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aye as ye topic suggests if ye be wont to go for a drive with me bring a bucket! and start bailing!

passenger side foot well had a puddle in it!? couldnt find any leak paths though, as in wet trails of carpet or what not to suggest where it was running in from.

anyone know if theres a common prob here? or is it just something to live with

Shouldn't need to be something to live with:

1) If the water's green, your heaters leaking. Expensive PITA.
2) If you've been running the aircon, check that the hose that takes the condensate away isn't blocked. This is a common problem.
3) Check the drain holes at each side of th soft top rain rail. These commonly get blocked and can be cleaned with a coathanger.

Cheers,
Alf

Alf wrote:Shouldn't need to be something to live with:

1) If the water's green, your heaters leaking. Expensive PITA.
2) If you've been running the aircon, check that the hose that takes the condensate away isn't blocked. This is a common problem.
3) Check the drain holes at each side of th soft top rain rail. These commonly get blocked and can be cleaned with a coathanger.

Cheers,
Alf

woo No. could be it! where i check that?

have had the AC on all day sat, i must be really hot or something the windscreen wouldnt stop foggin up

irwin83r wrote:

Alf wrote:Shouldn't need to be something to live with:

1) If the water's green, your heaters leaking. Expensive PITA.
2) If you've been running the aircon, check that the hose that takes the condensate away isn't blocked. This is a common problem.
3) Check the drain holes at each side of th soft top rain rail. These commonly get blocked and can be cleaned with a coathanger.

Cheers,
Alf

woo No. could be it! where i check that?

have had the AC on all day sat, i must be really hot or something the windscreen wouldnt stop foggin up

windscreen fogging was coz you had water on the floor

i reckon the drain line for the aircon has a big hairy spider up it

long as his not too hairy.

wheres the drain located?

wheres the drain located?

It's at the bottom of the evaporator facing towards the engine. There should be a 12mm rubber tube attached to the end of a plastic nipple on the evaporator housing that runs to the transmission tunnel then outside the car. The tube may have been knocked off or the drain may be blocked in the pipe or inside the evaporator.

The car's ECU is in the passenger footwell too so I certainly hope that it hasn't gotten water into it!

Bevan wrote:The car's ECU is in the passenger footwell too so I certainly hope that it hasn't gotten water into it!

Did you find the problem and fix it yet?

no

been too busy working on my mates old ford (note to self down buy an 1960s car)

will hopefully have a close look an a stabb today... after more ford work and buying more wheels

It will take less time to check the A/C drain hose is in the right place than it did for me to type this

well well well!!

dont think drain was blocked...

but it was disconnected!!???

so yeah its back on with a retaining clip now there meant to be one standard on there??

there meant to be one standard on there

You'd think so, but no.