Water in pass footwell

1. howe Newbie Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 21

   #1 27th October 2013, 21:50

   Hi fellas,
   
   I know it has been covered quite a bit, but my mrs's saxo has just started to fill up with water in the pass side footwell.
   
   I have checked the door seal and it seems fine, will have a look at the aerial tomorrow and after searching i see in some posts it mentions the sunroof drain holes and the holes in the scuttle panel. Can someone point me in the right direction where to look for these?
   
   The sunroof seal seems fine, as i opened it earlier today and there was no water collecting around the top, which if the drain holes were blocked i would of thought it would.
   
   Thanks in advance Dave
2. j40mek Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 190 saxo vts 04 plate

   #2 27th October 2013, 22:04

   Need to take roof lining out I am lead to believe mate
3. howe Newbie Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 21

   #3 27th October 2013, 22:22

   Ok thanks, will have a look tomorrow, just had a quick look now and it is strange as all the underlay is bone dry just the carpet is wet on the top, i had a quick look under the bonnet and the scuttle panel was full of water, and where i think the drain holes are in the corners was full of leaves, so will have a better look in the morning when it is light and hopefully not pi55ing down so much.
   
   Dave
4. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #4 27th October 2013, 22:25

   You`re right the drain holes are in the corners,get a coathanger & push that down the holes mate.
5. howe Newbie Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 21

   #5 27th October 2013, 22:38

   Thanks will have a look tomorrow, does anyone have a pic of where the drain holes are just to make sure i am looking in the right place?
   
   Cheers Dave
6. jokerer Regular Poster Joined: Aug 2013 newcastle Posts: 309 Desire 1.1

   #6 27th October 2013, 23:32

   Might be that the sills have rotted on the sunroof, theres a low spot where water pools and will eventually rust, just had to repair mine with some fibreglass. Get the roof lining out to have a proper look.
   
   I have water coming in from a split weld on the roof but I doubt that would be a problem unless youve had some damage to the car.
7. howe Newbie Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 21

   #7 28th October 2013, 00:25

   I had a good look around the sunroof earlier on today, and checked the drain holes and all was good, had the A pillar trim off and pulled the roof lining down.
8. chompy Established Member Joined: Jan 2008 Scotland Posts: 1764 Because racecar

   #8 28th October 2013, 00:29

   Might be a leak from the heater matrix or a hole in the Floor
9. howe Newbie Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 21

   #9 28th October 2013, 09:26

   Cheers for the help fellas,
   
   Had a good look round this morning, heater matrix is dry and no loss of coolant.
   Sunroof seal appears good, i used a plastic syringe and some old wiper washer jet hose i had lying around, and squirted water down the sunroof drains and they are all good and clear.
   
   The only problem i found was that both the scuttle panel drain holes were really blocked with leaves and dirt so have cleaned those out, and poured water down and all fine now. Have dried the inside out so will just have to wait and see now if that has solved it, next time it rains.
   
   Dave
10. Ben_SaxoForte Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Stoke-on-trent Posts: 2640 Mk5 Golf GTTDI Mk2 VTR Project

    #10 1st November 2013, 17:50

    That's probably what it was if the drains were blocked in the scuttle panel, I was going to suggest checking the windscreen seal