help my D3 is leaking

[Steve223]

After an awesome weekend in Bendethera Valley I cam back to a puddle of water in my "new" D3 which was parked at home in the driveway, seems to come in via the passenger front airbag but car was parked on a slope front facing down, so assume it's the sunroof.

Any suggestions is this a big effort to fix? have another couple of niggels I need fixed so thinking bringing it for the first service to Landrover any suggestions for best LR in Sydney.

Cheers

Steve

[jonesy63]

Hi Steve,
Try clearing the blockage in the drain hose with weed line trimmer cord.

[Steve223]

thanks sorry for the silly question but where do I find the drain hose??

[SBD4]

Hey Steve, have a look at this on disco3 forum:

DISCO3.CO.UK - View topic - How to fix a Sunroof Leak! (http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic22757.html?highlight=drain+tubes)

Which part of Sydney do you want for servicing?

[Steve223]

thanks Sean just found forum so it's reasonably common,for servicing best would be Parramatta or so but could also do City

[TerryO]

Hi Steve,

I take my D3 to Frank at ATV in Five Dock, there phone number is 9712 8001

cheers,
Terry

[SBD4]

OK If Paramatta is best then obviously Trivet is the go. I can't vouch for their service as I have never used them. My wife uses them to service her Mini and she is very happy with them - I am too as they have attended to any items I raised. Of course Mini and Land Rover service divisions are completely separate so there may be no correlation at all.

I use Purnell and for the last service used Graeme Cooper Automotive in St Peters (Purnell couldn't fit me in over Christmas). I am happy with both - Coopers have a great reputation.

[AnD3rew]

I have been using Trivett in Parramatta until recently for both my D3 and Peugeot. Mixed feelings, they are nice enough and pretty efficient, when there have been warranty concerns a few times I have had to it them under pressure to go and fight for me which to be fair once sufficiently pressured they have done although not always with success to my satisfaction. Never had any major issues with my D3 other than niggles so can't really comment.

I will say that from a Peugeot perspective I have had lots of issues (308 Touring has been a terrible car) and I have been very frustrated that every time you take it in the only response you get is that the computer has no errors but we have upgraded the software. I don't think there is any such thing as a mechanic anymore, just computer technicians. I eventually after spending a bit of time on a Peugeot forum and printing out a few threads we t in and told them that the problem was a timing chain adjuster issue. They were quite amazed by the information n the forum and lo and behold that was the problem.

I still have a transmission problem which they still tell me that they have no clue about because there are no computer errors:twisted:

Whilst I think that Trivett Peugeot Parramatta are mechanically incompetent at least from a diagnostic perspective (although I suspect in fixing the previous problem they bent and damaged The turbo oil feeder pipes by pulling it out of the way which they of course denied) I think this is sadly a symptom of decline in the profession generally particularly in dealer workshops where there is an over reliance on the computer diagnostics and a corresponding lack of experience I old fashion diagnostic skills and not specifically a problem isolated to this particular dealer.

[~Rich~]

I too have had this occur a couple of times, yes clear it as said in the D3 link above. Crap builds up over time in both these tubes, I use the plastic coated spiral metal curtain wire. To make it happen less often trim the "Valve" points that are behind the air intake vent on the drivers side and behind the wheel arch lining on the passenger side.

[KOOS BEST]

You have to decide do you want to take 3 hrs or 5 min to fix this problem.

The 5 min method as follows.

Firstly get yourselves 8 or 10mm plastic irrigation pipe union or something similar.

On your a pillar lift the air bag plastic off and unscrew the torx screw, take off the cover.
Take a stanley knife and cut the rubber pipe anywhere.
Blow up with the sunroof open and you will see plenty dust and leaves fly out.

When you blow down, you'll experience a back pressure because it's blocked and suddenly you'll hear a whooz sound as everything blows out.

Insert the union, and use tie straps to fasten and voila, put the cover back , all this in less then 5 min both sides instead of hours.

Remember there is no pressure, the water runs down on gravity , so once a year , open up and blow clean.

