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[Sandystew]

Hi there, just bought my first mini on Monday. Fantastic. It's a 1990 mini city 998cc. Unfortunately after driving in heavy rain, I noticed the car was wet inside. I lifted back the carpets and there was a huge pool of water. After reading previous posts, I took all the carpets out, dried it all off, and sprinkled talcum powder all over the floor. Suspecting the door seals, I got a hose and sprayed water all over the car. The door seals slightly leak, so have ordered new ones. However, the main amount of water seems to becoming from above the pedals. So I sprayed water between the scuttle and the back of the bonnet on the drivers side and the water pooled in. Obviously, it's getting in the engine bay and then coming into the drivers footwell. Just wondering if there's any advice anyone could give me, I'm new to mini ownership and really don't want this to put me off. I know you can get a bonnet seal, would this help? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Stewart

[smoggy_clubman]

whats the area around your brake servo and clutch master cylinder like, seals rust ect as thats direct above the pedals on a sort of ledge ?

[bmcecosse]

Very common serious rust area - under the scuttle/in the back corner of the wing........... take the dash out to investigate. just a chance that someone has removed the fresh air intake hose - and it's lying open allowing water to splash in. Have a look under the offside wing.....

Edited by bmcecosse, 28 September 2012 - 09:20 PM.

[Sandystew]

Had a look this morning, it appears water is getting in from gullies un bonet lip, and running down onto the ledge where the break pedal, clutch mechanism sits, it's pooling there. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. There is rust, but no holes, in this lege or top of wing. Fresh air intake hose is all where it should be. Thanks for the advice so far.

Stewart

[tiger99]

My guess is that the gaskets under the master cylinder mounting plate, or between the cylinders and the plate, are missing or damaged. Their purpose is to keep fumes and water out of the car. You will need to have these bits off anyway to be able to exterminate the rust, and they are easy to replace. Add some silicone gasket sealant if you wish.

[Sandystew]

Hi there, had my dad round this morning, good old dads eh?, he seems to think that it's coming through fro a perished rubber on the brake mechanism, I don't know what it's specifically called, but it's the rubber that travels up and down when you push the break pedal. He suggests replacing this and says there should be something similar for the clutch, I want to replace both as they are all around this plate. Does anyone know how to get hold of these parts?

Kind regards

Stewart

[Tamworthbay]

Hi there, had my dad round this morning, good old dads eh?, he seems to think that it's coming through fro a perished rubber on the brake mechanism, I don't know what it's specifically called, but it's the rubber that travels up and down when you push the break pedal. He suggests replacing this and says there should be something similar for the clutch, I want to replace both as they are all around this plate. Does anyone know how to get hold of these parts?

Kind regards

Stewart

Look at www.minispares.com you will soon become an expert on their website!

[Barman]

Hi there, had my dad round this morning, good old dads eh?, he seems to think that it's coming through fro a perished rubber on the brake mechanism, I don't know what it's specifically called, but it's the rubber that travels up and down when you push the break pedal. He suggests replacing this and says there should be something similar for the clutch, I want to replace both as they are all around this plate. Does anyone know how to get hold of these parts?

Kind regards

Stewart

There is a rubber dust seal on the brake master cylinder (and the clutch on mine but it is an earlier model so I can't talk definitively). Have a look here.

BUT that is designed (on my earlier model) to protect the cylinder from dust in the car. If water is getting to that point it is already bypassing the gaskets that sit under the master cylinder itself.