My S2 has a small water leak into the cabin under the driver's seat from the cross member close to the hand brake. I've not driven the car in the wet recently so it must be coming in when it gets rained on. Having played around for a while throwing water at various areas, it appears it is coming from the drivers side tray under the rear of the bonnet just in front of the windscreen. There is a drain hole at the side of this tray and somehow some of the water is finding its way into the sill and then out into the cabin under the carpet. Has anyone else suffered from this or know how to stop it?
Water leak
- Thread starter knightma
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Rain water drains off the windscreen, under the rear of the bonnet and into the tray drain hole. Most of this water drains out onto the ground behind the front wheel but a small amount ends up under the drivers seat. I need to spend some time with a torch and small mirror to see if I can identify the route the water is taking. It must be down the sill though as the floor is just a single skin.
If it's where I think you are describing, you may cure it by simply clearing out the old dead leaves and other similar crud that has probably built up in the drain holes at the end of the panel under the windscreen. They build up fairly quickly, and prevent the water from draining the way it is meant to ... with the result you are experiencing. The stuff you remove makes good compost. Just so you know. They said it on Gardeners Question Time, so it must be true! Oli.
sawood12
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The drain holes are easy to spot. In the area behind he bulkhead but in front of the windscreen where the wiper mechanism is (i think it's called the scuttle), you will see the seam where the vertical wall of the inner wing meets the horizontal panel of the scuttle. You'll see that the seam kinks up and creates a small hole. This is the drain away for water into the inside of the wing. Make sure this area is not obscured and try to poke something down the hole to make sure it is clear. To test you can pour some water into that area to see if it drains out.
][As the guys have said it sound like the drain is partially blocked. If it isn't then I can only think you have a porous seam in the scuttle, so let's hope it's crud. I was slow as I only have on hand to type with, and apparently quite some amount of hardware in my arm. Hurts like a barsteward any way.
Thanks for the replies guys but there are no leaves blocking any drain holes. As I said, the water drains away through the scuttle drain hole and most of it ends up on the ground, however some finds its way into the sill and then out under the drivers seat. I think there must be a leak at the front end of the sill where it meets the rear of the front wheel arch. I will have a closer look this weekend.
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