Renault Clio 2004 | water leak detection

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0:00 So first things first, if we come to the passenger front door membrane, so we can see we've got some levers down there so we can put some water down the back of the window. So if we just put some water down the back of the window, just simulate that it's raining. Now it should come out the bottom of the door, which it is doing, but if we look closely, we can see the water's running out from either the speaker or the door membrane.

0:25 And so that would obviously be one more to leave on the passenger front door. And obviously we've got a little bit of moisture down in this section here, so this is actually wet, this bit here on the carpet. And coming back around to the driver's side, we've just been assimilate the same thing on this door as well. So if we just put a bit of water down the outside, and we come on the inside, so you can see that it's coming out the top of the door. And if

0:55 look closely there, we can see that there's a drop running out from behind the door card. And we can feel that it's wet here in the carpet, and we haven't managed to get the carpet up yet, but it is damp. And also to the back of the footwell as well, there we go, so we can see how wet that is under there if I push down on that carpet. Okay, so that's the two front doors which are leaking. Coming around to the back, we've got these little grommets

1:27 which are by the rear lights on both sides. And if I just put a bit of water on the back of these, and we go in the inside and just quickly get a torch. Okay, so we're looking at that little plastic bit there, and so if I put a bit of water in there. Oh, I just need to try and get a bit adjusted, because I can't get on it. There we go, we can see it now. But there we go, so we've got water coming in through that bit there quite quickly. And coming over to the driver's

2:14 side, we're just going to test this piece here. So once again we're going to put water on the outside, and then that should come through. There we go, so we can just see it started to form now. Okay, so that's getting water in through here as well. As we can see, it's common on these ones here.

Jan
12
2021

Leaking door membranes are a common problem on cars of this age. They age and perish and let water leak in.

However, on this car they seem to be leaking from where the speakers are, so it's possible that at some point an audio technician has upgrades the speakers and not put the membrane back properly.

With this car it's just as likely to be age, but we do see leaks on newer cars which have had work recently done on the audio system. 

Solution: We will replace the door membranes and then either replace or seal those rear stoppers, depending on availability, price and what the customer wants to do.

Question: "Why don't you show the repair of these leaks in your videos?"

Answer: The videos are there as a record of where we find leaks because finding leaks is the hardest part. We are not trying to get famous on YouTube, and we don't ask you to like and subscribe. Creating a DIY repair channel on YouTube isn't what we are about, filming everything we do would just create a whole load more work for us. And besides that, there are the legal implications of showing people how to repair cars. 

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