I was giving the car a thorough clean at the weekend and took off the plastic trim that covers the join between the carpet and the bottom of the rear door opening on the drivers side, it's the section that when removed you can see the wiring loom. There was a little bit of clear water in there and I soaked it up with a piece of kitchen roll, I should say that I park the car on my drive which has a slope on it so the nose of the car is up. Do any of you know where the water may be coming from and how to fix the leak, as I want to get my headlining done and there's no point if it has rainwater coming in.
P38A Water Ingress.
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Does the car have a sunroof?
Yes, sorry I missed that important piece of information.
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Blocked sunroof drain would be my guess.
Do you have any tips for unblocking them?
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No sunroof on either of mine so, no I don't have experience of unblocking them. I'm sure there will be some unfortunate along soon who an tell you about the P38 sun roof. There have been several threads on the subject recently that might come up in a search.
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If you remove the shelf that the parcel shelf sits on and look at the rear seatbelt reel you will see part of the drain system, like a tube fitting into a funnel type of set up.
You could also have a rusted out sill, poor door seal etc. Leave that sill finisher off and play a hose pipe over the car whilst someone observes stuff inside.
You could also have a rusted out sill, poor door seal etc. Leave that sill finisher off and play a hose pipe over the car whilst someone observes stuff inside.
Wheres @DanClarke fred on his? cos he had some good pics, sure he went through making sure it was unblocked
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That’s the rear drains the fronts come out under the front wheel arches are you sure all the carpets aren’t damp underneath
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I use one of the wires that are used to hang net curtains, couple of quid at wilko. Open sunroof and stand on step ladder and you will see the drain holes front and rear along the sides. gently feed the curtain wire down the drain holes to clear out. Worked for me OK
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Either sunroof drains or the pollen filter covers leaking.
Both are very common, the front sunroof drains drop the water either side of the gearbox, 2 rubber nipples undernath "fnarr" that need clearing occasionally.
A straw works well.
The rear drains go though the wheel arch, and again can block up or in some cases fall off and cause one hell of a water issue!
Pollen filter covers extremely common, and 99% or the time are the issue, these just require re-sealing..
Both are very common, the front sunroof drains drop the water either side of the gearbox, 2 rubber nipples undernath "fnarr" that need clearing occasionally.
A straw works well.
The rear drains go though the wheel arch, and again can block up or in some cases fall off and cause one hell of a water issue!
Pollen filter covers extremely common, and 99% or the time are the issue, these just require re-sealing..
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I thought the rubber grommets bye the gearbox we’re the aircon heating drains but do them aswell
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+1 to that ^^^^^^^Your right Pete,'Enery has rubber and nipples on the brain.
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They are by the door front hinges half way down" open the door you will see them ,,,ones at gearbox are aircon drains,
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My front drains exit behind the wheel arch linersThey are by the door front hinges half way down" open the door you will see them ,,,ones at gearbox are aircon drains,
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I can see mine through the door hinges, yes behind the liners
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oops slightly confuzzled!!They are by the door front hinges half way down" open the door you will see them ,,,ones at gearbox are aircon drains,
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And pray tell what is wrong with thatYour right Pete,'Enery has rubber and nipples on the brain.
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There’s so many places that these things leak from it’s hard to Remember where there supposed to drain from I only remember because I had mine out when I took the dashboard out and they were a bitch to get back right with the new carpet in place
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