Hi everyone. Just bought a 2017 Jeep Wranger V6 Smoky Mountain edition. Love it but had an issue start. It was not raining out and I did not take it through a car wash. It has been very hot out and having to run the AC all the time. I noticed water in the floorboard of the driver's side one day. It had no smell and just seemed to be clear water. I dried it out with a shop vac and left it dry in the sun. It was bone dry. Drove it the next day and wet again. I'm assuming it was the ac drain line but not sure. Can someone tell me where the AC drain line is so I can see if that's the issue? Would love to see a pic or video of it if you can. Any other ideas? Thanks and really happy to be a part of this forum. WRANGLER!
Water leak into driver's side floor board
- Thread starter stevebales
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So, the AC condensate tube only protrudes thru the firewall a couple inches, and it's horizontal.
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Thanks! I was going to use a small air compressor and blow some air back through it to see if it clears it? Any thoughts? Anybody ever try anything else?
I've used the air compressor trick before and it's worked well for me.
Hopefully out after the block was cleared. A real problem is rust and corrosion if the water remains backed up. We had a expedition with dual air, the rear unit plugged for some reason. We did not notice the plug up and eventually it rotted a bunch of stuff very $$! after that, I regularly used air to prevent the pocket book drain.
Sorry, I forgot to mention I undid the other end of it so everything came out the other end!
Well.....I found the ac drain coming out the firewall. It's tight up there and I used the air compressor and blew some air into it. It was a tough angle and I did the best I could. Drove it the next day in brutal heat with the AC on for 30 minutes. Brought it home and water again in the driver's side floor board. Dried it out again. Took a 16" pipe cleaner (very flexible and thin) and pushed it in through the ac drain in the firewall. Did it gently. It went all way in very easily not feeling like it hit anything. Went back and forth with it. Nothing came out but I was hoping that would have pushed anything stopping it up out. Drove it again with the ac on....water again in the floorboard. I did drive it a couple of times without the ac and no water in the floorboard so I'm really thinking the ac drain. Not sure what to do now besides bite the bullet and take it to a repair shop. My worry is that they're going to do the same thing as me and think it's fix and give it back to me and it's not gonna work. My friends....anything else you can think of? I tried looking up under the dash but I can't really see anything. What a bummer on my first Jeep Wrangler purchase. By the way, besides this the Wrangler "Smoky Mountain" is great and we love it. Just hate to have to pay money for a car I just purchased.
Are you seeing any water drip to the ground when idling and air on? If not, the water is going somewhere.
Just a little bit. Not what I expect to see when running the air conditioning on a very hot day and like I see come from my other cars. I called a mechanic I've had work on my cars before and I'm supposed to drop it off to be worked on this Sunday. So we'll see what he comes back with and I'll let everyone know what it was and how much is cost me. Bummer! By the way, I saw a video clip that I've never seen or heard before but it went like this "if you don't want to wave at other Wrangler owners, sell your Wrangler". LOL
From your posts, it sounds like you are disappointed that a repair is needed. Keep in mind your Jeep is going to cost an enormous amount of money to maintain if you don't do 99% of the fixes and upkeep yourself. Leave the big stuff for the mechanic, like heads and transmissions. Do the troubleshooting yourself, this forum can help a bunch but you have to think beyond what is posted here. We cannot see what you are seeing, so your eyes and intuition will be the key. Otherwise Jeeps are very $$, actually even with doing 99% of the work, they are still expensive. I am on my fourth rig, (one was an IH scout II) and can attest when you stop spending money and time on them, the fun runs out.