Water leaking from under the dash?

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davey g

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Hi Guys,

I have a 96 Yukon and I'm in the process of replacing my seats when I noticed that the carpet was wet? I pulled it back only to find that the padding was soaked and the floor was rusty! I cleaned everything up and undercoated the whole floor but while I was doing it I noticed water dripping down from up behind the blower motor area? The truck was because it had just snowed and today it's dry as a bone. I need to get this fixed and need some advice from someone who has had this happen to them? Thanks in advance

Dave
 

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Ever had your windsheild replaced? Could be you have a screw missing on the cowl and they are not sealed up properly.
 

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dave, the usual suspect for a leak on the passenger side of the cab is the wiper cowl, the black piece of vented looking plastic that goes under the wiper arms across the windshield base. anyhow, the wiper cowl is in 3 sections. there's a center section with 2 or 3 screws, and then the 2 ends have a tongue that tabs into the center section and screws into the top of the fender. anyhow, a couple of those screws ********* into the cab above the blower motor. i suppose that once upon a time there was either a sealant bead under these screws, or maybe the metal was tight enough around the screw threads that it didn't leak. anyhow, over time, either light corrosion or sealant failure happens, and rain/melted snow/etc. will follow the screw through the hole and drip inside the floorboard on the passenger side. mine was leaking there too. i put a spot of windshield urethane sealant (3m) and covered the bead up with a piece of sound deadening stuff, you could probably just let it ride without the sound deadening stuff, just figured it would help, or couldn't hurt at least, and i was in the middle of sound deadening my truck. probably unnecessary, but i had it at my disposal. i'm rambling, i'm sorry. there was a second leak on mine, on the driver side. so, let me see if i can explain exactly where this is... if you open your hood, look on top of the firewall, at either side of the truck, just inside of the fender, on the horizontal portion of the firewall area. there is a good deal of factory sealant there on that flat portion where the vertical part of the firewall comes up and seams up with the horizontal portion. (probably considered more "cowl" than upper horizontal firewall, but you hopefully see what i mean.) anyhow, my sealant there had failed and it was letting water in on the driver side floorboard of my truck. got some windshield adhesive -- the urethane stuff (3m i think) and prepped it with some brake parts cleaner to clean it up good, and spread it on there with a putty knife on both sides (driver/passenger) and then sprayed it white to match my truck with some rattle can paint. don't use regular caulk. they can cause further rusting because of the chemicals given off from curing. i know it's kind of a mixed up read here, but i kept going back and forth thinking of other stuff while i typed it, just not too excited about it to go back and retype it. hope it works out for you man. branndon
 

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If there is fluid on the passenger side floor board, it could be you heater core is going out. (Fingers Crossed) You better hope that didn't happen because that is an expensive fix.
 

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Yeah, if it's water, it's the cowl, if it's coolant, you're proper fscked. Pretty much. And good write up, branndon. Next time, put the bottle down first. It's hard to tink and drype.
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I had the same problem and it all started when I got the windshield replaced. Everytime I would wash it or rained it leaked. Guy didnt seal it right
 

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i hear ya Kjell, sad thing is i wasn't on the sauce that night. lol. probably had some advil pm in me though, no tellin. just when i thought i was done i remembered something else and just kept going back and forth. there's a couple people on here that i think are serial drunk posters. but to each their own. friends don't let friends type drunk.
 
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first time user, long time reader.....

okay here's the deal.. i have a 2004 yukon xl..... a few months ago we had a pretty good rain. noticed on the driver's floor completely soaked.. when i vacumed it out it filled up half of my shop vac... after a day of drying out put back together.... just the other day we had another wonderful Kentucky hurricane.. this time both floors were drenched.. i pulled everything out seats, center console and lower dash. as well as besel under windshield. was told by my brother in law who lives is Colorado, that the cowl is probably clogged.. okay so i got to were i am now, and see nothing that could be resembled clogged.. my brother does this for a living, but is too busy to walk me through it over the phone like i am a three year old, (which I am lol)...anyways i am rambling on like a drunken promp date...you'al catch what i am saying. i have read what you'al have said, (no its not the heater core) but i guess i am not getting it...can you send pics or point me someone (besides the dealer) who can help. thx
 

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