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Hi can anyone help me
I have a problem with water in the footwell a common problem, yes it could be the windscreen but the bottom of the widscreen looks fine no rust or bubbling. If this is any relivance, the van is a 1989 T3 vanagon atlantic.

Before I go taking out the screen I am looking to see if it could be the plastic behind the door cards. I have replaced the plastic (origional took of during repairs) with stuff from a bodyshop and sealed it up with gaffer tape and put the door card back on but it is still leaking water into the foor well

I am looking for a picture of the door without the card so I can see how the plastic is attached to the door origionally so I can determin if

A. I have replaced the plastic sheet correctly or

B. I have missed anything and need to seal any other areas up.


Failing this does anyone else have any idea what could be causing the watder in the footwell issue apart from the windscreen and the door plastic stuff failing.


If not can anyone tell me how it is done properly i.e what to seal and where


Many thanks

Steve

could be leaking behind washer jets front aerial

faggie wrote:could be leaking behind washer jets front aerial

Aerial is a good call that's where mine was leaking. Did my head in for a while as I'd just had a new screen and seal.

Ah I know what you mean erm the van is a left hand drive and it is leaking in to the right hand side footwell (where the black mat is) but good call though does anyone else have any more ideas

hose pipe test.

I replaced the membrane in my doors a couple of months back (cheapskate version - old compost bags) and gaffered all round to seal. Last week I had cause to strip the one door again (lazy cental locking motor) and found the bottom of the door card was wet. It turned out that gaffering the sheet to the face of the door leaves a water trap at the bottom which was slowly seaping through. I refitted it by feeding the sheet through the frame at the bottom to cover the water trap then gaffered on the outside to keep in place. Looks to be good so far.

Also worth checking that the drain holes in the bottom corners of the door are clear. I waxoyled my doors earlier in the year, before our glorious summer, and ended up with a few pints of water sitting in each door.

This is the problem. The leaking generally starts before you actually get any obvious signs externally. I would not rule out rotting window lip without really probing around. It can often look fine but still be leaking. Eventually it will begin to show by which time the damage is far worse. You really need to check the bottom corners of the windscreen - but on the inside and see if there is any evidence of moisture. The other way you can do it is (after its rained), wipe down the windscreen seal so it is dry then with a flat (non-sharp) knife, lift the seal on the outside and see if there is any water beneath the rubber. If its sealing properly, there should be none. Remember, water gets in at the top and trickles unseen beneath the seal until it sits in those corners. An 89 would be about right for a T25 with early signs of corner rot unless it has had work done on the lip or a new good quality seal fitted since then.

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rubyvan wrote:the bottom of the widscreen looks fine no rust or bubbling.

Steve

Raid the cosmetics cupboard. Dry the inside of the front panel under the dash and 'puff' some talc all over it. Then get an assistant to use a hosepipe to soak on and around the screen. Look inside for any streaks of washed away talc. You can do it all yourself without an assistant but better if you can watch from the inside whilst the waters running. Thats how I found I neded a new screen seal and subsequently a welded repair.