Water in footwell, water leak, carpet wet etc. Octavia MK1

Hi,

After having wet carpets and some advice from the forums, I thought I'd post this so that others might solve their problems.

1st:  Water in the passenger footwell

It was a blocked sunroof gutter. Poured some water in the sunroof surround and it didn't come out of the rubber nipple in the passenger door hinge area.

Wobbled and poked the nipple (oh er) and it cleared.

2nd: Water in the drivers footwell

There is a small hole in the wing area of the "scuttle panel" (the area in-between the windscreen and the bonnet). This allows the water to run down the inner wheel-arch and onto the ground. Clearing this didn't solve the problem.

Removed the inner wheel-arch to reveal about 3 pints of mud blocking the path of this drain. Clearing this didn't solve the problem.

Checked the door surround seal (fine)

Checked for water leaking from the inside of the door to the body (fine)

After much head scratching I looked at some online exploded diagrams of the windscreen area. I looked at the wipers and saw that under the wiper arm there should be a seal and then another domed seal under that. I was missing the upper seals. (item 4). I replaced these and it's been fine.