Another Wet Carpet thread (Sorry...)

[fla 9]

Hi Hasan,

 

Not sure if this is anything like you suggested, but I ordered a roll of this stuff a couple of hours ago:

 

http://www.as-trim.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=8_48

 

Hopefully it'll do the job! And stay dry this time :)

 

Nick

 

Hi Nick, forgot to reply. Yes you could use that - its similar to what was there before. What you could also have got (and they would have been much cheaper) was a couple of camping mats from tesco you could cut to size. All this foam is really doing is making sure your heavy noise barrier is not in direct contact with the floor (and to an extent providing some muffling of any noise).

[Summz 10]

What colour do you want? I have a spare black carpet in pretty good condition.

 

was thinking of having a blue one but dont know what it would look like.

 

ye ill take it off you ollie, want to change all my interior to black leather with black carpets, black cards etc.

 

name your price?

[OllieVR6 0]

was thinking of having a blue one but dont know what it would look like.

 

ye ill take it off you ollie, want to change all my interior to black leather with black carpets, black cards etc.

 

name your price?

 

I'll get you some photos tomorrow so you can make sure it's up to scratch.

 

No idea what it's worth, £30 plus p+p?

 

I'll PM you anyway, as we've hijacked this thread! (Sorry banan0r!).

[n3p 3]

Hi Nick, forgot to reply. Yes you could use that - its similar to what was there before. What you could also have got (and they would have been much cheaper) was a couple of camping mats from tesco you could cut to size. All this foam is really doing is making sure your heavy noise barrier is not in direct contact with the floor (and to an extent providing some muffling of any noise).

 

Hi there,

 

Tesco camping mats? The mind boggles! I paid £60 for that Jute felt so I'd better make the most of it! :lol: Do you know if any adhesive is required, both for the floor to foam, and foam to carpet? Semi getting too far ahead of myself as I still need to find the leak, but once the dash is out I'm hoping it'll be easy to spot.

 

A colleague at work suggested I strap my carpet to the roof of another car and run it through a car wash. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't curious!

 

I'll PM you anyway, as we've hijacked this thread! (Sorry banan0r!)

 

No worries! I hope this thread will be useful for any other leakers. Opening the car to find a pool of water is a feeling nobody should go through :(

 

Nick

[Summz 10]

Yeah I feel u there ban, the stench that came from my car yesterday was evil, car must have been holding water for a while. Today's task is to tackle the passenger side and see what lurks beneath. Then to find the problem sort that and get new interior. I'll try get some snaps up as well. Time to find a camera!

[fla 9]

I would perhaps go as far as to suggest carpet and sounproofing removal be an annual check!

The laundrette would be fine for your carpets plus fabric softener will make them smell nice too...

Can you trace the water puddle back to see where the talc has been spoiled ?

[n3p 3]

Just spent the past couple of hours removing the leftover padding tucked right up beneath the dash, then did a hose down test. Seems the water is still coming in from the scuttle area. Removed the scuttle trim, and found a crack in the corner of the plastic mesh housing... wasn't there before so I'm not sure how that happened! Luckily I do have a replacement but I'll have to order a new gasket during the week.

 

Bit confusing because the front used to properly leak before I replaced the gasket and re-sealed. I think my previous efforts may have just softened the leak. I think what is happening is the water is dripping down slower, and running along the 2 rubber deadening pieces towards the central tunnel, where it then travels down to the back and starts pooling. When I removed the rubber sound deadening it just soaked the front footwell.

 

Fingers crossed this is the culprit. A hell of a lot easier to see what's happening when the carpet is out :) Tomorrows task - get it clean!

 

Nick

[andi spencer 10]

passenger side of my corrado leaks and carpets always feel a little wet after heavy rain, yet to ID the leak. however i think its a door issue.

[n3p 3]

Quick update, I believe this was the culprit:

 

 

Replaced, re-sealed and after a night of solid rain the floor is dry! Will give it a bit longer without the interior in to see if it's still leaking but fingers crossed :)

[rozap 10]

Sorry to revive an old thread with a stupid question, but I'm having this same issue and this is the only thread I've found after hours of googling with the same symptoms. It seems most people see puddles in the passenger front, passenger rear, or driver front. But of course mine leaks in the passenger rear, just like this.

 

Anyway, the item posted in the picture, that's the foliage cover?

