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Offline dantd5

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WATER IN PASSENGER FOOT WELL OF D2
« on: December 24, 2011, 08:57:17 AM »
Hi all, anyone have problems with water in the passengers footwell of D2?  Mine getts about one litre or more after several hours of heavy rain just sitting in the driveway.  I have had my head under the dash and seen water dripping from the heater fan.  Rear passenger footwell also slightly wet.  Have been told in the past that the alpine windows can leak when old (mine now ten years old).  Apparently the water can travel along the roof chassis and down the front pillar to the footwell but what puzzles me is how does the water get to be dripping out of the heater fan up under the dash?  Have had 2 wind screens in due to off roading cracks and no change to the footwell water problem.  It is not air con drains as they are clear and drip to ground and have tested that theory on dry days many times.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated..... :)
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Re: WATER IN PASSENGER FOOT WELL OF D2
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2011, 06:16:01 AM »
Hi Dan, yes I have had this exact problem!  It's not the alpine windows, windscreen or aircon drains.  The short of it is that the water leaks into the heater box plenum when there is heavy rain.  It can be a bitch of a job to fix, but if you're patient you can do it yourself.  It's actually a design fault that allows the water to run down the windscreen and into the heater intake.

I see you're in Sydney, so I can't show you where/how to fix it sorry.  You need to remove the lower windscreen trim that sits behind the wiper arms and fashion a water diverter that is glued above the heater intake.  This forces the water to run either side of the heater intake rather than into it.

Bear in mind that the trim is difficult to remove.  If you are not very careful you can crack the bottom of the screen where the 2 retaining feet hook under the screen.
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Kind Regards, Will Church

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Re: WATER IN PASSENGER FOOT WELL OF D2
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2011, 03:22:50 AM »
G'day Will, thanks mate.  I had a bit of an idea that may be the issue and had thought of that exact same fix.  Have moved to Brissy so am keen to fix due to the heavy rain up here!  I am thinking of cutting up an icecream container and aralditing it around the intake.  It has taken 2 years to arrive at this solution.  Thanks for the input mate.  Have a good new year.  Will let you know how it works.

Regards,

Dan
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