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Originally Posted by notorious
Botang's hole IMHO
Same location on LHD and RHD cars
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Sergey, apologies, I think you are right!
It was raining all day today so when I got home there was a bit of water in the footwell and I could see it trickling down in various places.
As I was trying to plug the square opening in the internal beam with kitchen paper as best as I could I noticed a hole in the roof of that beam which I hadn't seen before. From the inside the hole looked blocked but putting my finger on it water was definitely coming down it.
From the engine bay no hole could be seen. So I grabbed a wooden skewer and stuck it through the hole, it went through easily. Then the hole location was obvious from the engine bay. It is just below the big rubber grommet for wires that go into the cabin.
Stupid, stupid Audi engineers, I curse you, why would you stick paper over a un-used hole then carefully paint it like the rest of the body so its impossible to see from the outside?
Is this some big joke you played on us?
The paint, supported by paper only, naturally develops an invisible crack over time letting water soak through the paper resulting in a perfect stealth leak.
Was it so hard to put a rubber plug into it just like the other unused hole just inches away? Or even weld it up? Grrrrr!
Well I blocked it temporarily from both sides with bathroom silicone sealant, tomorrow I will bolt it up with silicone sealant sandwiched between the bolt and nut.
Hopefully this is the only remaining hole, I will know tomorrow as its going to carry on raining all night.
Pictures to come.