Right,

a while ago my cars carpets where soaking wet, i assumed i'd left the window open at some stage!!

However tonight the car is the same! we have had a big down poor of water

i'm unsure if it happend whilst on the move or stood with rain pooring on it!

Has anyone had this problem on a mk1 octavia???

please help my car stinks :(

Yeah there was someone on here a while back had that problem, was it mluton?

here http://briskoda.net/octavia-i/water-drivers-side-rear-footwell/105108/

and here http://briskoda.net/octavia-i/todays-antics-water-footwells-continued/106401/

anymore? i'll try them:cool:

not sure if its a similar problem on the Octy, but VW Passats have a known problem with the drain holes under the wiper motor area (scuttle?) getting blocked and water coming over the bulkhead. the fix seems to be to remove the rubber gromet around the drain holes to make them bigger so they dont block so easily.

I hope not thats where the ecu is.

I hope not thats where the ecu is.

what is??

What karlbar2k was describing.

Problems are likely to be:

- grommet near to where the pollen filter is fitted under the scuttle panel

- door embrames being damaged/cut

- door seats

The carpet in the back of the car is thinner than the front, and has less sound deadening material, plus I believe the floor pan slopes slightly towards the rear

The vrs does not have a sunroof does it? If it does, it might be worth checking the drainage points - A and C pillars (iirc). I just open my sunroof and tip some water from a bottle into the runner tracks and it appears in 4 places on the ground.

The grommet issue by the pollen filter can be caused by the drains down to the wheel arches becoming full of leaves and not allowing the water to drain away - so worth checking they are clear too.

not sure if its a similar problem on the Octy, but VW Passats have a known problem with the drain holes under the wiper motor area (scuttle?) getting blocked and water coming over the bulkhead. the fix seems to be to remove the rubber gromet around the drain holes to make them bigger so they dont block so easily.

The Octy design must be different. There is a gromet to route cables through into the car (appears behind the glove box). In the octy there is no rubber over the drainage holes which tend to get blocked up with leaves. Solution to cleaning these is to remove a few torx screws at the rear of the wheel arch, and then to use your hand to pull out most of the leaves. Finally use a watering can to rinse though. Put liner back in place and replace torx screws.

If the water is in the front footwells and it hasn't been raining it is likely that:

*Heater matrix is knackered and is condensing in your car? get sorted quick or it will corrode everything and rot the carpets and you will never get rid of the stink.

*you have had a new windscreen fitted and is not sealed?

*or you have James Bond syndrome

It could also be what the other guys say, that there are holes in your car somewhere and get the magnified glass out and see where it's letting in water

Good Luck Bond

I was actually gunna post this, what side is it, mines drivers and was hoping it was from my feet! but I don't think they are that wet. It looks like its gunna be a leak finding afternoon tomorrow. If any one finds another possible cause would be a great help:thumbup:

Do your heaters blow in definite different temperatures? if it doesn't and your carpets wet and the cars been out of the rain, and your not a James Bond wannabe - it the heater matrix

Do you mean when i change the temperature, or by them selves. They are different when I change them, but stay the same when left. Can i access the matrix from the engine bay, or do I need to remove the dash. Would a dodgy matrix steam the windscreen up as well.

drivers side could be the wiring loom, or bonnet release cables.... again I would suggest ensuring the drainage ducts under the scuttle panel are clear.

Actually thats where i ran the wiring for my snooper (wiring loom) and i dint remember plugging around the wires. I'll have a look tomorrow

We had water coming in on our (currently v.sick - clutch & gearbox) 1999 1.6i.

Maybe this thread and my low-tech tip may help.

right guys thanks for all the info so far.

I had a quick looky today, no real build up however.

You may notice my car has 2 spots in the lower grill, the wire for these runs next to the bonnet release cable.

This had a gromit around it but was loose.

I have made right but find it hard to beleive this little hole has caused all the water in my car!

thats exacty where water came in on my car.......well one of the places anyway:rolleyes:!

It was the same on mine the gromit had come away and water was leaking in. Only good thing i guess is rain water is clean....unlike heater matrix coolant mix which is nasty stuff and as said before gets in everything and ruins it....my mk2 golf has no dash fitted now and ruined carpet/sounddeadening as a result.

If water is in the passenger side its worth checking the pollen filter seal in the scuttle area as they leak too.

Actually thats where i ran the wiring for my snooper (wiring loom) and i dint remember plugging around the wires. I'll have a look tomorrow

Mine leaked in through the snooper hole, and my scuttle drains were clean.

Then some theiving toe-rag stole my snooper, and I sealed the hole up, and the car remained dry after that.

Mine leaked in through the snooper hole, and my scuttle drains were clean.

Then some theiving toe-rag stole my snooper, and I sealed the hole up, and the car remained dry after that.

They nicked the whole lot:eek:. Tw*ts. I was a bit wirried leaving mine in, coz its hard wired.

Any how I had a quick look this morning and I'm 90% sure it's through the hole for the Snooper wires. Its only been in a few weeks and this is the 1st heavy rain spell since. Its defenitly not the Matrix. I'l have a look later and post my findings.

Cheers guys:thumbup:

smashed a window too, so that made the car a bit wetter! They left the gps bit behind, and f**ked my carkit at the same time.

Just stick some extra silicon sealant over the gromet area and see how you get on. I used to have my radar detector mounted in air intake hole on the drivers side in the bumper. Worked quite well till I drove through a flood :eek:

Normally I parked in my garage overnight (so was not worried about hard-wiring it in), but I was in the process of doing some work on the garage, so the car had been left on the driveway for a few day.

I'm off home now to sort it out.

Did you get another one? I picked mine up from fleabay for £37 inc. postage. Boxed with everything. Here is one of them niftly blue ones. In fact there is a few on.

I would imagine with no window it would get damp.

Cheers for your help.... I'll let you know