Water dripping from driver's side for hours after rain

[webbiegareth]

Hi all,

Another problem with the "new" car my other half acquired from her mother (1999 AU Series 1).... there appears to be a blockage somewhere. When it rains, I know it's supposed to drain from roughly the mudflaps, and it'll drip for a short while as it gets rid of the water. It does this on the passenger side.

On the driver's soon, it continued to drip for around 12+ hours after the rain had stopped, and left a large pool of water under the driver's side door. So there's definitely water pooling up somewhere and taking a long while to escape. And instead of coming out of the mudflap area, more water seems to come from under the driver's door instead.

I tried to clean and remove all the dirt/gunk from behind the mudflap, and got rid of the leaves in the airvent area, but it's not helped. I stuck my hand in the door frame area and could feel a bit of rust (my partner's parents lived a few streets away from a beach), perhaps there's now a hole letting water pool up where it shouldn't.

So, I made some videos of me pouring some water onto the windscreen, and watching where it comes out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9CLBNXVF8M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUQf-vNAbk4

Any ideas?