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Renault Megane 2007 | Part 1 | Water leak found

Renault Megane 2007 | Part 1 | Water leak found

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0:00 OK guys, we've got a Renault Megane today, 2007, just to show you what we've found on the water leaks. Just to show you down here first of all, underneath the scuttle area, just behind the engine, we can see that there's a bracket which runs the whole length of the car, which has the air conditioning pipes.

0:22 But if we see just down there, we can see that there's a bit of corrosion. So the passenger's getting a driver's front footwell wet. So what we're going to do is, if I just get my torch set up, we're gonna get our hose, we're gonna put our hose directly on top of that lip.

0:49 Okay, so it's directly on top of that lip there. And then if we go into the driver's footwell and look up underneath the dashboard. There we go, so we've got signs of it leaking now. So it's not a major leak at the moment, but there is signs of water coming through. Obviously after time it will get bigger and it will get a lot worse, and it'll be a heavy heavy water coming in. And obviously the result of that there, I can just lift this carpet up. There's quite thick underlay in this car here, to touch that

1:44 you can feel that there's loads of water in there. There we go. So we can see in my finger how much water sitting on the bulkhead. So there we go, so water leak found.

Jan

2021

Renault are prone to leak through the bulkhead, this is usually caused by blocked drainage holes in the trough that sits under the windscreen, which then fills up with water and leaks through.

Bulkheads have lots of holes for wires, pipes and clips and water will usually find a way.

Solution: We will make sure the drainage holes in this area are clear, although that might not be the direct cause of this problem. The water could be leaking it's way in through holes for the clips that hold the air conditioning pipes. As long as the clips have not become brittle and don't need replacing, they can just be sealed. Then the carpets can be dried.

Question: "You guys sound like you know what you're doing, and I want you to fix my leak. Are you mobile?"

Answer: I'm afraid not, we couldn't really do what we do as a mobile service. Just for detecting the leaks we have a lot of equipment and as you can see from our videos, we do like to start taking the car apart to really track down the source of the leak. This is all best done in a workshop. As for drying cars, this can only really be done inside.