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Model specific boards => Golf mk1 => Topic started by: richard ellison on 05 December 2005, 08:43
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Since Ive had my cab the roof has always leaked a little on the drivers side when it rains. was in the car on thrusday when it rained, and its started to get alot worse.
Come to get in the car sunday and the drivers footwell is SODDEN.
Thing is, i cant work out why its leaking. Its the rubber strip that runs just above and left of the window which drips... but i cant work out how the water gets in to let it drip.
Anybody had this problem? And anybody know how to clear up my footwell?!
Just to make things worse my injector problem got 10 times worse on the way to work. SOB SOB
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Not a permanent fix, but if you park your car on a slight incline face down then park it the other way (face up) as it can get in past those window rubbers if it rains quite hard. Have a search through this section as I remember a similar thread where someone said they sprayed something on their rubbers and it seemed to help.
Or, get a cheap car cover to put over it.
To clear up the footwell I guess it's a cup, a sponge and some cloths. :sad:
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or a vax.. :wink:
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ok I've had this issue on various cabs over the years and this is what I found out can be the problem.
1. If you hood is old - it shrinks up on the front of the hood right above the top front of the doors and thus lets water drop down onto the top door rubbers - the water then runs on the top of the hood rubber and after a while it makes it way through the top of the rubber and runs alone the metal above the rubber until it finds a way of dipping into the car at the front of your door. No real fix for this if this the case, you need to replace your hood - They way u can tell is the hood should be a nice straight line from back to front of hood - covering the same amount of the hood rubbers - if you see more than 10-20cm at the front from the back of hood - you hood has skrink - time for replacement.
2. The upper hood rubber for the doors are worn and this lets water in alone the rubber - but mostly at the top front of the door.
3. The door rubber that goes around the door - at the very top at the front of the door - this part of the rubber wears alot, due to the door opening and closing and the rubber pressing into the top hood rubber and the top front car rubber above the wind screen. There is a little funnel design in the rubber to allow the water to drain from the hood - when this part of the rubber wears or goes - it lets the water straight into your car and looks like its coming from the top rubber or the hood.
Hood - £350.00-£500 - depends on who you use.
Door Rubbers £40.00 each - http://www.gpcvwaudi.com/
Top hood rubber - £45.00 each - http://www.gpcvwaudi.com/
Always good to clean your hood and door rubbers now and again so they are clean and smooth so water runs off them.
Hope this helps. :smiley:
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thanks guys, much appreciated :-)
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I had a similar problem and it took me ages to figure out why my carpets were soaking. I'd done all the usual checks on the roof and rubbers etc but nothing was wrong there.
Turns out the water was running in from the scuttle in the engine bay (the bit where the wiper motor sits). The drainage holes were blocked with leafs and stuff and the water builds up until it works it's way down *behind* the dash and carpets and runs along channels in the floorpan. If you lift up the carpets and underlay you'll see them.
These channels are also run under the crossmembers in the floor and are very good at feeding water into the back of the car and drenching the carpets in the rear. This explained why in some cases the front was dry and the rear was wet.
Of course, it may be your roof and seals after all, but it's worth checking the scuttle drainage as well.