HELP!! Water pouring in down peddles!

[willywiloska]

Hi Ant,

Hope you can be of assistance - with all this heavy rain I have lots of water in footwell driver side cab, it seems to be coming down behind dash and down peddles on to floor.

Have sealed around windscreen, but still coming in ! ?

[Derek]

Hi willywiloska

Is it water in your ventilation system? There is a drain behind the jack, under the bonnet in the C15. It can get blocked

Derek

[willywiloska]

Hi Derek, thanks for help. Is the ventilation system the vents between the windscreen and the bonnet ?
Someone looked at it and said to drill somes holes under vents inside bonnet to let water out that way! Will try that anyway. Tks again Babs

[Derek]

Sept 13, 2008 20:07:13 GMT willywiloska said:

Hi Derek, thanks for help. Is the ventilation system the vents between the windscreen and the bonnet ?
Someone looked at it and said to drill somes holes under vents inside bonnet to let water out that way! Will try that anyway. Tks again Babs

Hi Babs

Try this link with Ants answer.
smallmotorhome.proboards105.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=ant&thread=1973&page=1#14239

Not sure about drilling holes I would try clearing the drain tube first.

Ant is at the Shepton Mallet show at the moment. When he gets back he may pick up this thread.

Hope you get it sorted, enjoy your romahoming.

Derek

[pendel]

We had a problem with water filling up our floor on a volvo we had. We took it to a garage who told us we needed some welding done. That was not an option as it was so old but we asked at another place and they found it was the rubber around the winderscreen that had perished and that was where the water was getting in. We had the window changed and it cured the problem. No more wet feet. Hope you get it sorted soon.

[greenland40]

Hi, We seem to have a similar problem with water coming in through the ventilation system, but the drain is clear. How do you get in to drill the holes please?

Thanks

[lunnie]

Wait for Ant please dont drill holes until you have spoken to the MAN

[greenland40]

OK will do

[ant]

Hi Greenland.
Its not more holes you need but fewer! Sadly I think you'll find the area around the heater blower has rusted away. The heater blower is to the right of the steering column tucked under the dash, if you remove the shelf and the side panel that has the radio speaker in it you can undo the two 10mm nuts that hold the blower up. Be carefull as you remove it 'cause if the rusting is wide spread you'll pull some of the bulkhead away with it. There should only be one big hole that fits the blower exactly, commonly it rusts out around the hole allowing rain water to drip on your feet and enter the ventilation system.
The cure is often quite expensive as the area needs to be welded, this means removing all nearby componants that might burn, starting with the dash board. If the rusting is not too bad you may get away with some patching up with plates and rivets but only if the bulkhead that holds the brake pedal is sound and does not flex when the pedal is push down hard. If the pedal moves the bulkhead you have a structural issue and welding is the only answer.
Ant

[greenland40]

Thanks very much Ant, that's really useful, I just hope it's not too bad!