Author Topic: Windscreen Cill Drain off??  (Read 1699 times)

Offline Aidey

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Windscreen Cill Drain off??
« on: 13 August 2014, 09:42 »
Over the last week its rained a lot here in West wales, I noticed the cill under the windscreen by the passenger side will fill to the top with water and not drain away??? So i washed the car, purposely left the water build there and it does not drain off, weird ive not noticed it before....
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Offline Sootchucker

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Re: Windscreen Cill Drain off??
« Reply #1 on: 13 August 2014, 12:02 »
I've noticed this as well. It seems there's only a drain point on the drivers (right hand) side and not the left.

A design flaw methinks.
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Re: Windscreen Cill Drain off??
« Reply #2 on: 13 August 2014, 12:25 »
Yes a flaw in design, i thought i was just being fussy but the pool of water in there was annoying me, rains often here :rolleyes:
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Re: Windscreen Cill Drain off??
« Reply #3 on: 14 August 2014, 23:04 »
This is the first thing I have noticed when first washed my GTI. Was disappointed, even my old Megane had 3 drain holes, 2 on each side and one in the middle, below the wiper arm.

Can't we do any tweak to have a second drain hole on the GTI? Maybe drill a small hole into the plastic on the passenger side?
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Re: Windscreen Cill Drain off??
« Reply #4 on: 04 September 2014, 22:15 »
The wife has got the new polo, i checked the cill on that and there is a drain hole both ends, weird that the gti one wasn't done..
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