Whats this hole, under pedals? Seems mine is leaking water!

Hi all, I know this may not be the suitable place to put this topic, buts its the most read section of the forums and i need this sorted asap now its winter/raining!

Went to the car today to find the whole drivers side, front and back footwells were pretty much flooded!

Took the carpet out, had a little clean up and noticed this hole, filled up with water…I could stick my finger in it and cause the water to overflow into my footwell. So im guessing this is the cause of my leak!?!?!

Had a look at a few shell pictures and seems other mark1's have this same hole, whats the purpose? Should it be filled with water? Any information?

This leak is seriously bad guys so any advice would be amazing.

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Thanks

thats there to retain the carpet, if it's filling up with water there you have a serious windscreen seal leak, or the drain tubes in the scuttle tray are blocked.

that part is double skinned, so you have the floor and bulkhead, with that part welded across the angle.

you may find you have some nasty holes start to appear behind it if you don't get to the root of the problem.

Jon.

hmm not good

Its defo filled up with water, the big drain holes in my scuttle seem fine….

Will give everything a good look over tomorrow and see what i can see

get it as dry as possible and then spread some talc over the inside. Will show you where the water is running.

djheap22 said

get it as dry as possible and then spread some talc over the inside. Will show you where the water is running.

Nice tip!  :wink:

need to sort it sharpish

that hole leads to the void between the bulk head and floor, get it dry and then spray some wax oil in that hole and both passenger and drivers side

hth

Cant really see how to dry it out....

Right been outside guys to get some pictures. Only think i could notice tonight was this,




Is this linked to the area im having problems with? The otherside has the same hole but is covered up by a layer of something (could feel the hole by touching about)

Another hole i found is this, which has been covered in waxoil…Not to sure water would be able to get high enough to go down there though?




Cheers

Right, been outside testing it out. Holes i photographed let water into the car. Woop so problem found, now its the problem of sorting it!

I have pushed the sound deading holes through on the inside of car which has let a serious amount of water out of the trapped area and into the car. So cleaned all that up Was water on both drivers and passenger side behind sound deading holes

Problem now is how can i get every last bit out? Since the sound deading holes are a little bit higher then the very bottom of the caviaty I was thinking maybe jack the car up so much it all drains out?

I found a rubber grommet under the car and removed that and it let out water from this part, think it was near the fuel lines, try that you might get a bit more water out  8)

could always run a dehumidifier in the car for a while.
but you would need access to somewhere dry like a garage.

Found grommits under car so all water has now been realsed

Cheers guys