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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: zxrmatt on 24 September 2004, 15:46
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Have had water in passenger footwell this week.
Though this may be heater matrix as i have post i small amount of coolant from expansion tank.
However, it has only had water in once and this was when i left it outside all day in the rain.
I can see where watter is dripping from. Under the glove box and to the left of/under the tray below there is a circular hole in the card lining. this appears to be wet and where the water is coming in.
Any ideas on this one would be appreciated
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lift the scuttle tray under the bonnet and clean out all the muck and garbage around the drainage holes in each corner.
if the water can get down the drainage holes then it gets into the blower units and seeps into the passenger footwell
if your heater matrix has exploded you will now all about it. they dont leak, they explode!! usually filling the car full of steam and scalding your legs in the process :-\
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gambit's right, had the same thing happen to my 16v. too much crap in the drainage channel and the water needs to find another way out.
clean it up and have a play with a watering can. you'll probably need to take the carpet up to take the soundproofing wadding out and dry it properly. takes weeks if you just leave it and it stinks.... ;)
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I had footwell paddling pool too, passenger side.
But it was due to a poorly fitting window seal. (Bad fitting on corner by door pull, and it was about half inch short of the end by the mirror)
I went to the scrappy and got hold of a pretty clean looking one (?2). And although it was shorter than my one, I spliced the end of the newer one with a stanley knife and added some more from my original one with super glue.
I also bent the Aluminium seat slighty (that the seal sits on) with the palm of my hand so it had a tighter fit to the window.
No more water in there now. But I'm thinking of taking the door card off again soon and painting the inner side of it with UPVC glue, as a sealant as an extra measure.
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Also mate check your doors, take the door cards off and check the plastic cover is intact, probably not your problem as it is coming from the dash, but check it anyway, it used to pour in on my old golf although the seal around the windows was way off :)
and make sure the drain holes in the door are not blocked, should be two i think!
good luck
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is it the same if it happens in the driver`s side as well mine did it once r twice.
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@ Tufty.
Maybe you could find out by getting someone to sprinkle a hose or watering can over the window first, and then the vent @ the top of the bonnet.
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i wouldnt go sprinkling water over the driverside of the scuttle because if it leaks down in there then it'll drip all over the fuse box. and you'll get a few sparks, smoke and alot of burnt out fuses!!
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Do what I did and stuff a Sainsburys carrier bag above the fusebox, keeps the water out untill you can figure out wher ethe leak is :D
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yep my valver had the same prob. It was all in the driver's side & in the back! Ended up having to take all the soundproofing out, it had just turned into a big sponge!! Me & my mate cleaned out the scuttle, no more probs! 8)
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water in the drivers side is due to the bonnet cable bulkhead gromet........
where the bonnet release cable passed throught the bulk head this gromet should be at fault!
if not then you may have a hole in the bulkhead somewhere!
water on the passanger side footwell will be caused by water getting in though the fan vent on the bulkhead
the thin plastic black tray splits and lets later pour into the fan housing this then leaks it all in the footwell......
not to mention the fan motor itself!
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Had a chance last night to look at the scuttle. CTook it off and looked underneath. There were a few bits of tree/leaf in there but not too much really. Not enough to block up and cause water to come in through fan vent.
Still is letting water in but only when it rains really hard.
when putting hand under back of dash on passenger side, feels slightly wet on the cardboard bits.
Also i am losing coolant, although not sure if this is directly relating to this leak, as leak only happens when there ha sbeen heavy rain.
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it could be the window seal itself. u could get a mate to spray water on the front passenger side while you look to see where its coming in
coolant loss will be another problem entirely. is it a heavy loss or over a period of months? looks for leaks on pipes. shows up as a white residue, also buy a new expansion cap from VAG. the seals go in these after a certain period of time
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Dont think water is coming in through door/window seal as door card is never wet. Water appears to be coming in from behind dash, as bottom/back of dash is bit which gets damp.
As for coolant i have replaced expansion tank and lid and also the water pipes. It is losing coolant regularly, from max to min mark in about a week or so.
before replacing tank it was losing that amount in a day!
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Check the plastic flange on the right hand side of the block, its weak point on these engines.
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I found another leak too driver side, (Jeeeeez) only a few dops but still. Also only happened when it rain hard.
And I found where the buggering hole is too. It's coming through a small hole where my sunroof overflow pipe exits the collumn.(Not water that's going through the pipe itself, but water that goes down the roof and runs on the pipe against the paintwork. The pipe pipe has been hiding a little rust bubble thats got through the other side.
So I'll get the screw driver out when it's dry and hack the rust back. Hmmm, an Episode of Father Tedd suddenly went through my mind :o