huge water problem! HELP!

[nathan0711]

my 04 ibiza mk4 has a puddle of water in the rear passenger footwell, what could be the cause? is it common? i have already checked the bungs in the chassis and there is no problems there.

 

[scoobsta1990]

does the rear washer work? if it don't the washer pipe may have come off behind the boot lid.
hope this helps.

 

[nathan0711]

no it doesnt work actually. but wouldnt that cause the water to be in the boot? its only the passenger footwell in the rear thats wet, everywhere else is bone dry. i just wondered if a water drain ran down there or something?

 

[st10587]

the rear washer jet pipe has a few joins in it so dont rule it out as its the most common

 

[nathan0711]

ok then, i'll get carpet up and have a look i rekon because its pretty bad back there.

 

[st10587]

ok then, i'll get carpet up and have a look i rekon because its pretty bad back there.

it should be easy to tell does the wet patch smell like you washer fluid?

 

[nathan0711]

ive just had a quick look and the water pisses out the screenwash bottle, pump area when i work the rear washer so i think the pipe is broken/off at the front so wouldnt have thought it would be that, wouldnt get back there i wouldnt have thought. i dont know though lol what do you rekon?

 

[st10587]

ive just had a quick look and the water pisses out the screenwash bottle, pump area when i work the rear washer so i think the pipe is broken/off at the front so wouldnt have thought it would be that, wouldnt get back there i wouldnt have thought. i dont know though lol what do you rekon?

quite possibly know the crappy washer hose design

 

[nathan0711]

ok then, i'll get it looked at tomorrow at college and let you know the cause. cheers

 

[techie]

They tend to pop off on more tha one place, there is a connection point behind the n/s/r 1/4 panel inside if its a 3 dr.

 

[scoobsta1990]

no it doesnt work actually. but wouldnt that cause the water to be in the boot? its only the passenger footwell in the rear thats wet, everywhere else is bone dry. i just wondered if a water drain ran down there or something?

sorry for some reason i thought you meant bootwell, anyway id look at putting jubilee clips round all three as one has come off now.

ones under the abs control unit and the other in the boot lid.

hope i was of some help!

 

[Bondiblu]

A very likely cause in the seal on the door skin on the passanger side. If you remove the outer door card, under that is a skin that holds the window mech and stuff in place, I retightened all the bolts and put some odourless silicon around the bottom of this. It sorted my problem out. A new seal can be obtained from the dealers though. This happened on my 52 Plate 130 TDI Sport.