Scuttle Drains Help

[oblique]

i am getting the classic water in foot well problem and i am fairly sure it is blocked scuttle drains. i have read the FAQ solution and will try that tonight but i had two questions.

 

Is there a drain on both sides of the car or just near side? I am only getting water in the drivers foot well.

 

Secondly would i be able to see to openings to these drain/drains from under the hood to see if there are filled with water?

 

Is the rubber flap thing (mentioned in the FAQ) obvious once the plastic wheel arch is removed? if not does someone have pictures?

 

Thank you

[commandomark]

Hi there

 

Not to sure about the other nodels as i have a MK1.

 

Access under the bonnet you cant see the hole as they are located in the far left and right hand corners near the wiper mechanisms. If you put you hand in there and feel around you will feel a small hole.

 

To clear mine i use a wire coat hanger. Scrap as mush of the crap away as you can then i use an old Dyson i have to hoover most of the rubbish away. I then poke the wire hanger down the holes. I then run water down them from a hose pipe.

 

I've never had problems with water ingress so im not to worried about doing it that way.

 

Hope this is of some help.

 

Mark

[oblique]

Thanks for the response. I found the faq on how to do the passenger side one perfect but found a black box in the wing above the plastic preventing me from doing this on the drivers side. i did find that if the wipers are fully up next to the a-pilers then the drivers scuttle drain is easily accessible from under the bonnet.

 

Any tips and hop to dry a foot well out?

 

cheers

[dakster]

Get as much water out of the carpets with a sponge first (obviously). Then I put an old newspaper between the mat and the moulded carpet. Change it on a daily basis until the newspaper stays dry. Its suprising how much moisture the paper absorbs.

Works for me.

[elize]

seems to be a very common problem with these cars even the nearlynew ones on the forcourts all seemed to hav ea wet footwell and ford do not seem interested one bit. The anoying thing is you cannot hear or see where the water is getting in it just apears there and stinks after years of frustration and trying everything we removed the inner wing cover just a few torxs screws and a bit fidly to get it out with the wheel still on and found a build up of muck behind it at the very bottom cleared all this out and a small drain hole in the sill at the bottom of the wing right next to a nut and bolt and have not had a problem since and we have had a lot of heavy rain i rely do think this has cured this frustrating problem will keep an eye on this drain hole and keep it clear