[Jim 2]

Would rather folks bump old threads that are relevant to their topics, than make new ones.. so welcome to the forum :) That's the cover that sits in the scuttle tray, that covers the air intake for the heater motor. If you're getting wet carpets in the back of the car, I'd reckon it's probably not that to blame but always worth checking. A new gasket for the underside of it (sticky back foam) is still available from VW for not too much money, and the area is often stuff full of leaves and crap too so well worth getting in their and cleaning it out and putting a new gasket on.

 

However I think if you're getting wet carpets in the rear, it's probably (at a guess) going to be the plastic door membrane under the door cars affixed to the doors not being sealed properly the whole way round.

[g0ldf1ng3r 15]

ive been having a horrible time lately with water ending up in both my front & rear passenger footwells but i think i finally cracked it last weekend as ive had dry carpets since

 

however it has taken over a week to dry the underlay stuff which is on the bottom of the hard backed liner underneath the carpet - thus id advise to definitely take the front passenger under trays out & pull the carpet up. i found though i could get the carpet itself fairly dry when i investigated further the underlay stuff is like a sponge & there must have been litres i there

 

when the car was parked on the flat i would find the rear passenger footwell was wet - somehow the water manages to track down the centre tunnel (feel under your seat rails) & pool up in the rear footwell. it would also sometimes pool up in the front passenger footwell when on the flat but not all the time.

 

in my case stealth had replaced the foliage seal when they did the rest of the work & did a nice overkill on the seal for it. unfortunately after several tests to try to find the ingress (pouring water on the side of the windscreen, over the sunroof, onto the scuttle tray, down the door seals, removed the b pillar trim & even directly around the bottom of the foliage cover) i just couldnt figure it out

 

when i went back after a de-stressing cuppa i checked the gf's storm for a comparison - low & behold i could see that on hers the thin plastic housing cover, which sits on the bottom of the windscreen & the top of the bulkhead but over the foliage cover, had a side closet to the passenger wing which was over the foliage cover

 

returning to mine to compare i could now see that the side of the thin plastic housing was actually tucked up and over the top of the foliage fcover - thus as rain was running off the windscreen it was hitting the mangled housing side & going straight into the top of the foliage cover

 

i managed to wriggle the side of the thin plastic housing free & then pull it into the correct position over the foliage cover (it kind of sits over it like a box with cut outs)

 

there has been lots of rain this week & its been dry (i hope ive not jinxed myself now lol) with the aid of a small dehumidifier ive been able to dry the underlay in the sloped section of the footwell but i had to bin the underlay from the hard card which is under the front passenger carpet

 

however - i think i will have to get the seat out & check the underlay in the rear footwell too

 

in essence, sorry for rambling, i can confirm that water getting in around the foliage cover can produce wet carpets in rear passenger footwell too & it is worth checking everything very closely

 

edit: i should have also mentioned i kicked myself all afternoon for not noticing the mangled thin housing on the previous occasions i had taken a quick look lol

Edited April 2, 2015 by g0ldf1ng3r

[Jim 2]

Yeah that underlay is a ridiculous sponge. And when the water has soaked in there a while, it can easily end up smelling like a rancid swamp. Have often debated ripping it up and replacing it with Dynamat..

[g0ldf1ng3r 15]

Yeah that underlay is a ridiculous sponge. And when the water has soaked in there a while, it can easily end up smelling like a rancid swamp. Have often debated ripping it up and replacing it with Dynamat..

 

very true Jim!!

 

i thought id had got the car dry until i pulled the carpet up & to be honest i couldnt quite believe how much water was coming out of the underlay

 

the underlay on the hard backing under the flat foot area was so bad i scraped it all off & binned it

 

& yes again Jim it smelt awful!!

 

however the dehumidifier has managed to get the underlay on the slope of the footwell dry but its taken over a week

 

Jim thanks for the dynamat mention - i might get a little to replace the underlay i had to bin

[fla 9]

the dynamat will only reduce panel vibration. Its best to replace the underfoam stuff with some acoustic carpet underlay

[g0ldf1ng3r 15]

the dynamat will only reduce panel vibration. Its best to replace the underfoam stuff with some acoustic carpet underlay

 

excellent advice hasan thank you

[fla 9]

As a cheaper alternative to underlay you can use camping mat rolls which are very similar to ensolite. You can get them in supermarkets and they have the advantage of not absorbing water.