With all the rain lately both coupe and avant have been getting a lot of water inside, enough for the water to show above the carpet in both cars. Recent cleaning of the scuttle drain area on the passenger side of the avant seemed to slow down the ingress but not cure it. The coupe was getting wet on the driver's side.
As it was not actually raining this morning I decided to have a better look at the avant as its my current driver and the water in the footwell and condensation on the windows has been hissing me off, the car is coming together in so many ways but is ruined by this stupid water issue, Audi have really messed up on this IMHO, its very frustrating..
To start with I pulled the carpet away from under the glove box and had a look roud the heater fan box,there were a few drops of water under the wiring loom and it really seemed as though it must be leaking past the seal under the pollen filter. I used a bucket and sponge and ran water down the screen, nothing came through to start with but ahfter a couple of minutes there were a few new drops and a small rivulet coming from higher up under the dash. I took the glove box out and had a peer around with a torch and a mirror. Up in the corner where the firewall, scuttle and inner wing join there was a small dirty patch with a dribble of water still coming from it.
Looking back under the bonnet there was still a small pool of water near the scuttle drain hole,
I decided to take out the pollen filter holder to have a better look and make sure the seal was ok.
The seal was dry so I knew it wasnt getting in that way so I started to clean around where the small puddle was with an old tooth brush. In this pic you can just about see that there is a crack in the mastic seal between the panels.
I had a good dig with a screwdriver and cleaned up with scotchbrite pad and brake cleaner and sealed the area with a good layer of Betafill black sealant trying to level the area so it doesn't puddle in future.
Having done that and with all the kit out I decided to have a look at the coupe too. After a bit of digging around the fusbox area and removing some old mastic and muck and cleaning the area up I'd uncovered a pretty large crack.
More brake cleaner, airline and heat gun to dry it out and some more black stuff..
Another view
Whether I've cured it all now or not I dont know but I'm pretty sure there'll be an improvement
I'm now officially knackerd!
As it was not actually raining this morning I decided to have a better look at the avant as its my current driver and the water in the footwell and condensation on the windows has been hissing me off, the car is coming together in so many ways but is ruined by this stupid water issue, Audi have really messed up on this IMHO, its very frustrating..
To start with I pulled the carpet away from under the glove box and had a look roud the heater fan box,there were a few drops of water under the wiring loom and it really seemed as though it must be leaking past the seal under the pollen filter. I used a bucket and sponge and ran water down the screen, nothing came through to start with but ahfter a couple of minutes there were a few new drops and a small rivulet coming from higher up under the dash. I took the glove box out and had a peer around with a torch and a mirror. Up in the corner where the firewall, scuttle and inner wing join there was a small dirty patch with a dribble of water still coming from it.
Looking back under the bonnet there was still a small pool of water near the scuttle drain hole,
I decided to take out the pollen filter holder to have a better look and make sure the seal was ok.
The seal was dry so I knew it wasnt getting in that way so I started to clean around where the small puddle was with an old tooth brush. In this pic you can just about see that there is a crack in the mastic seal between the panels.
I had a good dig with a screwdriver and cleaned up with scotchbrite pad and brake cleaner and sealed the area with a good layer of Betafill black sealant trying to level the area so it doesn't puddle in future.
Having done that and with all the kit out I decided to have a look at the coupe too. After a bit of digging around the fusbox area and removing some old mastic and muck and cleaning the area up I'd uncovered a pretty large crack.
More brake cleaner, airline and heat gun to dry it out and some more black stuff..
Another view
Whether I've cured it all now or not I dont know but I'm pretty sure there'll be an improvement
I'm now officially knackerd!
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