Water Leak in Cab

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So today was a heavy rain and I noticed that on both sides, slight on the driver and more considerable on the passenger side, there is a water leak right under the air vent area, so it seems to be pretty forward on the dash. It's dripping down to the cab floor and I don't want to have it rust out. Anyone experienced this specific leak?

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Here is the RH side fresh air plenum - there is a similar setup over by the parking brake for the driver.

There is a flap that can be opened to allow fresh air into the cabin without the use of the blower (or passing through the heater core - blend doors tend to leak and allow some heated air to pass). It just flows into the truck as a function of road speed.

The plenums start at either end of the intake cowling that runs across the truck - under the windshield. They drop down past the flaps (the RH side also has an opening that feeds the blower) and terminate at about the level where the door bottom is.



There is, by design, an opening at the very floor of the trunk to allow any entrained rain, car wash, melted snow that comes in with the fresh air to fall to the ground.
If these get plugged up with rust, leaves, dead mice, etc - the water will rise and eventually spill out of the vent flaps. Poke them out from inside the vestibules with a coat hanger or something similar - or blow up from the bottom with compressed air.


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Will definitely give that a go, hopefully tonight! Thank you so much for the quick, detailed response!
 

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So just to clarify, where is the best place to get in from? I'm going to shoot compressed air through.
 

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Also worn out rubber seals that seal the plastic vent panel to the opening will allow water to enter the cab.

The panel is sealed to the opening and then the fresh air door seals to the panel
 

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The seal on the side of the dash panel? Like between the door and dash?
 

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The seal on the side of the dash panel? Like between the door and dash?

The panel that houses the oval fresh air vent just above the kick panel right below the dash level
 

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Will it not leak around the same place from the windshield too?
 

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