Help ,
I noticed last night that the carpet behind the drivers seat is sodden ( windows were all shut and have been) no other carpet is wet and the sides along the back seat and tunnel housing are dry .
Noticed a loss of spray from rear washer nozzle as well are the two connected ??.
Where does the washer pipe run ????.
any help appreciated
cheers
Adam
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If you look closely you will see a water line running down from under the rear door and down the inner sill the cause is the inner weather lining in the door has failed.Its a very common fault and a pratt to cure.I had upteen tries eventually I glued a plastic strip along the door bottom wide enough to go over the weather seal and put the drip to the outside.
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Andy.
thanks for the info , you are correct i have now seen the watermark on the inner plastic trim .
is this a big job to cure and what will i need ???/.
Also still need to know where the washer pipe runs to rear window
cheers
adam
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The water supply pipe to the rear window washers, runs up from below the back seat, behind the trim adjacent to the rear door pillar (i.e between where the door closes and the hatchback opens) on the drivers side. There is, I believe, a joint in the pipe behind there and it can leak from that point. You have to remove the plastic trim, which is marked as having an Airbag behind it (at least it does on my early 2004 Ghia X), but this is not compromised by removing the trim.
I have suffered from both problems at different times. There was water ingress from both offside doors into the footwells, which was rectified by inserting some polythene sheeting to divert the water to the drainholes in the bottom of the doors. Apparently the system is designed for the water to run down inside the door, but should discharge through the drainholes, not into the footwell.
I also had a problem with the rear washer pipe discharging fairly high up in the door pillar, then running down the pipe and saturating the carpet in the rear.
I am somewhat of a coward when it comes to removing door-panels when there are electric window actuators behind them, and also trims that are marked as having Airbags behind them, so I left both jobs to my very capable bodywork specialist, who later told me that the work was actually not that complicated. Since he only charged me £25 each time, I was much happier to let him do it, but would probably do it myself if it happened again.
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