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Car Forum / Citroen Cars / December 2006

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Saxo water leak into driver footwell ?

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Hirsty's - 08 Dec 2006 13:01 GMT
Hi,
Can anybody give me the benefit of wisdom.
Saxo UK 1998 1.1i  I have ahd for a year and now with the rain threre is a
major leak of water into the footwell from above the gas pedal but I cannot
locate it. After heavy rain it seems to slosh about behind the speedo
housing and then leak down as I drive along ?

Tia

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Jerry - 08 Dec 2006 17:26 GMT
> Hi,
>  Can anybody give me the benefit of wisdom.
> Saxo UK 1998 1.1i  I have ahd for a year and now with the rain threre is a
> major leak of water into the footwell from above the gas pedal but I cannot
> locate it. After heavy rain it seems to slosh about behind the speedo
> housing and then leak down as I drive along ?

The heater air intake (plenum) chamber drain could well be blocked.
Hirsty's - 08 Dec 2006 18:36 GMT
> >  Can anybody give me the benefit of wisdom.
> > Saxo UK 1998 1.1i  I have ahd for a year and now with the rain
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>
> The heater air intake (plenum) chamber drain could well be blocked.

Hi thanks for the info; how do I get to it ?
I have had the cover under the wipers off and seen a whole with a fan at the
bottom of it, is it that and where would the drain be ?
Tia
Bryn Holloway - 08 Dec 2006 20:35 GMT
>> >  Can anybody give me the benefit of wisdom.
>> > Saxo UK 1998 1.1i  I have ahd for a year and now with the rain
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> bottom of it, is it that and where would the drain be ?
> Tia

Mine (1997 Saxo 1.1) used to do that until someone suggested it could be
leaves collecting in the channel at the foot of the windscreen and blocking
the drain (I used to park it during the day in a car park with lots of
trees).  Since then, I've regularly vacuumed it out by poking the hoover
tube down under the tray where the driver's side wiper is, with the bonnet
open.
So far (since a couple of years ago) - touch wood - it doesn't seem to have
leaked and we've had some mega rain storms just lately.

Bryn

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