Water at driver's feet

[wilf21]

Hi,

Clutch, cable and pedal replaced recently on wife's 2000 Ibiza. It hasn't rained for a few weeks since but now it has, there is water on the floor at the driver's feet. This has never happened before so I suspect it's related to the clutch work. Could this be due to some sort of clutch cable seal not being located properly and if so, how difficult/expensive would it be to fix? Or something else?

Thanks in advance.

Wilf

 

[cuprabaz]

Not the drivers side but my passenger footwell was full of water, after taking the seat out and door card off it looks like the window seal has been leaking.

 

[wilf21]

Not the drivers side but my passenger footwell was full of water, after taking the seat out and door card off it looks like the window seal has been leaking.

Yes, but in my case, the water is definitely dripping from somewhere under the steering wheel area making it seem t me that the water running down the windscreen is somehow penetrating into the cabin.

 

[cuprabaz]

ah ok, good luck then.

 

[Myki da Pyki]

May want to go back to whoever fitted it mate and get them to take a look

 

[wilf21]

May want to go back to whoever fitted it mate and get them to take a look

Absolutely! I just wanted first (to give me a stronger hand so to speak) to gauge, from this forum, whether the fitting of the clutch cable and pedal might have led to this leakage problem. What do people think?

 

[Myki da Pyki]

I had a clutch cable fitted on my old 1.4 with no problems with leaks after. Id say they done something wrong when fitting it mate

 

[footlong]

surely there will be a seal missing where cable passes through bulk head? i don't believe in co-incidence.

 

[wilf21]

surely there will be a seal missing where cable passes through bulk head? i don't believe in co-incidence.

I expect there is, yes, thanks. I'll be contacting the people who fitted the clutch.

 

[Myki da Pyki]

Keep us posted mate when you find the cause

 

[wilf21]

Keep us posted mate when you find the cause

Sure will. I have a choice -

1) go back to the people who replaced the clutch, who are far away and a nuisance to get to - I went to them because they were relatively inexpensive compared to local garages including the Seat main dealer - lesson: cheap is expensive Also, I don't trust them any more.

2) Pay nearby Seat main dealer about £50 to do it.

I'm torn between the two options - really.

 

[shaunmc263]

i had this on my car aswell when i parked on a hill facing upwards
It drips straight down onto the clutch
I think it may be something to do with the plastic where the wipers are attached to??

 

[wilf21]

i had this on my car aswell when i parked on a hill facing upwards
It drips straight down onto the clutch
I think it may be something to do with the plastic where the wipers are attached to??

Could be similar but leak happens whichever direction I'm facing and even on level road. Now booked in for next Wednesday.

 

[wilf21]

Could be similar but leak happens whichever direction I'm facing and even on level road. Now booked in for next Wednesday.

Seat dealer fixed this yesterday. The grommet / seal was missing and the car is now water-tight. Many thanks for your help.

 

[__B3NNY__]

Can honestly say before i got to the end of the page, i would have said it would have proberly been a dis-lodged/not fitted gromet. If you had got in the foot well during the day theres a fare chance you would have seen some light coming threw where the gromet was dislodged/missing

David.

 

[wilf21]

Can honestly say before i got to the end of the page, i would have said it would have proberly been a dis-lodged/not fitted gromet. If you had got in the foot well during the day theres a fare chance you would have seen some light coming threw where the gromet was dislodged/missing

David.

Yes, well, I have strong words for the cowboys who did the work in the first place - I'll not say here who they were as I don't want to be sued for libel (although it's true).

 

[__B3NNY__]

Could try and blag a free set of mats

 

[wilf21]

Could try and blag a free set of mats

Yes, with built-in air freshener given the car smells from the damp carpet