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Offline brejner

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Leak in passenger footwell
« on: 06 November 2012, 21:08 »
Evening all

I know this is a well worn subject but couldn't find the answer.

The rear passenger side footwell is soaked again. When I open the door the rims are covered in puddles. I've tried squeezing the nipples and clearing the rubber runs but no luck. The area around the sun roof is dry. The water seems to be collecting quite badly.

Any ideas please would be great.

Thanks in advance

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Re: Leak in passenger footwell
« Reply #1 on: 06 November 2012, 21:21 »
theres a tray above the pollen filter, take it out and give it a clear out. mine split and dumped water down the blower motor housing, soaking the floors. hope that helps
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Re: Leak in passenger footwell
« Reply #2 on: 06 November 2012, 21:28 »
I had a leak in my drivers seat saturday night.....


....I'd parked up, was busting for a piss and had an empty drinks bottle.
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Re: Leak in passenger footwell
« Reply #3 on: 06 November 2012, 21:35 »
butyl strip from the bay and a dihumidifier for 24 hours


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Re: Leak in passenger footwell
« Reply #4 on: 06 November 2012, 21:57 »
theres a tray above the pollen filter, take it out and give it a clear out. mine split and dumped water down the blower motor housing, soaking the floors. hope that helps

Thank you. How do I do this?

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Re: Leak in passenger footwell
« Reply #5 on: 06 November 2012, 21:59 »
butyl strip from the bay and a dihumidifier for 24 hours

Thank you. Do I need to pull the existing rubber seals off?

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Re: Leak in passenger footwell
« Reply #6 on: 06 November 2012, 22:24 »
Also the water seems to be coming up from underneath the carpet.

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Re: Leak in passenger footwell
« Reply #7 on: 06 November 2012, 23:22 »
take off the rubber thing that goes the width of the scuttle. undo the 2 screws and wiggle the tray like youve never wiggled before and itll come out exposing the pollen filter. see if its wet or not, it might have dried out by now. give the whole area a good clean just in case. this would be a good chance to change the pollen filter. as for it seeming to come up through the carpets, if it coming in where mine did it will seem to do this. i had a puddle in my rear foot well!
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Re: Leak in passenger footwell
« Reply #8 on: 07 November 2012, 00:48 »
take off the rubber thing that goes the width of the scuttle. undo the 2 screws and wiggle the tray like youve never wiggled before and itll come out exposing the pollen filter. see if its wet or not, it might have dried out by now. give the whole area a good clean just in case. this would be a good chance to change the pollen filter. as for it seeming to come up through the carpets, if it coming in where mine did it will seem to do this. i had a puddle in my rear foot well!

+1 best thing t do is take the whole car door panel and inner panel off, give a good clean, then butyl everything. the carpets im gonna dry with the dihumidiator n then get a damp bag put on my dash every night t stop misty windows in the mornings


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