Hi all,

 

 Only just recently purchased this car, and it is really annoying me!! The rear footwell, is soaking wet, and the car stinks of mould! I cannot see where it is leaking from, as everywhere else seems dry apart from the carpet behidn the passender seat. Anyone had this/simular before and managed to find/cure the problem?

 

 

Thanks

 

get the door card off and check the membrane for damage, or even being missing as some folks have found!

 

after that, check the drain holes in the front and rear doors.

 

if you have a sunroof, the drain holes for it could be blocked, which can lead to water in the rear footwells.

 

a quick search will find a lot of threads on this, with pictures and steps by steps for checking clearing the drains

Thanks for the reply/info today I have taken the door card off, the membrane is fine, so I did not want to really pull it off ( I have done searches on previous threads).

 

I also stuck a piece metal right into the door through the drain holes, and checked by pouring water into the door and they do not seem blocked. - I am going to drill a few more drain holes anyway as, it will not do any harm..

 

I checked the seal, can see nothing wrong... but when I removed the seal, water is present underneath... So I think it is coming in through this door somehow, as i cannot see any reason why water would be under the seal... this is the rear passenger door    

I did not check if the drain holes were blocked prior to sticking the metal in!!! bit silly really... As I put the metal in first, and checked them after... So I am unsure now if the problem has been solved.

 

 

Due to other searches, i think next point of call will be, to clean out under scutter pannels, clean out sunroof drain holes...  But no other foot wells or boot seem wet,so i do not think it is coming in from the front..

 

anyone got any other ideas to anywhere else it can come from, apart from Sunroof, Door Seal, membrane, drainholes under scuttle pannnel?

 

Thanks

CK

Edited 15 February, 201412 yr by cyber_killer

For a wet rear passenger footwell, check the grommet next to the pollen filter under the scuttle panel.  All the water which drains off the windscreen passes over this grommet....

Well I spent time today looking into this, found 2 of the sunroof drain holes blocked, both on the passenger side.... The front and rear, were both not letting water through... So cleaned these out made sure they work 100% and currently the car is drying out with a hair dryer hopefully.... will no longer leak.

 

Thing is i bought the car with this problem, and I think it has been doing it for  afew years, stinks of mould :( and carpet is mouldy + the under carpet. Will concentrate on killing the mould/smell after the leak is 100% stopped

 

 

Thanks for all help guys hoping... its done now

glad to be able to help.

 

A full seats out, carpets out cleaning with a disinfectant should take care of the smell

Prob quicker/ easier to just get a new carpet from scrapers most mk4 based carpets will fit.

Had the same problem in my vrs. My rear passenger footwell was sopping wet, tried all the above but nothing seemed blocked so cleared all the mud out from behind the front wheel inner arches (and there was alot) not had any more water in the footwells since even with all the recent rain. Could be worth a look mate.

Hadnt suggested the arches as OP said no water in the front.

 

didnt think it could come from there and not wet the whole way through

I had no water in the front either but was at a loss as to where it was coming from so thought it was worth a shot and still seems to be dry. Just thought it was worth a mention incase nothing else works. Hope it gets sorted though as it does stink!