Water on headliner, RF floor well

HI

I've got a lot of water at the corners of my headliner where they meet the windshield AND water building up in the passenger side front floor area. Someone told me that my roof rack gaskets are leaking and I saw on the forum somewhere that the windshields leak too. A guy with a 97 ZJ said he had a bad door seal that caused water in his front floor area to build up . . . How do I figure out which it is, or if it's both?

I can't "see" where the water is originating, only where it accumulates. Any help is appreciated. It's an 89 XJ with 217000 miles.

thanks

yeah, probably the windshield,mine leaks from the driver side headliner,and drips onto my wiper control arm.fun huh. now i know why my floor has a 1 foot hole in it...

The tried and true method to find a water leak especially for you is pull the headliner out and put a couple of towels down in the floor board then sit in the passenger seat while someone runs a water hose over the area to see where it's coming in at.

oh yeah that would do it alright. Is there a source for replacement headliners? thanks for the reply.

my 93 XJ gets wet in the right foot well because of a poor drain in the AC evaporator box. Run the AC and see if it drips down onto the carpet.

Remove the carpet and strip out the insulation. The insulation absorbs water and stays moist forever, and eventually rots your floors out.

Take my word.

darth_linux said:

oh yeah that would do it alright. Is there a source for replacement headliners? thanks for the reply.

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I got mine at a local JoAnne's Fabric store. Looks like you have one nearby.

http://www.joann.com/joann/store_locator/locator_main.jsp