Hi Guys

 

I wondered if you could give me some advice.

 

1) Yesterday my car began smoking from under the passenger side dashboard and you could clearly see water dripping out from under it(in particular when turning right). On inspection both the drivers side and passenger carpets were soaking wet! I assume it is the heater matrix, but can someone confirm this??

 

2) If so, I want to dry the carpets out and store the car for a few months. If the heater system is not switched on will the car still leak the water whilst driving? Its just I dont want to store it with a wet floor pan and I need to drive the car to the storage.

 

Thanks for your advice in advance!

Yes sounds like the matrix has gone :(

 

But it will always leak if you drive it. you could put the heater onto 10 this will close the valve on one side of the matrix but the other is still open so you will still get some water i should imagen. but it should help as you as closing the loop

Thanks for the reply. So it will definately leak even if the whole system is switched of completely? Bugger.

You'll need to temporarily bypass it by looping the inlet and outlet hoses at the back of the engine that go through the bulkhead together with a piece of hose.

This may help ;)

 

http://www.300zx-twinturbo.com/cgi-bin/manual.cgi

 

Might not tho LOL:D