floor well leak.....

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Clarkyboy
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Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:15 pm

im sure i have seen a post on this before but cant find it, basically, i have a broken ankle right now and my car is sat outside, i went to run the water off it the other day as we have been getting frost/snow up in aberdeen and i noticed a puddle of water in the passengers footwell!!

so... whats wrong?

i know its not the heater matrix,

the boot used to leak, but i solved that, and its bone dry now so its not running down from there!

it didnt used to leak before the re-spray, so im guessing its seal of some description? door? sunroof? water running down the inside of the door?

there is no evidence of iut running/dripping in anywhere (windows sunroof/rooflining etc.)..

HELP!!!!

thanks.
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Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:21 pm

Door membrane maybe?
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Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:43 pm

bugger....i bet thats the side i didnt put back on.... replace with ploythene and silicone?
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Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:57 pm

Polythene and gaffer tape will do it nicely, or it did on mine. You'll know as soon as you see the back of the door card.
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Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:59 pm

cheers guys :D will give it ago when i get up tomorrow.
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Mon Oct 25, 2010 1:15 pm

same problem on my side aswel. is the door membrane the plactic sheet behind the doorcard :mad: ?
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Mon Oct 25, 2010 1:42 pm

sure is
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Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:05 pm

Saw x works in their thread using double sided tape at the key locations for an oem finish. I used gaffer tape on mine though............and remember nothing says poor workmanship more than wrinkles in your gaffer tape.
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Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:23 pm

The wiper spindle O ring, you would be shocked how much water can get past them.
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Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:40 pm

johnt0709 wrote:Saw x works in their thread using double sided tape at the key locations for an oem finish. I used gaffer tape on mine though............and remember nothing says poor workmanship more than wrinkles in your gaffer tape.
hahahaha, I'm sure I had wrinkles in mine :) Ah well, double sided tape would be better, but then again so is just about everything in the x-works thread!
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