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Went for spirited drive, visited a friend (I know, flouting social distancing rules, what can I say, I'm a rebel). When I went to leave I was greeted with this:
Suppressing the urge to vomit, I got down near the source of the leak as it was still dripping. I put my hand out underneath and was delighted to feel that it wasn't oil. It was clear, had no odor so... water. This FRC is modified with turbos on that end of the car where mufflers should be, and the water was dripping from the turbo. At least that I could see. Looking up, there appeared to be some water coming from a screw head under the body. Is this a "normal" place for C5s to leak from? I was parked on a steep incline here, enough to warrant me leaving it in 1st, vs. just the emergency brake. Any ideas? TIA.
Not rhetorical. Both sides have drain scuppers and are built in much the same way. I am finding water standing in the center of the trunk (at the lowest point). I looked at and felt the carpet throughout the trunk yesterday afternoon and all was dry. I poured about a quart of water into the highest point of the trunk on bothe the right and left side (near the rear window in my 2001 Z06) and water flowed towards the rear as designed and flowed out under the care without delay. I then felt the underside of the water channels from the drain to the point where I poured the water in, on both sides, and my hand remained dry. Last night we got 3/4" of rain and water was standing at the bottom. I just felt all the carpeting in the trunk and, except for the very bottom center, was dry. Both shallow depressions on the left and right had no detected water at all. This has been going on for quite some time and makes my car smell like *** until I air it out.
A couple years ago I bored a hole in the deepest part to drain the water. I suppose it works one the carpet and sound deadener is saturated but by then it is smelly.
You realize, don't you, that the OP posted a picture of his car, and as parked in his driveway, there's a big wet spot under the RIGHT HAND SIDE of the car.....
Leak from Trunk?
