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Title: wet floor & carpets.. weld up drain plug holes?
Post by: whileoceanasleeps on 19 February 2013, 17:33: my drivers side carpets were wet so I did some investigation to find this:

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no rust but one of the drain plugs had broken so wet was getting everywhere, the underlay was soaked. what should I do? is it ok to just weld some plate straight over where the plug was?

cheers
Title: Re: wet floor & carpets.. weld up drain plug holes?
Post by: Khare on 19 February 2013, 18:09: Yup, weld. I need to get mine done.
Title: Re: wet floor & carpets.. weld up drain plug holes?
Post by: whileoceanasleeps on 19 February 2013, 18:26: Quote from: Khare on 19 February 2013, 18:09
Yup, weld. I need to get mine done.

cool. wasn't sure if they need to be removable. cheers
Title: Re: wet floor & carpets.. weld up drain plug holes?
Post by: dixie180 on 19 February 2013, 18:32: Only to let all the water out of your footwell :grin: :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: wet floor & carpets.. weld up drain plug holes?
Post by: whileoceanasleeps on 19 February 2013, 18:59: Quote from: dixie180 on 19 February 2013, 18:32
Only to let all the water out of your footwell :grin: :grin: :grin:

ironic that they just let in water! I don't see the point of em :laugh:
Title: Re: wet floor & carpets.. weld up drain plug holes?
Post by: boneybradley on 19 February 2013, 20:22: cover the area with some underseal both sides and pop another rubber bung in (halfords, homebase etc do a selection normally). Why spend lots on welding when they can be useful
Title: Re: wet floor & carpets.. weld up drain plug holes?
Post by: whileoceanasleeps on 19 February 2013, 20:27: Quote from: boneybradley on 19 February 2013, 20:22
cover the area with some underseal both sides and pop another rubber bung in (halfords, homebase etc do a selection normally). Why spend lots on welding when they can be useful

cos I can weld for free at work :cool:
Title: Re: wet floor & carpets.. weld up drain plug holes?
Post by: Wayne on 19 February 2013, 22:07: As BB said I would get another grommet and seal it in.
Title: Re: wet floor & carpets.. weld up drain plug holes?
Post by: whileoceanasleeps on 19 February 2013, 22:14: Quote from: Wayne on 19 February 2013, 22:07
As BB said I would get another grommet and seal it in.

why? that means I have to pay for 14 miles of petrol plus whatever they cost when I can weld for free at work where ill be anyway?
Title: Re: wet floor & carpets.. weld up drain plug holes?
Post by: VW BUSH on 19 February 2013, 22:22: Quote from: whileoceanasleeps on 19 February 2013, 22:14
Quote from: Wayne on 19 February 2013, 22:07
As BB said I would get another grommet and seal it in.

why? that means I have to pay for 14 miles of petrol plus whatever they cost when I can weld for free at work where ill be anyway?

Order them. :grin:
Title: Re: wet floor & carpets.. weld up drain plug holes?
Post by: Len on 20 February 2013, 10:30: You 100% certain that that's where the water is coming from?
Title: Re: wet floor & carpets.. weld up drain plug holes?
Post by: Len on 20 February 2013, 10:31: Have you checked your pollen filter recently?

Or......
Title: Re: wet floor & carpets.. weld up drain plug holes?
Post by: Gti_Jamo on 20 February 2013, 10:50: Don't tease your Mk3 with the welder unless it really needs it. There are easier ways to seal up a hole.
Title: Re: wet floor & carpets.. weld up drain plug holes?
Post by: whileoceanasleeps on 20 February 2013, 13:09: Quote from: Gti_Jamo on 20 February 2013, 10:50
Don't tease your Mk3 with the welder unless it really needs it. There are easier ways to seal up a hole.

yep think welding is a bit ott.. yeah the wetness is definitely coming from the floor but it'll be also coming from the pollen filter because the plastic seal/cover there is broken.

made 5 50mm circles from 2mm steel and siliconed them in today so should have no more wet and no more frozen inside of the windscreen. made 5 more to do the passenger side while the center console is out too
Title: Re: wet floor & carpets.. weld up drain plug holes?
Post by: tshirt2k on 20 February 2013, 15:11: Untreated steel? You may have to weld it up after all. As said previous, don't get the welder out unless you have to. Should have got a grommet from a breaker or someone could have sent you some for the price of a stamp.