hey tell me why?

[BostonNSX]

After I washed the car.. The next da or the same day I forgot when I'm trying to pull out the footwell sub... when I pulled the carpeting off... ..its wet! even under the carpet...!!! I mean very wet.
I see no leaks nor trace that it entered from the door.. just wonder why.. was it there after the wash or its there for a long time already...

 

[LJSB]

How does it smell?
Is it a sweet odor?
Sometimes a heater core leak can occur causing a wet/sweet odor on the passengers side carpet.

[This message has been edited by pbassjo (edited 04 January 2003).]

 

[nsxtasy]

Were the windows open when you washed the car?

 

[BostonNSX]

It doesnt smell like anything.. just.. normal water..

Originally posted by pbassjo:
How does it smell?
Is it a sweet odor?
Sometimes a heater core leak can occur causing a wet/sweet odor on the passengers side carpet.

[This message has been edited by pbassjo (edited 04 January 2003).]

And NSXTASY.. nope.. no way I'm gonna open or it will leave open.. or else I will have noticed my passenger seat all wet..

Thanks

 

[Veleno]

I remember someone having this problem as well. It was either a leak as previous mentioned(or something with the a/c?), or it had to do with something in the wiper motor area. Check to see if you have a hole in there or not. You never know...

Here's a suggestion. Sit inside the car on the passenger's side and have your significant other start hosing the car, especially around the front windshield and passenger window area. If it came in from the wash, you should be able to find it. I hope you're small enough to flip upside down to look up under the dash for water

Good Luck


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Richard
NSXTASY

 

[rrwildman]

I'm not sure, but next time you're nosing around up under there, be on the lookout for something possibly like this:

On several occasions, and in at least two other Honda products, I've experienced major passenger footwell moisture as described. In all those cases, there was a condensation drainage hose which had become disconnected from its source by an errant passenger foot, etc. The hose normally connected to part of the weather machine, I suppose the heater-evaporator assy. or some such thing, and was attached to an outlet port in said housing with a slip-on fitment. The hose then routed to outside the cabin for drainage of the condensation. It was rather easily knocked off, after which point operation of the AC system steadily drained water into the passenger footwell. I can't recall noticing the last time I contorted myself into that footwell whether the NSX incorporates such a hose or not. I can only remember that it was a painful experience and I'm not up to it tonight. Anyway, if you'd been operating the climate control between the time it was dry and the time it was wet, I'd take a flashlight and scan up under there for a possible open drain port / disconnected hose. In my cases the hose was black 'rubber', maybe a half inch OD. Honda tends to do things very consistently (and usually very well), and I wouldn't be surprised to find a similar hose up under the NSX dash. If it's not an exterior leak from the washing, then this is a good guess.

- Richard
'93 Blk/Blk

 

[BostonNSX]

thanks for the input guys.. I will check it out next time I drive my car out..

by the way..Veleno
can you tell me whats the rims on your avatar?

Thanks.

Terence

 

[Veleno]

Terence,

They are Volk Racing CV-PROS

 

[Nsxotic]

Richard is correct. I will guarantee that the drain hose for your A/C system is blocked. It exits the cabin under the front of the car on the passenger side close to the 'firewall'. There is something lodged in there. Dislodge it by using compressed air at an angle. Be sure not to shoot the air directly into the hose or for a long time. Just a few short blasts at an angle. The water you are speaking of is coming out of the passenger vent located on the side of the console, kind of up high by the passenger's left knee. You'll notice it pour out if you take a hard left turn. Good luck.