that plastic cover on top of the fan intake and the silicone I've applied was not that thick, so I clean everything up again and this time I've made a thick strip of plummers putty and sealed real tight. I did this just to
see if it really stops the water. Once I'm sure I will prepare a rubber foam gasket of a template I've made from the plastic cover. So far with the hose it doesn't leak, but nothing like a good'ol Florida rain. Will keep all posted.
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Reply to Merc water leak
by vernes97
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Oct 19, 2007 (6:40 pm)
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I'm starting to think that maybe the idea isn't so much to stop the leak as it is to give the water another destination like I did when I drilled that small hole in the side of the black plastic tray to the right of that weep hole. Still dry after 3 days of rain and original fix done in August. As I mentioned before my 96 E350 has a hose hooked up directly to that tray going right to the inner fender and right to the ground- you can see it run out when the van is moved.
The whole thing looks like a case of bad design with the crown vics and GMC's-sorta like having to close the barn door after the horse is loose.
Good luck and best wishes
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Re: Reply to Merc water leak [vernes97]
by mike41356
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Oct 22, 2007 (11:47 am)
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Replying to: vernes97 (Oct 19, 2007 6:40 pm)
Well I don't want to get you tired but again it rain and guess what, it leaked at the same place. So last Saturday I just couln't understand why if everything looked pretty sealed it will still sips inside thru the lowest bolt of that black plenum inside the car, so I pulled out the right front tire and moved the inner plastic fender just a bit enough for me to see another angle of that peep hole. At the same time I have my son blow air with the compressor hose just where I was seeing the water coming in, and sure thing it was around the peep hole, not in the actual plenum peep hole. So I spread a bead of silicone around and put everything back. Hopefully this time it'll do the trick but I haven't tried out yet, I will let it dry really good.
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Re: Reply to Merc water leak [mike41356]
by vernes97
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Oct 22, 2007 (8:07 pm)
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Replying to: mike41356 (Oct 22, 2007 11:47 am)
I never removed that black plastic tray. Once I seen it all filled with water I started looking for the drain so I never got as far as the gasket under it. I probably just got lucky by clearing that weep hole out and going no further. If yours keeps leaking I would either park the car with the front facing downhill,or drill a hole under the carpet to let the water out. Or,if all else fails, take it to the Ford stealership and let them do it. If it wasn't for this leak problem these are pretty good cars.
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Re: Reply to Merc water leak [vernes97]
by mike41356
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Oct 23, 2007 (10:10 am)
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Replying to: vernes97 (Oct 22, 2007 8:07 pm)
I think I 've finally got it, it rained last night and is all dry inside, so the problem was that I was looking in the wrong place all this time. I was already considering throwing a gold fish and have my own fish tank in the passenger side of my Marquis.
Really it has been an excellent car and still is, I just didn't wanted to give up on him.
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Re: Reply to Merc water leak [mike41356]
by jsylvester
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Oct 23, 2007 (8:19 pm)
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Replying to: mike41356 (Oct 23, 2007 10:10 am)
I'm glad you were able to figure it out.
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Re: Reply to Merc water leak [mike41356]
by wildwalnut
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Oct 26, 2007 (2:54 pm)
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Replying to: mike41356 (Oct 23, 2007 10:10 am)
Reading the thread above has helped me some but I still have a question. I have 96 Marquis that had a long history of water getting into floor. I bought the car and right away noticed water in passenger floor. I took windshield wiper off (flex arm back and pry out sliding lock underneith). I took right side cowl plastic grate cover off ( four screws). I then took screened cover dam off of intake plenum box (three bolts). I found the gasket under the screened dam for the intake plenum box was brittle and broken allowing water to pour down into the intake box. The intake box has a door half way down that allows air into the car. At the bottom of the intake box is a hole facing toward the front passenger wheel that drains water if it gets in. I poured water into the intake box to make sure that the drain was not plugged and the water ran free. I cleaned some minior leafs, tree needles and etc from the area along under the cowl. Water that goes through the plastic cowl grates must run off the side of the fire wall on the right side of the car inside the fender. I made a new gasket for the air intake screen and put everything back together. I haven't had another problem yet. However, I noticed when it is all back together that if water runs down the windshield onto the plastic cowl. The cowl is slopped towared the windshield wiper drive shaft and that water then must run through the cowl grates that are "directly over the top" of the air intake screen. Maybe I'm stupid but this doesn't look like one of "Fords better Ideas". If the drain at the bottom of the air intake plenum parially plugs for any reason just normal rain would cause a leak inside the car. I'm thinking of modifing the cowl by closing off the open grate in that area and installing a drain in the cowl to divert water to some place other than the air intake. Any thoughts??
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Re: Reply to Merc water leak [wildwalnut]
by vernes97
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Oct 27, 2007 (12:31 pm)
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Replying to: wildwalnut (Oct 26, 2007 2:54 pm)
Finally- after almost 3 months- I got in my 97 Crown Vic and you guessed it, Lake Okeechobee on my drivers' side floor. If any of you guys that tried to fix it themselves had any suggestions to get it right the first time .What would you do? Right now I'm leaning towards taking it all apart,putting a new gasket in there,and improving the drainage systen in there somehow. I got it in my garage right now after considerable effort and pulled the wet carpet and hung it to dry. It's 4:30 PM and I'm not gonna do anything 'til tomorrow so I'm open to suggestions 'til then.
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Re: Reply to Merc water leak [vernes97]
by vernes97
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Oct 28, 2007 (10:31 am)
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Replying to: vernes97 (Oct 27, 2007 12:31 pm)
I will reply to my own post. Only 1 thing changed since I cleaned out that drain hole back in August. I got that underspray-RUSTOP- done last week. After I cleared out that gooey, vaseline-like stuff out of the drains water began to run out behind the front tire like it should. Now I just have to wait for everything to dry out. While I was under that slotted cover I drilled another hole next to the one that was already there.I really thought that this was fixed back in August.I guess it just goes to show you that bad things can happen while you're trying to do good things.
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Re: Reply to Merc water leak [vernes97]
by mike41356
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Oct 31, 2007 (6:59 am)
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Replying to: vernes97 (Oct 28, 2007 10:31 am)
I didn't get back earlier because I was traveling, but guess what went in to my Marquis and the lake was there too.
I had left the carpet lifted since this all started and did not put it back together, I had it lifted off with some pieces of wood strategically placed to keep it off the floor. Well the main leak is sealed because this days are raining constantly and at one point I stayed inside the car while it was raining and saw water coming thru the side corner right at the end of the relay panel, but very slow so I'm puzzled by this new one. Like you did I 've tried the undercoating stuff but then again the water was not coming in thru there. I will wait till Saturday and try to
check behind that fender liner to see if there is another opening that I can cover with silicone. Strange thing is
I replace a broken electric antenna 4 month ago, maybe that had something to do with this, although I 've checked all
wiring entrances into the cabin.
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