Water in Footwell

[vwsystems]

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!

[zxrmatt]

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.

[Gambit]

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

[zxrmatt]

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!

[rubjonny]

Check the plastic flange on the right hand side of the block, its weak point on these engines.

[BC]

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