Thread: D2 Wet Passenger Footwell

Does it have a sun roof. ? Blocked drain

The drain holes at each end of the plennum (area below the wiper arms) may be blocked and water is entering through the air inlet on the passenger side above the fan housing.

not all computers will talk to a D2,,
even fewer to a V8 D2,,
what type was he using?

Have a look here
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/good-oil/6...g-heating.html

or try the search function for other possibilities.

First fix is some garden hose over the top of the chassis and up the drains. That'll fix the XYZ switch failure due to passenger side drips and the tailshaft issues on the drivers side.

From there, sunrooves if fitted, has it had a new screen recently? Mine did and was still wet. Spent a month at the fitters only to be asked why it was gone. When someone was told why it was bought to my attention that one of the kids spilt a drink and it was thought better to be brought back cleaned though wet. A certain screen fitter wasn't happy.

No sunroof on my D2. I took it to grahme coopers and i was told they tried three different units to connect to the computer.

Thanks gazk, That is the area where the water is coming from it is driping down from under the dash. When i pour water on the black plastic trim/tray below the wind screen i have no leak but when i pour water down the winscreen water runs inside the veichle and drips down from under the dash on the passenger side.

Originally Posted by Jacko

Thanks gazk, That is the area where the water is coming from it is driping down from under the dash. When i pour water on the black plastic trim/tray below the wind screen i have no leak but when i pour water down the winscreen water runs inside the veichle and drips down from under the dash on the passenger side.

I had something similar happen to my d2.

The water runs in between the black plastic tray (plenum) and the windscreen, and runs around the air inlet for the cooling system which is located in behind the plenum. The problem is that the foam gasket between the inlet and body breaks down and water leaks into the passenger foot well.

I solved it by pulling off the plenum (not really recommended as this entails removing the a-pillar trims and you really don't want to go there) and running a bead of sikaflex around where the inlet meets the body. You should only need to do the right-hand side and bottom edges of the inlet (when looking to the rear of the vehicle) as this is where the water seems to run.

The water unlikely to do much to the ECU's. They are all mounted well away from the firewall, and the plugs face downwards.

cheers
Paul