[Steve223]

You have to decide do you want to take 3 hrs or 5 min to fix this problem.

The 5 min method as follows.

Firstly get yourselves 8 or 10mm plastic irrigation pipe union or something similar.

On your a pillar lift the air bag plastic off and unscrew the torx screw, take off the cover.
Take a stanley knife and cut the rubber pipe anywhere.
Blow up with the sunroof open and you will see plenty dust and leaves fly out.

When you blow down, you'll experience a back pressure because it's blocked and suddenly you'll hear a whooz sound as everything blows out.

Insert the union, and use tie straps to fasten and voila, put the cover back , all this in less then 5 min both sides instead of hours.

Remember there is no pressure, the water runs down on gravity , so once a year , open up and blow clean.

thanks, thats sounds quick will give that a go as soon as bunnings opens

[Steve223]

any idea how I remove the side panel where the bonnet opener sits in the passenger side? trying to get under carpet to remove the water underneath.

any suggestions to trying the carpet out? i would assume you can't take it easily out for drying?

[Steve223]

Found this PDF in case someone else is interested, it has all the pipe exit points and LR solution to fix the leak

http://4sdata.net/filechute/Land%20Rover-LA-501-012%20-Water%20Ingress_DQB5RCKX.zip (file will be deleted after 3 month though)

[Steve223]

Hi,

Just before the next rain comes I just managed to blow trough the hoses with a airbed pump and fix the joiner (they do not have barbed joiners anymore just the hose joiners so hope that holds.


http://www.4sdata.net/skitch//joiner-20130129-125138.png Click image to enlarge


Also removed the air intake and it seems like drain hose is quite long and there is the possibility to go in air intake (would think I want to avoid this?)

Under the passenger floor the carpet and foam is soaking wet just wondering whether someone has removed the carpets and has any how to's?
Do I need to remove the seats?

Cheers

Steve

[TerryO]

Look on the bright side Steve you found out yours was leaking when you opened the door.

I to had only just bought our D3 secondhand and it rained within days, I needed to drive up to Sydney for a very important business meeting.

So I got all dressed up and then jumped into my new pride and joy and reversed out to turn round when about half a litre of water poured over the top of the closed sunroof straight into my lap. ...:eek:

My crutch looked like I needed to wear incontinence pads, luckily my pants had pretty much dried out by the time I got there. ...:(

Cheers,
Terry

[Steve223]

Look on the bright side Steve you found out yours was leaking when you opened the door.

I to had only just bought our D3 secondhand and it rained within days, I needed to drive up to Sydney for a very important business meeting.

So I got all dressed up and then jumped into my new pride and joy and reversed out to turn round when about half a litre of water poured over the top of the closed sunroof straight into my lap. ...:eek:

My crutch looked like I needed to wear incontinence pads, luckily my pants had pretty much dried out by the time I got there. ...:(

Cheers,
Terry

lol that makes me feel better Terry :-)

just coming home from the Bendethera trip and reversing HSE out of the driveway to make space for S and did not trust my eyes when I saw the little goldfish swimming in the aquarium on the passenger floor....

did you get the smell out of the car again?

[Steve223]

You have to decide do you want to take 3 hrs or 5 min to fix this problem.

The 5 min method as follows.

Firstly get yourselves 8 or 10mm plastic irrigation pipe union or something similar.

On your a pillar lift the air bag plastic off and unscrew the torx screw, take off the cover.
Take a stanley knife and cut the rubber pipe anywhere.
Blow up with the sunroof open and you will see plenty dust and leaves fly out.

When you blow down, you'll experience a back pressure because it's blocked and suddenly you'll hear a whooz sound as everything blows out.

Insert the union, and use tie straps to fasten and voila, put the cover back , all this in less then 5 min both sides instead of hours.

Remember there is no pressure, the water runs down on gravity , so once a year , open up and blow clean.

Thanks for the tip it really took only 10-15 min for both sides and fixed the leaking as i can attest now after another 12 h of solid rain :-)