Water on floor?

[treed2 at wsu.edu (T. Reed)]

Yes; the windshield seal is a definite leaker.

I siliconed mine about 3 years ago and it has still held (to my knowledge).

My eventual plan is to pull the whole dash and design some sort of
gutter/drain system so that if it ever starts leaking again, it won't
leave me with a terrible soggy mess of an interior like it did the first
time. I'll just run the drain tubes down to the A/C drain tube so I won't
have to drill any additional holes in the floor.

I've never seen a Scirocco with the dash out, so I don't know exactly how
things look and fit.. but I figure I will remove it "for kicks" next
summer, zip-tie and wire loom all my wiring, and figure out this leak
gutter thing while I'm there.

-Toby

On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Sandor wrote:

> check your windshield seal...this is easiest if you have someone on the
> outside with a hose pour water around the windshield seal area while you
> look around under the dash with a lamp or flashlight to find where the
> water is leaking in.
> Its a common problem on old mk1's...we had  4 days of good rain in Toronto
> and I found the rear carpet on my 75 Rabbit under 4 inches of water! (only
> on the driverside)
> Easiest rememdy is to either raplce the seal (if it is hard and brittle)
> or silicone the windshield up...if you find this to be the case I can give
> you tips on how to silicone it the right way.  Keep in mind that with
> respect to the windshield, water can eaither leak between the seal and the
> windshield, or between the sela and the body of the car.
>
>
> sandor
>
>
>
> > Had a similar problem on the passenger side, in back of the seat, and it
> >  turned out to be a clogged sunroof drain tube on that side.
> >
> > If you have a sunroof, check that the 4 drain tubes (one in each corner
> > of  the sunroof opening) are clear.  I pushed a long piece of heavy wire
> > down each  tube to the outside opening and no more water.
> >
> > Leo
> >
> >
> > Ed wrote:
> >
> >> Greetings.
> >>  It has finally rained here in dry west Texas, and
> >>  after 3 good days of rain I found the carpet behind
> >>  the drivers seat in my 78 is soaked. I havent had a
> >>  chance to look for where water is coming in yet, are
> >>  there and common places to look on this car?
> >
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