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    Water in passenger footwell

    Noticed a small puddle of water in the (LH) passenger footwell the other day. It was a particularly hot day down here and I'd been doing a lot of driving. Reached my hand up under the glove box and the drops seemed to be coming from, or above, the air duct.

    I'm suspicious that it is due to the A/C condensor but have no water on the RHS (lower duct removed). Stuck a stick up the "duck's bum" drains on each side of the transmission tunnel and no water came out.

    As far as I know, my windscreen seal does not leak... we did have some rain a couple of days before this and I had recently taken it through a carwash.

    found this similar thread http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...-footwell.html

    Any other suggestions welcome.

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    must be contagiousall started after I replaced the VC in the T/F case...had to manipulate the transmission on a jack after removing the mount...
    Now when I remove the trans hump side panel and the panel under the glove box, the water ceases to drip on the floor into the LHS footwell ...put the side panel back and... more water in footwell
    Am wondering if the side panel is crushing the drain tube... more experimentation ...driving back to Bris tomorrow from CBR...do I/don't I replace the panel...further report to come...

    ps: so far 2,510km, actual fuel average 14.2 L/100km

    cheers

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    The drain tube is a piece of convoluted rubber tubing that does not follow a straight path up to the air con drip tray.

    Here are a couple if pix I took earlier:



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    Last time you got water in the passengers footwell it wasnt your aircon either

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    Quote Originally Posted by andrew e View Post
    Last time you got water in the passengers footwell it wasnt your aircon either
    very funny
    and true, but at least I knew where that water was coming from... it was the river half way up the doors
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    Did a bit more investigation in to this problem today... after my daughter complained about water on her feet.

    It is worth noting that the car has been not been directly exposed to rain for the past couple of weeks.

    I popped out the glove box... GPS and iPod connect shown below


    Took off the centre console side panel to expose the A/C drain


    Attached a length of plastic hose and blew/sucked in both exposed drain points. Not much rubbish in there.

    Removed the A/C ducting and found this puddle


    I reckon the water is coming from the LHS blower motor.


    So I decided to check the pollen filter. No real signs of water ingress here, so I'm still stumped.

    Here's the funny thing:
    I ran the A/C with the LHS duct disconnected and found the LHS blower motor was blowing outside air towards the centre... and the RHS motor was blowing cold air towards the LHS... so warm air from the outside would be hitting cold air from the centre/evap unit.... if year 10 science memory serves - this would lead to condensation.

    Perhaps the problem is not actually condensor related, but the LHS blower pushing warm/moist air against cooled/de-humidified air?

    I'm going to replace the mesh in the plenum anyway and check for blockages in drains... pics here Plenum Air

    Cheers, Paul.
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    Nice work Paul (as always)

    Looking at your pictures, I have a slightly unrelated question.

    Can you access the left hand side recirc flap motors just by removing the glove box etc as you've done in that last picture ?

    I need to get in there and have a look at mine, but I thought one had to move the entire dash to get to it - which put me off.

    If I can get to it by removing the glove box it might be more do-able.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulP38a View Post
    Removed the A/C ducting and found this puddle
    Good photos Paul and Ron. I've got the identical problem to you Paul, water in that ducting area and then onto the passenger footwell. My drains are clear and water runs/drips out of them just fine, but I still get water in my footwell. Mine seems to be appearing from around that lower ducting joint - right where your photo shows that small puddle. I'm mystified as to where its coming from. Being in Melbourne we've usually got pretty low humidity so I wouldn't of thought humid outside air hitting dry inside air would be enough to create such a relatively large amount of condensate, but it could still be it I guess. I've mostly noticed that water on the very hot days where I assume the aircon is working the hardest.

    I replaced my pollen filters about a month ago, but have hardly taken the P38 out in the rain so I'm almost certain its not rain related.

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    Quote Originally Posted by adm333 View Post
    Can you access the left hand side recirc flap motors just by removing the glove box etc as you've done in that last picture ?
    Hmm, maybe. It is pretty tight in there but depending on where the screws/bolts are it may be possible.

    As it turns out my LHS recirc flap is stuffed too, so I guess I'm about to find out if it can be removed without pulling out the dash

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    Quote Originally Posted by Junosi View Post
    Mine seems to be appearing from around that lower ducting joint - right where your photo shows that small puddle. I'm mystified as to where its coming from.
    Yep, exactly the same thing mate... same spot and all.

    Wondering if my inoperable LHS recirc flap is contributing?

    If you pop out your LHS pollen filter so you can see down to the blower, and set the HVAC to recirc, does your flap close?

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