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[mike49]

my oversills seem to fill up with water whenever it rains and then happily floods my car.. ¬___¬ ive tried everything i can think of to solve it, but i have no idea where it gets in!?! it seems to happen when i pour water between the door and the A panel?!
cheers for any help at all, Mike

[Jordie]

drill holes into the sill to let the water out.

Could be that the door step and door post area around the bottom of the A panel is rotten and water is passing through.

[mike49]

yeah i think im going to have to take the door off to get a proper look, but it looks all alright to me :S Drilling holes is going to be the only way to save my interior for now! But obviously its going to still rot out the car

[Bungle]

some how your going to have to stop the water getting into the sills

[ginigwunkle]

good old oversills!

there a good quick fix but cause all sorts of problems later on....

[mk1leg]

save some cash and replace them properly chaeper in long run ...................

[panelbeaterpeter]

Yup, as above.

Moved to Paint, Detailing and Bodywork.

Edited by panelbeaterpeter, 06 January 2008 - 03:40 PM.

[mike49]

the oversills were already on the car when i got it, but i wasnt aware that the old rotted sills were still there... but even so, water shouldnt get into them when the car is stationary, so i was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions from experience as i really cannot figure where it comes in anymore

[Deathrow]

the oversills were already on the car when i got it, but i wasnt aware that the old rotted sills were still there... but even so, water shouldnt get into them when the car is stationary, so i was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions from experience as i really cannot figure where it comes in anymore

I cut the ends of the raised blocks off my oversills and filled the full of waxoyl, since I did that they haven't deteriorated anymore. This will also allow any water that runs in to them to get out without sitting. Rust will become serious if water is allowed to sit on the panel for a period of time, it's not a big deal if it just runs over it.

[mike49]

the oversills were already on the car when i got it, but i wasnt aware that the old rotted sills were still there... but even so, water shouldnt get into them when the car is stationary, so i was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions from experience as i really cannot figure where it comes in anymore

I cut the ends of the raised blocks off my oversills and filled the full of waxoyl, since I did that they haven't deteriorated anymore. This will also allow any water that runs in to them to get out without sitting. Rust will become serious if water is allowed to sit on the panel for a period of time, it's not a big deal if it just runs over it.

hey mate thanks for the reply, sounds like what i want to hear haha. when you say raised blocks...? if theres pictures or something, ill marry you!

[Deathrow]

hey mate thanks for the reply, sounds like what i want to hear haha. when you say raised blocks...? if theres pictures or something, ill marry you!

Excuse my rusty door .



If you look, I've cut a section off each of the blocks at their lowest point, as far as I've been told this is about the best thing you can do to make them last longer. Once I'd cut the holes out I took a big tub of waxoyl and the long pipe attachment they have and fed it as deep as i could in to the sill, then I just kept pumping until it started to seep out of the vent I'd made. I did this with each vent, it was time consuming but I can't begin to imagine how much protection that waxoyl is giving to my inner sills. I'm living in hope that when I do come to cut the oversills off and replace them with genuine sills I will only have minor areas to cut out and patch on the inner sills. Either way, I'm getting the best bang for my book out of these terrible oversills.

Hope this helps you out somewhat as my next door neighbour just saw me sticking my camera under my car at 1:15 in the morning .

Edited by Deathrow, 08 January 2008 - 01:22 AM.

[mike49]

ah thanks deathrow, im actually going to do that to mine then... thats a massive help though, so thankyou ever so much!
my inner sills are already half rotten to the core, but im guessing you are as baffled as i am as to where the water even gets into the oversills?!!

[Deathrow]

ah thanks deathrow, im actually going to do that to mine then... thats a massive help though, so thankyou ever so much!
my inner sills are already half rotten to the core, but im guessing you are as baffled as i am as to where the water even gets into the oversills?!!

Just one of the many Mini's quirks.

I found that water has been getting in under my rear side window rubbers, running down the side and in to the sill that way I think. So it's a good job I vented them.

I think I'm going to tear my sills off later in the year and stick some genuine ones on. Do the job properly .