Uh oh me floors soaked

Seatmann

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• Mar 19, 2011

• #1

I'm lifting the carpet to get to my handbrake cable tube things and my carpets are soaking wet underneath, so that's me officially joined the leaky Seat group now lol. I've only got a couple more screws and it's out then I think I'll hang it in the garagew for now. I'll need to get busy with the hose and see where the water is coming in over the next couple of days so in the meantime I'll be driving a rally style Vario

Is there common leaky places I should check, not just on the Cordy but Seats in general?

Cheers

 

Seatmann

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• Mar 19, 2011

• #2

Bloody hell! Nobody loves me then?

 

Pyro

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• Mar 20, 2011

• #3

Door seals fella go in to mk1 leon FAQ section and there's a guide etc

 

Seatmann

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• Mar 20, 2011

• #4

Cheers Pyro, I'll check it out and hopefully that's it but I've got a feeling it's going to be worse than that, it's wet up the bulk head too but I'm hoping that's just getting drawn up from the floor.

 

m0rk

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• Mar 20, 2011

• #5

Check it's not leaking round the windscreen - that happened to me once.

 

toddygti

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• Mar 20, 2011

• #6

Seatmann said:

Cheers Pyro, I'll check it out and hopefully that's it but I've got a feeling it's going to be worse than that, it's wet up the bulk head too but I'm hoping that's just getting drawn up from the floor.

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I appear to have the same issue where it runs along the floor front to back, it is also coming down through the bulkhead.. however I found when I put a towel at the bottom of the screen (inside) that it didn't happen so much, it appears to be the heavy condensation running down the inside. I still suspect the windscreen to be leaky to and am investigating this tomorrow, will let you know how it goes.

These cars on a 97 plate are galvanised right?

 

Seatmann

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• Mar 20, 2011

• #7

That sounds even worse lol, I think I prefer the door seals to be sure, I'll have to look into it though I suppose, tell you what though I can't say the car's any noisier without the carpets, wtf?

 

m0rk

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• Mar 20, 2011

• #8

See if you can push the windscreen out in the corners

 

Seatmann

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• Mar 20, 2011

• #9

Lol I can see it now CRAAAAACKK! OH F**K! I might try it though but reckon I better be careful with that one

 

Seatmann

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• Mar 20, 2011

• #10

Phew! Me windscreen's solid thankfully, so on to the next one

 

Seatmann

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• Mar 21, 2011

• #11

Pyro said:

Door seals fella go in to mk1 leon FAQ section and there's a guide etc

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I had a look at the sealing procedure in the faq but the Cordy doesn't have that inner plate bit like the leon so I'll have to check other stuff, I'll phone me dealer later and see if I can score some door seals, or at least a price. Should be good for a laugh if nothing else

 

Seatmann

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• Mar 21, 2011

• #12

£30 a piece for the rear door seals, no to bad, I'll have to check first though to make sure I need them

 

toddygti

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• Mar 24, 2011

• #13

Well I found that the Windscreen is very unlikely as the seal is underneather at the bottom so there is no where for the water to get in.

I have however found where mine leaks and subsequently seems to be a common issue. The Front sun-roof drain holes have spilt about half way down the A pillar thus water pisses in and down the bulkhead.

Bought some new tubing and a new sun-roof seal and job done. Now back and water tight.

 

Seatmann

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• Mar 24, 2011

• #14

Bummer, I wish I had a sunroof to blame my leak on

 

JohnA-88

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• Mar 26, 2011

• #15

Seatmann said:

Bummer, I wish I had a sunroof to blame my leak on

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Don't need a sunroof when you have aircon lol

 

Seatmann

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• Mar 26, 2011

• #16

I don't have aircon either and I don't think I need it living in Scotland

 

FR150TDI

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• Mar 26, 2011

• #17

water leak

iv had that problem with my leon . realy common faul rear door seal. i got the main dealer to fix it. £200

 

Seatmann

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• Mar 26, 2011

• #18

Ouch! I can't find any water marks yet even though the floor's wet again, the carpets are still out though thankfully.

 

Seatmann

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• Mar 30, 2011

• #19

Well it seems my leak is up the front end somewhere, I noticed it dripping down from under the dash on the drivers side so I'll need to investigate. I'll remove the wiper blades and get a look at the bottom of the windscreen and surrounding area and see what I can find, I'll update later.

 

Seatmann

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• Mar 31, 2011

• #20

Bollox! I pulled all the front out i.e. All the plastics etc around the bottom of the windscreen and threw in a bucket of water, nothing, no flippin leaking or anything, no holes etc, poured another bucket of water over the top of the windscreen, nothing, no leaking or bugger all! Looks like I'll just have to drill some holes in the floor and leave the thing to leak in its mysterious fashion.