kieronf
New Member
My '96 4.6 has been suffering from intermittent water leaks into the air ducts and passenger's footwell. It being a sunny day I decided to strip it all out and find the problem.
I hope the photos will help anyone else with the same problem who is contemplating a fix -
First of all I removed the windscreen side finishings by removing the screws on the A post under the rubber seal. Then I removed the finisher and clips from the bottom of the screen, wiper blades and finally the air intake cover.
I then removed the remaining plastic finisher on the n/s and then the metal panel underneath by undoing six 10mm bolts -
By removing this panel you have direct access to the pollen filter housing and can remove the filter and any residual debris -
Remove the pollen filter and this reveals eight screws.
Undo the eight screws and remove the plastic filter cradle, this allows for easy cleaning around the whole area, particularly the drain aperture which is circled in white in the image below -
After a thurough clean of the area and flushing of the drains, refir is a simple reverse of removal.
It turned out that the drain was clogged at the top and any water that ingressed into the air intake soon overflowed into the pollen filter air intake and into the car.
The next stage was to remove the perished foam from the air intake, and clip into place pre-cut sections of new foam -
All that remained was to refit and then clean out and replace blower motor, glovebox assembly and kick panel.
Total time - two hours
I hope the photos will help anyone else with the same problem who is contemplating a fix -
First of all I removed the windscreen side finishings by removing the screws on the A post under the rubber seal. Then I removed the finisher and clips from the bottom of the screen, wiper blades and finally the air intake cover.
I then removed the remaining plastic finisher on the n/s and then the metal panel underneath by undoing six 10mm bolts -
By removing this panel you have direct access to the pollen filter housing and can remove the filter and any residual debris -
Remove the pollen filter and this reveals eight screws.
Undo the eight screws and remove the plastic filter cradle, this allows for easy cleaning around the whole area, particularly the drain aperture which is circled in white in the image below -
After a thurough clean of the area and flushing of the drains, refir is a simple reverse of removal.
It turned out that the drain was clogged at the top and any water that ingressed into the air intake soon overflowed into the pollen filter air intake and into the car.
The next stage was to remove the perished foam from the air intake, and clip into place pre-cut sections of new foam -
All that remained was to refit and then clean out and replace blower motor, glovebox assembly and kick panel.
Total time - two hours