leaking water into footwells/loosing engine coolant

[bigfella2901]

Hi People,

i am new to this site and have searched around the forums to try find an answer but i am unsucessful.

i seem to be loosing a large amount of coolant as my coolant light comes on so i need to keep topping it up. my passanger side footwells front and rear are soaking wet, i lifted the carpet this morning and the foam lining is ringing wet and also underneath it the were puddles on the chassis.

has anybody else had this problem, and what do you think it could be? heater matrix?

thank you for any advice

adam

 

[gazrhys]

Welcome usaully water in the footwells is due to door seals but with you having to top your coolant up sound strange have you any parts of ya dash to investigate?

 

[Sinbad]

Ruptured heater core - especially if the water in the car smells of coolant.

 

[LEE69]

Sweet smell of coolant should give it away, you could also taste a tiny bit but don't come to me if you get gut rot.

 

[gazrhys]

Sweet smell of coolant should give it away, you could also taste a tiny bit but don't come to me if you get gut rot.

i see a comp claim comin on lol thats old skool lee

 

[bigfella2901]

thanks for the advice so far.. checked all the seals and they seem fine - my heater for the car all work ok ect..ive had no temperature guage light come on at all, just habing to keep topping the coolant up.. it is only recently stared to seap through the carpet before it was just damp but has got alot worse over the last few weeks..

 

[Sinbad]

Your heater will still work even if the core is leaking... Can you smell coolant in the car (assuming you don't just have plain water in your cooling system)

 

[LEE69]

i see a comp claim comin on lol thats old skool lee

Sometimes old school is best lol

thanks for the advice so far.. checked all the seals and they seem fine - my heater for the car all work ok ect..ive had no temperature guage light come on at all, just habing to keep topping the coolant up.. it is only recently stared to seap through the carpet before it was just damp but has got alot worse over the last few weeks..

You definitely have no water on the rubbers when you open the door?

Really points to the heater matrix if so.

 

[bigfella2901]

i can definately confirm it is engine coolant. i can smell it on all the rags i used to mop some of the excess water and also the carpet...

do you know roughly if this is an expensive job or fixable at home?

 

[gazrhys]

think breakers would be cheapist option

 

[bigfella2901]

sorry to sound stupid but what would i need to get? i dont know much about cars

 

[gazrhys]

without looking you dont know maybe heater matrix or a pipe connecting to it youd have to get stuck in and investigate

 

[gazrhys]

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2831280 just found this

 

[gazrhys]

it might help

 

[bigfella2901]

On Saturday I had my oil and filter changed... And I have now been informed that the propella on the water pump has sheered off.. This causing the coolant loss I have also sealed the door sills and the footwell is starting to dry out

 

[Rauer]

On Saturday I had my oil and filter changed... And I have now been informed that the propella on the water pump has sheered off.. This causing the coolant loss I have also sealed the door sills and the footwell is starting to dry out

If the prop on the water pump has sheard off then please don't drive it you could bust your pistons and valves etc!

 

[bigfella2901]

The strange thing is.. It must have been like it for a while :/