cayenne early model Mk1 water ingress

[tiskev]

Left her out overnight and find front passenger floor soaked by the rain
How and where could that have happened ? It does not have a Sunshine Roof ...
Glove box dry

 

[JPlant]

Hi mine does this periodically - it's a blocked drain pipe. There is a top central drain hole at the base of the windscreen under the bonnet that leads down to emerge behind the passenger side front wheel.
This gets blocked and causes the flooding. The mechanic I watched set the steering wheel hard right, unclipped the wheelarch lining a bit then got his hand up and "milked' the rubber end of the drain tube which released a load old tree seeds, muck and water. They then flushed it all through until it was draining ok. Hope this helps. We have silver birch trees so it is a regular job.

 

[tiskev]

That could be it , she has been parked under an Olive tree ( with olives) in Kent
Not usually there .....sheer laziness .It must be well blocked as the floor really is
very wet

 

[tiskev]

Managed to push some curtain wire down tube and have put car in garage
poured water down tube and some has appeared on the floor.
Will see what happens again when floor dries out .

 

[tiskev]

despite being in the garage and having a hot air blower
in the car it is still very wet.
Could water be entering the cabin from any other source ?

 

[golfprorich]

From experience, not in a Cayenne but my daily driver which got wet due to a block drain hole, it takes days and days to dry out properly

 

[tiskev]

Thanks I will give it some time .I just hope it is nothing to do with
heater or Aircon .