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I just discovered 2 patches on the drivers side that are really damp. One is beside ( touching) the hatch/gas door release and the other is in the middle of the carpet. Also, near the top of the carpet on the passengers side to the left is a little damp too. It did not rain, the liquid does not have smell though. Does anyone know what it is?

Is the water coming form under the car? because when i put a floor mat over it, the top of the floor mat was not wet. just the 2 patches on the drivers side and the big patch on the passengers side at the top.

 
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u didnt have a peepee accident did u???

anyway, id pull up the carpet, make sure u dont have any vermin in ur car, or any spots that have rusted through, other than that i have no idea

 
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its that peeping tom. he must have seem something he liked and got excited while he was in the car.

 
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it got more wet after i parked it in the garage. Its pretty weird....

 
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dude start stripping stuff to see where its coming from. Put in small cups to see if its dripping. If nothing is in the cup then its coming from below.

 
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dont mind the cup idea i just read where u said "the top of the floor mat was not wet"

 
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Id say it was you....pissed yourself going to fast man!! lawls!!

anyhow, my first guess is the heater core?

 
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where is the heater core?

The spot it is mainly wet is along the trim above the hatch/gas release. It just gets more damp even when it is not running. Hopefully I can find out what is wrong with it tomorrow when i take out the carpet thing.

 
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heater core is centralized under the dash and behind the console!
real hard to get at and a pain in the ***!
i may be wrong but its still my guess!

 
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but that is most likely my problem? because the damp carpet runs from hatch release and up form the trim and on the passengers side it is at the very top and is at the left near the middle piece of the car.


If that is my problem how long does it take for a mechanic to fix it and do they normally have that part in the shop or do they generally have to order?

 
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drop some stop leak in the rad for now (which i do not suggest),
or yea...have it fixed.

Shouldnt take more than a few hours to do it.
make sure you didnt do one of the following first:

A. **** yourself
B. Hole in floorboard(s)
C. Pull the carpet back on both sides of the car right at the console, pull it right back and do a check around there and up in around the center area of the dash/console.
Anti-freeze is sticky to the touch and has a sweet odor/

 
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ok thanks, i have a quick question though. isn't the heater core in the passengers side? my leak is on the drivers side, so would it be a hose or something opposed to the core? or there is no way foryou to tell me?


btw the damp area does not smell sweet or feel sticky, it is like odorless.

 
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the fluid travels in the fastest route, could down another line, etc

eitherway, its worth the check to make sure

 
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ok thanks a lot, I hope i find the problem. Btw the car in your profile looks really good.

 
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thanks man!
that is an older image, the civic has no grill, no license plate and the rims are different now.



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I had the exact same problem in my Land Rover Discovery it was the A/C one of the lines the collects the condensation slipped off. At first you start getting damp spots in awkward places do to the way the floor pan is shaped and then you eventually get enough water in that you start flooding the inside of your car lol, kinda sucks. I don't know how the A/C is run in our cars but I would just start pulling back carpet and reach up under the front dash and feel around for anything damp. Good luck on finding it

 
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well so far i determined its not the windshield. Now my back windows got foggy, well today all of a sudden.

 
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um my windows fog up every day lol. open the window.

 
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but you don't have damp spots on your floor lolol

 
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so it wasnt the rad core?

hmm?

 
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I think it may be that i have 2 holes on th ebottom or something because if it is a leak from one of those things wouldn't my whole side be flooded? I will fin dout soon.

 
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fixed it, thanks guys.

 
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Ok, I thought I fixed it but it is still damp a lot less damp then before. Does anyone know a really good way to dry the cotton under the mat? Is it ok to use ablow dryer? cuz i used a vacummn to vaccum it before.

 
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the more i read this thread the more it starts to sound like my wifes
last car, 98 Sunfire i believe....

The passenger side would get soaked, everytime we drove the car in wet weather, slush, etc...

had the seat out, tore the carpet all back, couldnt see any visual holes anywhere!
I got the caulking gun a went to town on anything i suspected....NOTHIN!
it soaked us out afterwards too, We got so pissed of at that POS we sold it a month later.

Hope you have better luck then we had.

 
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The water came from the Car Conditioning. went through the car wash a few times and nothing came in. Also the firewall seems to be fine too. But ya I hope i can get the stuff dry soon. Its gotten a lot better

 
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good to hear its somehat better, but make sure to get on it soon k,
cuz that POS Sunfire was so rank from the wet carpets,underlay....it was musky like my X's minky

 
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is it wise to take a blow dryer and just go at the white stuff under the carpet?

 
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wtf are doin under your carpet?

white stuff? LAWLS!

 
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well the stuff is like cotton, i dont know the name for it though.

 
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if your speakin of mildew, mould, etc...

You can NEVER kill this, even with bleach!
itll come right back at ya'

if you get it dry, you make smell the musky once in a blue, but when it gets damp from water on your shoes, or it has water come back from wherever the f*** it came from in the first place.....its back to haunt you!