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Volkswagen Golf 2005 | Water Leak Part 2

Volkswagen Golf 2005 | Water Leak Part 2

Name: Volkswagen Golf 2005 | Water Leak Part 2
Uploaded: 2020-11-19T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 1 min 12 s
Description: This Volkswagen Golf with multiple water leaks again. Here we show how the passenger side door membrane is also leaking.

Video transcript

0:00 Ok, so we're on, obviously, the passenger rear door membrane now. So we're just going to simulate the same thing. Leave the bar down the back of the window, put a bit of water, just simulate when it's raining. And once again it should be coming out from the bottom of the door, which it is doing.

0:14 But if we have a closer look, there we go, so we can see that there's water coming out of that door membrane there as well. So that's three leaks so far. And also, this is your fan, your air conditioning fan. And as we can see here, we've got evidence of water on the inside of the fan, as well as the spindles rusty. And it is a known fault on the Volkswagen's, they have a scuttle area plate which obviously the gasket goes, and then what it does is, if there's a build-up of obviously dirt under the scuttle area, it

0:48 will then come in through your air conditioning fan, and then what it then does is obviously this foot well gets wet, which is not very wet but is damp to touch. And so there we go, so I believe we've found all the links on this one here, and there we go.

Nov

2020

This Volkswagen Golf with multiple water leaks again. Here we show how the passenger side door membrane is also leaking.

This car also has a leak from the air conditioner. This is caused by a build-up of debris in the scuttle area below the windscreen allowing the water to raise to a lever where it can get into the air conditioner unit, from there it finds it way down to the floor under the carpets. Although the carpets on this car are only damp, it's likely there's far more water under the underlay.

Solution: Clean the scuttle, reseal the air conditioner and replace the door membrane. The carpets will need to be lifted, so we can extract the rain water, decontaminate with an anti-microbial and dry the car.

Question: "I left the window open on my car over the summer, and it rained. The car smells pretty damp and the leather is stained."

Answer: The combination of water and heat from the summer can make your car smell a bit. I would think it likely that it might dry out on it's own, but now you have the bacteria in there which causes that smell. The car can be decontaminated, cleaned, and that should probably fix it. As for the leather, you could try putting on a good quality leather conditioner, otherwise the leather can be recoloured, but try conditioner first.