05 LX bought a few months ago.
I'm getting water in driver side footwell from rain. I can feel it coming in under the dash (I can get my fingers past the dash insulator liner and feel wetness on the metal.)
When I position my garden hose directly over the driver side cowl grill slits I see water coming into the engine compartment and dripping down the firewall. It must then be making it inside the vehicle via a firewall seam or a hole from a wire harness clip or some sort. I would think that normally water shouldn't be distributed into the engine compartment.
With the hood up you can see the front lower lip of the cowl where it sits on the metal body. The cowl has a lip that covers the edge of the metal, and the water is clearly leaking down from just under the plastic cowl where it sits on the metal. The question is whether there is a crack beneath the cowl or whether there should be a seal beneath it that has deteriorated or is missing. I can also see that this isn't the original windshield glass, so maybe whoever installed it messed up the cowl.
Should there be a seal of some sort between the flat bottom of the plastic cowl and the metal body on which it sits. If so, anyone ever need to replace this seal?
Is there a link with instruction to replace this part? I'm not sure if I can just replace the seal or if I need to get a whole new cowl. A new cowl might have the seal already attached.
Your input is greatly appreciated.
I'm getting water in driver side footwell from rain. I can feel it coming in under the dash (I can get my fingers past the dash insulator liner and feel wetness on the metal.)
When I position my garden hose directly over the driver side cowl grill slits I see water coming into the engine compartment and dripping down the firewall. It must then be making it inside the vehicle via a firewall seam or a hole from a wire harness clip or some sort. I would think that normally water shouldn't be distributed into the engine compartment.
With the hood up you can see the front lower lip of the cowl where it sits on the metal body. The cowl has a lip that covers the edge of the metal, and the water is clearly leaking down from just under the plastic cowl where it sits on the metal. The question is whether there is a crack beneath the cowl or whether there should be a seal beneath it that has deteriorated or is missing. I can also see that this isn't the original windshield glass, so maybe whoever installed it messed up the cowl.
Should there be a seal of some sort between the flat bottom of the plastic cowl and the metal body on which it sits. If so, anyone ever need to replace this seal?
Is there a link with instruction to replace this part? I'm not sure if I can just replace the seal or if I need to get a whole new cowl. A new cowl might have the seal already attached.
Your input is greatly appreciated.
