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found and corrected the leak...
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My leak was in a different place. My 02 Protege was leaking from the drivers side and soaking my carpet every time it rained. I tore everything apart and found the drain holes were plugged and a huge puddle of water behind the fire wall that was leaking in. I took a video of what i did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgArFTc0dFY
Your a brave man.. i wouldnt cut into my car like that but then again you had other issues going on.
found and corrected the leak...
edit: see 1st post.
Hey Stealth, after doing all the siliconing on the holes... has the issue came back? I just noticed my passenger side footwell all the way to where the carpet meets the rear seat was soaked... I guess I have a new project to get cracking on...
Only spot where it has come back is the holes under the wiper cowl... ill clean it up and user body seam sealer which is what i should of used first... the other spot on the passenger side the issue hasn't come back where i used body seam sealer on.
I FIXED MY LEAK !!!
I know it's usually not done to bump an old topic like this, but I just wanted to say THANKS for posting such a detailed description with clear pictures!
I haven't fixed the leak in my Protege yet, but now have a very good idea of where to look. I live in Alaska and thought my 2001 Protege ES was 100% rust free. There is not a speck of rust anywhere on the car.
I vacuumed the car out last week and removed the floor mats, only to realize the carpet underneath on the drivers side was SOAKING WET. I NEVER realized this, as the floor mat is dry (weirdly).
This must have been going on for years. It explains why my windows fog up after a heavy rain and why the car sometimes smells funky.
The bad news is that I discovered it very late and my drivers side floorboard is now pretty rotted. This is not visible from outside, as the floorboard has obviously been rotting out from the inside, and I never noticed it. Looking at the bottom of the car, it all looks very solid.
But the floor now has a lot of flex in it (I can push up from the outside on the bottom and see the floor come up inside the car), so I'm afraid I'll have to have a body-shop weld in a new piece of floor.
That sucks, because I'm sure it'll be hella-expensive, so I'm a little upset over that. Especially since I never realized the car was leaking water...
Anyway, I just sprayed a ton of water on the wiper cowl with my garden hose and could see the water trickling into the cabin. Looking up at the clutch pedal the top of the pedal (where it's bolted to the car) looks rusty, so it looks like that's where the water is coming in.
I'll print out this topic and will go do some checking tomorrow. Gotta fix the water leak first before I have any welding done.
Question: Is there any good way to remove the carpet in the car? I removed the trim on the side underneath the door and for the little fuse box, unscrewed the fusebox and the relay box above it (man, it's all hard to get to) and undid the plastic dead pedal and plastic fastener for the carpet, but I still can't see an easy way to remove it. It seems it goes all the way to the top.
Did you guys just cut the carpet to remove it? Am I missing something?