Wet Carpet on passenger side??

**BossLady** · 11-30-09 12:38 AM

So I have a 2001 Cadillac Catera. And the carpet only on the passenger side has been getting soaking wet lately...it has been raining quite a bit but it doesn't seem plausible water would be getting through from underneath the car. Also the other day while I was driving I heard like water draining from somewhere..like under the glovebox area. I was told this could be a heater hose problem. Anyone experience this problem and have some input? I still have to do some further investigating like check the water level, wouldn't that be getting low if it was the heater hose draining?

**mike1588** · 11-30-09 01:06 AM

Im still pretty new with cats but i would check the heater core for leaks that is what it sounds like to me. I saw a thread for at some point they had that problem and fixed it and there is a way to drain the water also i am still pretty new with this forum but just do a search on the heater core you are bound to run into the thread sorry i couldnt be of more help though.

Mike

**crazcaddyguy** · 12-01-09 05:01 AM

If your car is not over heating than more than likely is that you got a pluged drain hole that is on the passenger side of the engine bay on the bottom you can't miss it rite below the overflow tank I think but anywho when you see it clear it out and your water issue gone as far as the water in there now use a wet vac or car wash one good luck!

**xanax06** · 12-01-09 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by crazcaddyguy

If your car is not over heating than more than likely is that you got a pluged drain hole that is on the passenger side of the engine bay on the bottom you can't miss it rite below the overflow tank I think but anywho when you see it clear it out and your water issue gone as far as the water in there now use a wet vac or car wash one good luck!

Exactly. I had the same thing. The water comes in thru the cabin air filter.
It happens every year when the leaves start falling.

**BossLady** · 12-01-09 09:13 PM

Very interesting! That would make sense! So then I would need to get underneath the car and find where the drain hole is and just clean it out?

**crazcaddyguy** · 12-02-09 03:00 AM

No need to get under the car just pop your hood and look right by passenger side tire you will see a black drain hole it will be full of whatever dirt leaves ect.

**R-Caddy** · 12-02-09 06:22 PM

Under the hood, passenger side, where the cabin air filter is, lift the panel and clen everything out. It's a tight spot, but there's probably a forest growing

**investor74** · 12-04-09 11:39 PM

Originally Posted by BossLady

Very interesting! That would make sense! So then I would need to get underneath the car and find where the drain hole is and just clean it out?

If cleaning out the passenger air filter compartment doesn't completely free the drain plug, here's the best tip I ever got on this forum:

Turn your front wheels to the left. Look inside the right wheel well, you can see the drain plug at the top of the wheel well. Open the plug and a gush of water will come out and you won't have any trouble for a long time.

Barry.

**BossLady** · 12-07-09 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by investor74

If cleaning out the passenger air filter compartment doesn't completely free the drain plug, here's the best tip I ever got on this forum:

Turn your front wheels to the left. Look inside the right wheel well, you can see the drain plug at the top of the wheel well. Open the plug and a gush of water will come out and you won't have any trouble for a long time.

Barry.

I'll have to try that, it hasn't rained so I'm not sure if I got the blockage out or not...all I can see are 2 pretty big size drain holes that is to the right of the water tank and down a bit...doesn't seem like that's where the air filter compartment is, I'm having trouble finding exactly where that is. Anyone know where to find a diagram?

**R-Caddy** · 12-07-09 10:20 PM

Let's see what we've got here

I can't remember now, but you may have to remove a couple plastic tabs under the windshield rubber stripping.

**investor74** · 12-07-09 11:04 PM

Did you add the bar between the strut towers? What does it do?

Barry.

**R-Caddy** · 12-07-09 11:09 PM

Yes I did

It flattens the car in the curves and makes it stiffer due to both struts more or less working at the same time. Check out the Suspension Conversion Thread for more info like that

**BossLady** · 12-13-09 10:26 PM

Thanks for the picture man I'll look under there when I get the chance. I also did turn the wheel to the left to try and locate a drain plug under the wheel well but found nothing..hmm well hopefully it doesn't start getting wet..it's starting to snow around here now!

**BossLady** · 12-14-09 06:20 PM

Success! I lifted that panel and was able to get under the cabin air filter where there was a nice packing of pine needles and dirty mud so I spent a good 20 mins trying to scoop it out scratching my arm up and finally decided to take out the cabin air filter assembly to really be able to get to it so I cleaned that out and am hoping it won't overflow again..it seems like there was just a rubber cup that had all the dirt packed into it...not sure if it led anywhere but hopefully it's not totally packed all the way in there. Thanks for your help! Oh yeah also there are some clips underneath the windshield stripping, there's supposed to be 3 but I only had one and it's a simple turn to match up with the hole and pull it out.