The leak mystery, please help!

[Pablo]

Recently, I found major pooling of water under my passenger seat of my 2002 Boxster that Maurice helped me realize that I had a blockage in my rear passenger drain. When I finally removed the blockage I found a very interesting plastic, cork like top with a screw end that was stuck in the drain. (See attached photo of plastice piece found in drain) Don't confuse this piece with the 2 pieces on the underside of the clamshell that fit snug into 2 large "nut fittings" it's not that, this piece in the phot is smaller. I thought removing this piece from the drain would fix my leak that was pooling under the passenger seat but it didn't. The drain works perfectly now but when I pour water over the convertible top, water seaps down the inner canvas (see 2nd photo) and down the seatbelt area and into the passenger seat floor area. So I've come to the conclusion that the piece I found in the drain is some sort of plug that got dislodged from somewhere in photo 2 and fell into my drain. Anyone know what this piece is? and where it belongs? The Porsche dealership is saying it will take 4 hours of labor at $150 an hour to take the entire top off and figure it out but that sounds a bit ridiculous. Also, my passenger side window isn't going all the way up when the top is completely closed leaving about an inch opening. The window is making a "crunching" sound when I try to close it completely. The dealership says it's a broken window regulator, another $400 for the part and labor to replace that. Yikes! Is this a fix i can do myself? Or is that even the problem in the first place? I've already tried to retrain the window by olding it all the way down and then all the way up but it's still stuck. Please help, this is driving me crazy!!!!

[pk2]

.... So I've come to the conclusion that the piece I found in the drain is some sort of plug that got dislodged from somewhere in photo 2 and fell into my drain. Anyone know what this piece is? and where it belongs? ...The dealership says it's a broken window regulator, another $400 for the part and labor to replace that. Yikes! Is this a fix i can do myself? Or is that even the problem in the first place? I've already tried to retrain the window by olding it all the way down and then all the way up but it's still stuck. Please help, this is driving me crazy!!!!

That little thing looks familiar. If it's a rubber tip its probably a stop of some sort, maybe from where the clamshells seat, maybe from you neighbors lawnmower.

I think I have a passenger side regulator sitting around if it gets down to that ( it may even be the same for both sides.

Regards, PK

[1schoir]

.... So I've come to the conclusion that the piece I found in the drain is some sort of plug that got dislodged from somewhere in photo 2 and fell into my drain. Anyone know what this piece is? and where it belongs? ...The dealership says it's a broken window regulator, another $400 for the part and labor to replace that. Yikes! Is this a fix i can do myself? Or is that even the problem in the first place? I've already tried to retrain the window by olding it all the way down and then all the way up but it's still stuck. Please help, this is driving me crazy!!!!

That little thing looks familiar. If it's a rubber tip its probably a stop of some sort, maybe from where the clamshells seat, maybe from you neighbors lawnmower.

I think I have a passenger side regulator sitting around if it gets down to that ( it may even be the same for both sides.

Regards, PK

Peter:

The passenger's side and the driver's side window regulator have different part numbers.

Regards, Maurice.

[Stefan]

I don't know why the dealer would charge 4 hours to remove the top when some board members have been able to remove it in under 15 minutes. There is no reason I know of why they would have to remove the canvas from the frame, which is certainly a time consuming operation but unnecessary in this case.

I would remove the door panel and see if you can see what the problem is with the regulator. It could be broken but it also could just be misaligned and hitting something in which case you may be able to fix it without replacing it.

[jimyboyle]

I also had water going into the car exactly as you describe, I found the leak but it is hard to describe where it was. Behind the side window where the pointed end of the clamshell fits down there is a drain on the side of the car. From this drain going to the front of the car you have a distance of about 2" to the end of the clamshell location. Water was going into the car through a leak in this small corner. Only found it because i had the carpets out and was pouring water to check if this drain was clear. I smeared some silicone in the corner and the leak is gone.