[xj-s] Wet from the wiper box and "leak-map" for XJ-S

XJ-S
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Roderick Cunningham a _crit:

I have an early XJ-S December 1975 pre-HE (France) and my feet get wet from
the wiper box.

In the wiper box, there are two drain to evacuate the water. With time,
a lot
of dust accumulate, so the water can not escape.
Ok I’m not sure about this, but now I get less water (.one day I put a
lot of
water in this box… perhaps I free the drain ?)
An other way for water is the windshield gasket and the front driver 's
drain
from the top.
Last week I put a lot of strange liquid on there and on the left side of
the
windshield during raining time. So the liquid mixes with and travel
where it
could. The liquid was 200 km old crank box oil of my motorcycle full of
plastic
powder. This white very heavy oil smell nothing and I wait next raining
days to
see the result. I think my description will not help and I wait that
some
lister make a correct page about water leaks. I can not do it because
the
experiment is not conclusive.
A lot (all ?) of xjs owner have the same problem and I think it’s
important
because of the rust expense !-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I think on day we should make a leak-map for the xsj:
ex:
-water 10 cm back of the back right wheel comes from the gas cap drain
-water coming from the left A/C grill close from the steering wheel
comes from
the gasket windshield
-water going on the driver carpet comes from the top drain half way of
the
windows frame

                    Why don't make a page for this ?
  1. I need the experience and pictures of a lot of people cars
  2. As one said :"Your English is a blast, Pascal! "
    But I’m interested (technical way with ISMAP) to write the code !

What is this? Have you found a solution?

My solution comes from Flintstones way of life habit ; see on top !
Sometime I’m surprise not receiving ***** words from the listers like I
received 2 years ago when I wrote “Yelrah-Nosdivad” on my gas tank and
put a MG
air box on my Harley-Davidson !

Does your car have
round (or square) fuel rails?

Round. The one which is not fitted in america for security :frowning:

I put this message to the list because perhaps details must be corrected
!
Pascal R.DOXARVE
Geneva/ Switzerland
See
http://www.suisu.com/xjs
for Key - Tachometer - PreHE gas consumption

P.S.
Have you a manual second hand gear-box to sell ?-)

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Pascal or Kazuko DOXARVE wrote:

Roderick Cunningham a _crit:

I have an early XJ-S December 1975 pre-HE (France) and my feet get wet from
the wiper box.

I’m prepared to stand corrected on this, and i don’t think I have rod’s original
posting here for some reason, but i believe that air vents inside the car pick up
air from in the wiper box.

normally water doesn’t get into them. however, if, as pascal suggested, the drains
were blocked, or if, as i discovered, you blast the region with a high pressure
hose, water can make its way toward the vents.

however, it doesn’t make it all the way; presumably pipes which are adequate to
send a blast of air into your face aren’t necessarily water-tight - somewhere
there’s an unsealed join and the water drips out into the footwell.

I haven’t checked this physically, it’s an assumption i made based on the high
pressure water hose experience, at a time when i had other things on my mind!

One thing though - big fat pipes like the wiper box drains ought to be pretty easy
to unblock. Holes at the lower front of the box run into some big rubber bootlike
things in the engine bay that then join to metal pipes. i’d suggest that join as a
candidate for blockage, and I’d say you could blast it clear.

I’ll check this tomorrow (my car is at my old man’s house, i have only street
parking here) and either eat my words or retain my confidence.

As to the rest… yes, a comprehensive thread on leaks might be an idea, and I’m
sure I can contribute to it!!

Cheers all,

Jason Korke
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~jurgen/

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Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 22:05:20 +1000
From: “Jason D. Korke” jurgen@alphalink.com.au
Subject: Re: [xj-s] Wet from the wiper box and “leak-map” for XJ-S

Pascal or Kazuko DOXARVE wrote:

Roderick Cunningham a _crit:

I have an early XJ-S December 1975 pre-HE (France) and my feet get wet from
the wiper box.

I’m prepared to stand corrected on this, and i don’t think I have rod’s original
posting here for some reason, but i believe that air vents inside the car pick up
air from in the wiper box.

normally water doesn’t get into them. however, if, as pascal suggested, the drains
were blocked, or if, as i discovered, you blast the region with a high pressure
hose, water can make its way toward the vents.

however, it doesn’t make it all the way; presumably pipes which are adequate to
send a blast of air into your face aren’t necessarily water-tight - somewhere
there’s an unsealed join and the water drips out into the footwell.

I haven’t checked this physically, it’s an assumption i made based on the high
pressure water hose experience, at a time when i had other things on my mind!

One thing though - big fat pipes like the wiper box drains ought to be pretty easy
to unblock. Holes at the lower front of the box run into some big rubber bootlike
things in the engine bay that then join to metal pipes. i’d suggest that join as a
candidate for blockage, and I’d say you could blast it clear.

I’ll check this tomorrow (my car is at my old man’s house, i have only street
parking here) and either eat my words or retain my confidence.

As to the rest… yes, a comprehensive thread on leaks might be an idea, and I’m
sure I can contribute to it!!

Cheers all,

Jason Korke
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~jurgen/

Check this out

The A/C Heater unit has two drain tubes which drain water - condensed
during air conditioning - out of the unit, as well as water that may
enter the intake vents by other means.
I reckon yours may have got blocked. probably thru foreign matter such
as
leaves etc being sucked into the air intake in front of the windshield.

This happened to me.

If you get your body under the car you will see two tubes, one each side
of the gearbox. Poke a length of welding wire up each one (about eight
inches) and dodge the deluge of water.

Good luck

Geof