Mk 1 Water leaks on passenger side floor

[roccodingo]

You can see where the guard fits up against the body at the base of the A pillar in this pic, The exterior paint treatment of the bodyshell is very poor along here as well allowing trapped moisture and dirt to effectively sit and rot the sheetmetal out .



Using the wheel arch liners is a great way to reduce the amount of crud that gets thrown up there, The cabrio had almost no rot there at all, only a small amount of light surface rust .

from cabrio thread..

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newf...ad.php?t=21212

[Garbon]

Its not your heat core is it??

Thanks for your message, it only leaks when it rains for a while, a light shower and no problems. Heater core should be ok

[Garbon]

In my '93 Mk1 I have two drain holes in the rain tray. (Left and right side - where the bonnet hinges are located). Both have a rubber funnel attached. From time to time these need cleaning out, leaves and dirt block this drain point, water will then overflow into the heater fresh air intake, and then the footwell.

Hopefully it's this easy to repair.

Michael

Hi Michael

I always check to make sure the rain tray is free from debris so the water can get away

[Garbon]

I would look at:
- grommet where antenna cable goes into wheel well;
- grommets where wiring harness goes into engine bay;
- windscreen seal
- maybe heater hose grommet and heater core

Hi

- I don't have an antenna yet
- Still has original windscreen and seal - could be this as the glovebax gets wet a bit also and seee drips coming from the air hose behind the glovebox

I'll check the grommets where the wiring harness goes into the engine bay

Thanks

[ross_m]

Hi

- I don't have an antenna yet
- Still has original windscreen and seal - could be this as the glovebax gets wet a bit also and seee drips coming from the air hose behind the glovebox

I'll check the grommets where the wiring harness goes into the engine bay

Thanks

Sounds exactly the same as mine.

Water comes in here


It runs from there down this hole


down here


And then onto the passenger floor

It drips on to the glove box and the vent hose like you said so looks like its your seal too. Im going to try and seal mine tomorrow