footwell full of water again !!!!!!!!!!

[frazz]

hiya i am after some advice, afew months ago i had a water leak in the drivers footwell, i replaced the rivets and sealed the trim round the door and sealed up the grommet in the bulkhead where the bonnet cable goes through and it's been ok since. however after been stood for a week with and a fair bit of rain coming down it's full again. any ideas anybody i wondered if its worth replacing the door seal.

[anton]

could be the sunroof drainage ducts are blocked, not un-common on these cars, door seals are not cheap and second hnd ones as i found out the hard way are often worse seals than the originals.

Ant

[frazz]

i priced up a new door seal from both quattro corner and my local dealership going to cost 200 quid. how do you clean out the sunroof ducts is quite easy mate

[anton]

not sure i'm afraid, there'll be something on here if you search i'm sure, of the top of my head i think its just a pipe so need to put a wire down it, best wait to hear it off someone who's done it before though. pitty about the price of the seals, i'll need to shell out next year, fed up of howling wind noise!

Ant

[lind4hl]

it can also be the hose for the AC drain, weas on mine, it is located on your drivers side against the middle console so far ahed you can get ( not so good description, ask if you want a better one)

[vonbeck]

not sure i'm afraid, there'll be something on here if you search i'm sure, of the top of my head i think its just a pipe so need to put a wire down it, best wait to hear it off someone who's done it before though. pitty about the price of the seals, i'll need to shell out next year, fed up of howling wind noise!

Ant

to unblock/clean the above i`ve used some mig wellding wire pushed it from top to bottom tied abit of rag to bottom end and pulled it back through it comes out under lower hinge one either side

[s2driveruk]

could also be:

sunroof seal
broken or missing sunroof drip tray
scuttle trim misaligned (sits just below the front windscreen, if the rubber flab off the bottom of the glass is not sat right, water can get in behind it
same as above but water gets in through the heater unit
aerial base - if you are parked on a forward slant, water will run the length of the car and pour down (worth a good feel of the whole roof lining so see if its saturated...sometimes doesn't look it until toughed then water pours off it BTDT already this year.

HTH
David

[Graham]

What is the corect name for the non setting product which goes around the rear lights--is it butle mastic?

[s2driveruk]

3m terostat or something i think

[S-Express]

What is the corect name for the non setting product which goes around the rear lights--is it butle mastic?

Can you still get Dum Dum? I have a pot somewhere, had it for about 15 years, that stuff never sets and is great for sealing leaks.

[Graham]

I have seen dum dum for sale in the UK. I asked for it over here and they thought i was taking the mick

[s2driveruk]

still called terostat from 3M....