Water Pouring in on my Feet
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Water Pouring in on my Feet
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I have a 1986 Jaguar XJ6. Yesterday, I washed it and then it rained. When I went for a drive, water was pouring in on my feet and on the passenger side as well. I'm assuming that when I washed it, water was gathering somewhere under the hood. The only potential clue I have is that the chrome grill near the windshield (where the wipers mount) is really loose - maybe that grill needs to be sealed to prevent water coming into the cabin??
Anyway, is the source of my problem that chrome grill or are there firewall grommetts or some other area I should be looking at?
Thanks for your help!
I have a 1986 Jaguar XJ6. Yesterday, I washed it and then it rained. When I went for a drive, water was pouring in on my feet and on the passenger side as well. I'm assuming that when I washed it, water was gathering somewhere under the hood. The only potential clue I have is that the chrome grill near the windshield (where the wipers mount) is really loose - maybe that grill needs to be sealed to prevent water coming into the cabin??
Anyway, is the source of my problem that chrome grill or are there firewall grommetts or some other area I should be looking at?
Thanks for your help!
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That chrome grill covers a plenum chamber for the heating/air con. It has drains to stop it filling with water, which can then spill into the heater assembly.
You can see the drains on the bulkhead if you lift the bonnet and look at the back of the engine. They are two rather large and short rubber tubes coming outwards from the bulkhead then dropping downwards, with the ends almost closed off. They are this way rahter than completely open to stop engine fumes from being drawn into the heater and hence the car, but it sounds as if they have got blocked up, so you need to clear them out, a five minute job, I would think.
Other thing is the plenum chamber could even be corroded thus allowing water in through rust holes; your car is 24 years old, after all.
You can see the drains on the bulkhead if you lift the bonnet and look at the back of the engine. They are two rather large and short rubber tubes coming outwards from the bulkhead then dropping downwards, with the ends almost closed off. They are this way rahter than completely open to stop engine fumes from being drawn into the heater and hence the car, but it sounds as if they have got blocked up, so you need to clear them out, a five minute job, I would think.
Other thing is the plenum chamber could even be corroded thus allowing water in through rust holes; your car is 24 years old, after all.
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Is a US 1986 XJ6 a Series 3 XJ6 or an XJ40. The cars are completely different. I assumed the car is a Series 3.
Notwithstanding this, both cars have a plenum chamber, and it is well known that early XJ40s suffered from severe corrosion in the bulkhead area, necessitating very expensive stripdown and welding to cure. I remember reading the articles in UK magazines about this in the 90s
Notwithstanding this, both cars have a plenum chamber, and it is well known that early XJ40s suffered from severe corrosion in the bulkhead area, necessitating very expensive stripdown and welding to cure. I remember reading the articles in UK magazines about this in the 90s
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