Hi, hopefully someone more knowledgeable can help. The rubber plugs in the picture let water through. Are these required or can I just clean up the mess and seal them with silicone? And also the crack in the other picture is on the side of where the gearstick is situated. Could water be getting through that? The car is a 2007 fabia vrs pd130. Thanks in advance.

The crack is just in the sound dampening bitumen material and has no consequence. The bungs can indeed just be sealed with silicone or similar.

 

Make sure the water isn't getting in some other way and lying on the floor like that. The door carrier seals are the usual culprit.

 

 

Edited 20 August, 20196 yr by TMB

Except that the water is probably not leaking through the bungs, it's just collecting there. It's almost certainly coming from the doors.

Hi thanks for your replies. I'll definitely look into the door carriers and seal them either way. So is there any other places prone to leaking on these cars? I'm just thinking whilst the carpets are out I may as well try to fix any common places so hopefully I shouldn't have problems in the future. Thanks.

Oh I forgot to mention the front passenger side front foot well was the most wet.

If the drain at the nearside (letterbox shaped hole near middle of pic) gets badly blocked, water levels inside the so-called 'waterbox' (also known as scuttle) can rise up to and spill over into the inlet for the cabin air fan (LHS of pic).

It may be easier to check/fix this via removal of nearside front wheel arch liner rather than removal of the trim under the wipers, but relatively easy to test by pouring water into that end of the scuttle and see if it comes out from the nearside front wheel arch (as it should) or disappears elsewhere.

 

Easy way to check the door carriers for leakage, just open all the doors after rain (or simulated rain), looking for little puddles on the horizontal sections of the door seal (second pic).

 

Edited 20 August, 20196 yr by Wino

Thanks will also try that tonight.

So had a look and poured some water over the car. The rear doors have been sealed by a previous owner, broke a few clips taking a look. Poured water over the scuttle and it did drain out under the wheel arch so that's fine. The pollen filter is dry so I think that is ok. I'm quite confused now. Not sure how else it could get in.

The front doors also need to be sealed as they also leak just like the rear.

 

Also - there is a connector joint in the rear windscreen washer pipe that is notorious for coming apart. It's behind the trim at the passenger side rear wheel arch inside the car. Worth checking.

 

The one in this pic has had white tape wrapped around it but you can see the general location...

 

 

 

 

Edited 20 August, 20196 yr by TMB

Thanks for that I'll take a look tomorrow 👍

Different question, the car has been stood for a couple of days and randomly decided to check the coolant. When I removed the cap from the tank it let off a hiss of pressure. Is this normal on this car?

Nope, it means HGF. Sorry.

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