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Offline carlos85

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Leak
« on: 29 May 2009, 15:06 »
I know this has prob been asked, but i'm in a rush :( my carpet is wet in the passenger side footwell. When i had the carpets out to clean them i found a brown ish water mark under the heater going down into the footwell. Could this be from the heater? if so how do i stop it?

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Offline rubjonny

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Re: Leak
« Reply #1 on: 29 May 2009, 15:31 »
if it is the matrix, you need a new one!clean it all up and leave the carpets out, see if it comes back.
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Offline carlos85

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Re: Leak
« Reply #2 on: 29 May 2009, 16:24 »
i think it only does it when it's been rainning, but i can't be 100% sure. I've put sealer on the bit under the bonnet to see if that helps, but i don't think it did.

Offline jezza16v

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Re: Leak
« Reply #3 on: 29 May 2009, 18:38 »
What bit have you put sealer on? Check that the drain holes in ends of the front scuttle aren't blocked with leaves & cr*p. It can fill up and overflow into the car through the heater intake.

Offline carlos85

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Re: Leak
« Reply #4 on: 29 May 2009, 19:05 »
i put bathroom sealer round the bottom of the plastic bit that stops leafs getting into the heater motor.

Offline 16vLeroy

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Re: Leak
« Reply #5 on: 29 May 2009, 21:05 »
Could be water leaking under the windscreen seal, pull the seal back and check for rust holes!!!  :cry:

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Re: Leak
« Reply #6 on: 29 May 2009, 22:59 »
Have you checked the expansion tank to see if the water level is low?

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Re: Leak
« Reply #7 on: 29 May 2009, 23:27 »
there is a leak in the system under the car, so that's a hard one

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Re: Leak
« Reply #8 on: 02 June 2009, 17:56 »
the two holes look free from c**p