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roffy
03-11-2005, 12:02
Can anyone help, last night my passenger door wasn't shut properly and it rained pretty hard! none of the interior was at all wet and thought i had got away with it. But have noticed a problem. Under acceleration and heavy breaking it sounds like there is a gallon of water running along the passenger side cill from the rear seats to the front of the door! all i can think of is it must have got into the bodywork and the drainage holes must be blocked! can anyone shed any light on it? i need it out asap before it does any damage! I'll be taking the afternoon off to try and sort it.
Something must be causing a gutter effect as when i reversed into my work carpark and breaked heavily the water sloshed back and i noticed some had spilt out onto the floor!

Any ideas???

Rich

MatBrown
03-11-2005, 12:22
Drainage holes are on the inside on the sill, check they are clear.



Mat.

roffy
03-11-2005, 12:31
will i be able to check these without jacking the car up? i'll have a look at lunch. I'm a little bit of a mechanical numpty are there locations obvious?

Gav
03-11-2005, 13:41
pretty obvious but if u cant find them drill a new drain hole but only small so u dont weaken the sill

clowo16v
03-11-2005, 15:07
Pull the rear "door" cards out and then park the car with the backend facing down a hill. The water will rush to the back. You can then drill a hole to let it out.

See ya

Matt

roffy
03-11-2005, 22:31
Cheers Guys, i jacked up the passenger side and found the blocked drainage hole on the under inside of the sill, eased a screwdriver in to clear it and water rushed out for a few mins!
Job done, water and noise gone, and hopefully no water damage in the bodywork!

Thanks for your help

Gav
03-11-2005, 23:43
:D

BRUN
04-11-2005, 01:17
any pics of where it is ?

for future reference ?

MatBrown
04-11-2005, 02:19
As you look at the very bottom of the sill from the side of the car, there are about 2 small drainage holes on the opposite side, where the two skins come together.



Mat.

BRUN
04-11-2005, 19:43
at the front or back ?

MatBrown
05-11-2005, 11:24
Both.



Mat.

BRUN
06-11-2005, 01:02
i still dont understand where you mean, any pics ?

Danny Lee
09-12-2006, 17:02
need pics too! got the exact same thing with mine!

MatBrown
09-12-2006, 19:17
I will try and sort some pics then.



Mat.

dalla
09-12-2006, 22:22
I think i have the same problem. The seatbelt in the driversside is wet when i roll it out... Could this be the same?

Danny Lee
10-12-2006, 16:39
i got the same thing on my passenger seat belt too!

any ideas?

dan-hipgrave
10-12-2006, 18:53
Mines been doing the same, but im not sure if what i can hear is petrol in the tank due to having no interior in the back :lol:

Eckascliovalver
10-12-2006, 19:30
my theory on the matter is water leaking in thro the sunroof traveling along the roof lining and down the b pilar

am i crazy!!! :lol:

dalla
11-12-2006, 08:41
Anybody got an idea? I would also very much like to see the drain holes in the sill? I took out two rubber plugs yesterday, would it be them? Had the impression that there weren't any plugs in the holes?

Cheers
Dennis

dalla
11-12-2006, 08:43
my theory on the matter is water leaking in thro the sunroof traveling along the roof lining and down the b pilar

am i crazy!!! :lol:

Well, don't know about the crazy part mate, but mine dosen't have a sunroof. I suspect that under heavy raining, some water can run along the door, and run into the sill where the door meets the front fender. Looks like there is a opening down there, but i'am not sure.

dan-hipgrave
11-12-2006, 17:54
Well after a weekend of heavy rain and not driving my car i get in it to go to work this morning, pull away and it sounds like im in a boat lol

Definately got the water in the sills problem - fumbling around in the wet and dark for drain holes is also not a good idea...

dalla
12-12-2006, 20:24
!!!BUMP!!! :roll:

Danny Lee
13-12-2006, 19:12
bumppp

Danny Lee
21-12-2006, 20:24
cud really use some help with this one guys!!!!

clowo16v
21-12-2006, 21:51
Jack the car up at the rear then get a drill and a 8mm drill bit and drill a hole in the bottom of the sill. Worked on mine cos somebody had undersealed the drain holes.

Matt