Water Behind Dash

[smokie]

Hi all, i am probably covering old ground here but i just wanted to get a second opinion. i have read the posts on wet floors / water in the footwell etc and i have come to the conclusion that i must have a leak on my windscreen.

I have a 52 plate galaxy 115tdi. At night it is generally parked facing down the way on my drive quite a steep slope. When it has been raining and i reverse the car off the drive in the morning and swing round onto the road i can here water running behind the dashboard this then leaks out into either the drivers / passengers footwell depending on which way i have turned. sometimes the water can actually splashs back up onto the dashboard at the very front where the bashboard meets the screen if you know what i mean (near the windscreen demisting vents).

I have checked all the drain holes etc had the scuttle panel out , checked the pollen filter housing all fine. i have checked all of these after heavy rainfall and there is no build up of water everything in that area seems to be doing its job. i have checked the washer pipe and thats okay and the underside of the carpet is dry, as is the area under the passenger seat.

It has to been a leak on the windscreen right? (i dont have sunroofs on my car so it isn't them either)

Edited March 24, 2010 by smokie

[chrispb123456]

Hi all, i am probably covering old ground here but i just wanted to get a second opinion. i have read the posts on wet floors / water in the footwell etc and i have come to the conclusion that i must have a leak on my windscreen.

I have a 52 plate galaxy 115tdi. At night it is generally parked facing down the way on my drive quite a steep slope. When it has been raining and i reverse the car off the drive in the morning and swing round onto the road i can here water running behind the dashboard this then leaks out into either the drivers / passengers footwell depending on which way i have turned. sometimes the water can actually splashs back up onto the dashboard at the very front where the bashboard meets the screen if you know what i mean (near the windscreen demisting vents).

I have checked all the drain holes etc had the scuttle panel out , checked the pollen filter housing all fine. i have checked all of these after heavy rainfall and there is no build up of water everything in that area seems to be doing its job. i have checked the washer pipe and thats okay and the underside of the carpet is dry, as is the area under the passenger seat.

It has to been a leak on the windscreen right? (i dont have sunroofs on my car so it isn't them either)

 

Hi there

Very much sounds like the screen leaking as your getting water up on the dash, are you covered on insurance for windscreen, I had a few chips, and scratches from the wipers I didnt have any leaks but ive got a nice new screen for

[smokie]

Yeah made sure the windscreen was covered when i bought the Galaxy. i had heard heated screens where very expensive. its got a chip in it any so might have a trip to the local windscreen shop. Thanks

[smokie]

Took the covers off the inside of the A pillars while it was raining yesterday and all seemed dry?! The windscreen seems to be well sealed. can it leak in at the bottom of the screen?

[chrispb123456]

Took the covers off the inside of the A pillars while it was raining yesterday and all seemed dry?! The windscreen seems to be well sealed. can it leak in at the bottom of the screen?

Hi again water can get in anywhere around the screen if it hasn't bonded properly, just a thought though you said you havn't got sun roofs but have you got roof bars? they could also leak if been badly fitted.