Is it a good thing when..., Water comes out of the seams inside the car? Options

[A&PGirl]

It rained very hard and almost continuously yesterday so I went out today to check the car. It had water where I usually see water and then where I have never seen it before. So, I vacuumed out the psgr's side then the driver's side. I noticed that the pedal cluster area was full of water despite the car sitting flat on the ground.

I cleared that out then worked on the water around the cross member. I cleaned it up on the front side and then turned to work on the rear. When I look back it is full of water again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) I look forward into the pedal cluster area, it is full. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) So, I sucked the water up in the pedal cluster area and crawled over to the other side.



The water was right up against the center tunnel and across the front firewall. (Rust shows you). I cleaned it all out and water didn't appear again. I went back to the driver's cross member. This time I watched what happened after I sucked the water up. 30-50 seconds later, water came out of the cross member seam and long-to-floor seam and filled that area again.



I checked again same thing happened. What is going on?

The water came out of the cross members on both sides, the center tunnel and the driver's long-to-floor-cross member seam. There are no obvious holes or cracks, but there is surface rust where the water has come out.

I don't have a clue what is going on. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[A&PGirl]

Okay, I have the results of the water test. Rear Window -check (I already knew about that though), Top Windshield seal -check



It leaked in these areas and I even have proof on my shirt.

Seal around the window -check



Front Hood Seal -check (multiple areas too)

Cowl Vent plugged? -probably (A lot of water went into it and only a small amount came of the drain pipe. No water came out of the broken pipe.)



Door switch boots? -Old and nasty looking surrounded by dirt.

Windshield frame -okay

Still this doesn't explain how the water got into this area:



I am going to poke around underneath the hood spring on the psgr side because it looks very suspicious with gobs of seam sealer/bondo and a little rust.

[SirAndy]

Cowl Vent plugged? -probably (A lot of water went into it and only a small amount came of the drain pipe. No water came out of the broken pipe.)

that could be it ... it'll go from the vent box into the valves and down the front firewall onto your floor or into the center tunnel ...
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Andy