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Nov 10th, 2017, 19:53 | #1 |
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V70 wet passenger footwell
Was looking at a 57 plate v70, lovely car and great spec but the passenger footwell was quite damp. Dealer tried put down to mats being cleaned and car powerhosed. Are there any common faults that may cause this? Cheers in advance.
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Nov 10th, 2017, 21:32 | #2 |
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Heater matrix. Are you loosing some coolant? Is it slightly sweet smelling?
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Nov 10th, 2017, 21:46 | #3 |
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Blocked bulkhead drain?
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Nov 10th, 2017, 22:00 | #4 |
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Windscreen bonding
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Nov 10th, 2017, 23:24 | #5 |
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^^^^what he said^^^^
Put your on inside of screen while stood looking at outside and work your way round and if glass moves away from metal work bonding has failed, Usually along top edge
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Nov 11th, 2017, 09:13 | #6 |
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Ta for advice, it's for sale at a used car place, bro in law thinking of buying but that was putting him of, loves the car otherwise!
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Nov 11th, 2017, 10:44 | #7 |
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Blocked sun roof drain. Happened on my wife's 57 plate T6.
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Nov 11th, 2017, 11:53 | #8 |
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Any of the above but if it has a sunroof that would be my first bet. Reasonably simple cure pushing thin plastic tube down roof drain and blow either air or water to wash debris out . Water should exit at rear of front wheel arch behind will cover. If no sunroof look at windscreen bonding. Press from inside and you will see slight movement if it's gone. Get dealer to fit new screen. Badly fitted or damaged door seals could also allow water into foot well. Tip to dry out foot well , place a wad of old newspaper under mat and leave forfar day then replace with another. After a few days the carpet will be good and dry. If it's been leaking for any length of time it will stink .
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Nov 11th, 2017, 18:05 | #9 |
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Clearing a blocked sun roof drain should be straightforward as Model Flyer says however.........my drain hose was kinked (possibly an earlier poor quality refit after previous owners repairs) and I had to take the interior trim off the pillar to find the pipe and rectify. If it is the sun roof drain and you have problems fixing it come back and I'll try and remember the details of the repair I did.
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Nov 12th, 2017, 09:02 | #10 |
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Cheers for all the advice dudes, he's going to go back for another look :-)
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