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Offline EsSeX dAn

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Another wet floor thread - not the norm tho
« on: 15 January 2014, 18:15 »
As title!
except on mine it is the drivers side. Mines a 3 door with no sunroof, also i seem to have a lack of nipples. it seems to hold water on the sill, when i open the door it runs away. is this normal? i took the rubber bit off the bottom of the door (which was mingin) and cleaned it up and made sure the oval (drain?) holes were nice and clear. Now to wait and see what happens next. If i have no joy what would the next thing to check be?
Also what the hell does that bit of black plastic that sticks out the door near the back and goes into the sill do?
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Re: Another wet floor thread - not the norm tho
« Reply #1 on: 15 January 2014, 18:38 »
normal to have water on the sils afaik

checked all the usual things?

my guess is regulator panel in drivers door have become un sealed, thats the most likely cause, any other causes i could think of would make more than drivers foot well wet.

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Re: Another wet floor thread - not the norm tho
« Reply #2 on: 15 January 2014, 18:40 »
As above, water on the sills is normal.

Bonnet release cable bung if it's drivers side or possibly pollen filter housing it it's the passenger side. If neither of them then regulator panel would also be my shout.

All of which are common problems and have been covered in a number of threads recently.

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Re: Another wet floor thread - not the norm tho
« Reply #3 on: 15 January 2014, 19:00 »
regulator panel eh? i need to take the dlm out and clean the microswitch up anyways so no either way 1 niggly job will be done!
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Re: Another wet floor thread - not the norm tho
« Reply #4 on: 15 January 2014, 20:38 »
the regulator panel is inside the door card. its the metal panel that the window rails are mounted to among many other things.

quite common for the plastic clips that hold the window to snap and when people replace them they forget to reseal the panel.

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Re: Another wet floor thread - not the norm tho
« Reply #5 on: 16 January 2014, 16:45 »
when people replace them they forget to reseal the panel.

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Re: Another wet floor thread - not the norm tho
« Reply #6 on: 16 January 2014, 16:55 »
 :grin:

Made that mistake myself also  :grin: