leaking seals

[wardie]

hi

With all the rain weve had, ive noticed that there is water on the floor in the elan, it seems to be leaking on the seal, How can i fix the problem? do i need to buy new seals??

any advice will be helpfull

thanks

[bobbrown]

I think just about all the Elans leak and if you happen to have one that doesn't it is rare, the coindition of the A post seals are the usual culprit as they deteriorate over time due in the main to UV. The A post seals are available or at least were available from Lotus and are not too difficult to change although they are expensive for what they are.
The water on the floor is a problem as it gets in to the foam under the carpet and takes for ever to dry out and this is probably the main cause of rust in the sill panel see this Topic.

Bob

[wardie]

Hi bob

Thanks for the reply, where bout is the a-post?

[bobbrown]

The one that runs down the front screen, it is all quite logical when you know, the A post is the front one, the next one back is the B post, the one the door latches to and if you have a standard car the one the rear doors latch to is the C post.

Bob