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Lincoln Town Car Water Leaks

255 messages,  Last post on Oct 12, 2012 at 7:04 AM

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#252 of 255 Re: rugs [lovetowncars] by mikesea

May 17, 2012 (10:25 am)

Replying to: lovetowncars (Mar 29, 2012 6:30 am)
I found my carpets wet today in my 99 Towncar.Pulled the glovebox,ran a hose .Found the plastic cowling .in passenger side engine compartment was allowing water to enter the screened area .What I did was removed the cowling by removing 2 nuts and the 5 or 6 screws.OH ,also the plastic schoud that his the windshield needs 2 come off 2./There are 2 long body pins holding it in place.What i found was ,the foam seal was totally dried out and gone.I replaced the seal with black poly seam seal.Totally expect to find problem gon.Especially after the hose test confirmed the leak.Good luck.Its an easy job.

#253 of 255 Re: Smaller leak after the fixes? [99towncarexec] by puftuy1

Oct 09, 2012 (2:40 pm)

Replying to: 99towncarexec (Mar 01, 2012 1:28 pm)
seems like this model car had ALL kinds of leak issues (for a lot of years) you said so far so good with your "07...... i have owned quite a few of these cars and ........your '07 is going to have one soon....... my '07 JUST went through it (found this one under the right side gasket under the wiper....good luck dude

#254 of 255 Re: Major Water in passenger side by jhnnyg

Oct 12, 2012 (6:51 am)

Replying to: puftuy1 (Oct 09, 2012 2:40 pm)
I recently bought my neighbore 2003 Town Car. Great conditon until I statrted to vacuum it out and detail it. The passenger side rugs were soaked. Initial I used a wet vac to pick up the water and thought I got it all until I lifted the rug and noticed the rubber backing was soaked still like a sponge. Had no choise but to pull out the carpets and let them dry. Was a good opportunity to shampoo them. Now in the process of locating the source of the leak. Thabks for all your insights. Will keep you posted.

#255 of 255 Re: Major Water in passenger side [jhnnyg] by 99towncarexec

Oct 12, 2012 (7:04 am)

Replying to: jhnnyg (Oct 12, 2012 6:51 am)
Listen,the leaks are more of an inconvenience then anything else.Yes,they should have addressed the matter long ago in the 90's,but they didn't for whatever reason.So,here's where you look and should find the source. First,under the hood,passenger side where the wiper is.Remove the grating there,a few screws does the trick.Take out any leaves or debris stuck in there. You can also remove your glove box door and stick your hand behind there and feel the cabin filter.If it's soaked,you need not look further. It's the passenger side thing I just explained.On the other hand,if that's not it,look where the hood release cable goes thru the firewall.That's another source of leakage.Surprised the hell out of me when they found that on my other Lincoln.I pulled the rugs up and pulled out the drain plugs in the floor to let the water out.There was lots of it in the car.Not to mention I forgot to close the sun roof in a rain storm!!lol.So, check those two places and you should find the source.Good luck.Still the best made American car out there!

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