who can i pay to solve water ingress once and for all help
 

im fed up of getting water under the carpet in the passenger foot well and was wandering who can sort this for me i have try'd all the usual problems and im still getting water in including botangs hole although i dont think it hase been done is there anywhere in the uk that will rectifie this or any one willing to help if i travel ??

many thanks kind regards
Guy
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When I cleared mine first time it got blocked very soon again. Second time I cleaned and washed pipes thoroughly finishing with Dettol ant mould and mildew cleaner to kill any bacteria and fungus in there. Finally sprayed air intake with http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Comma-Air-...#ht_1528wt_905 to kill them in rest of a HVAC unit.It has been 2 years since that and no problems.

Guy, I had the same issues with my '98 S8. Took some time, but got sorted in the end. Where abouts are you?

im in wales near aberystwyth/ barmouth area, i have tryed all sorts and with winter comming the last thing i need is the electrics packing up on me, the box under the mat is soden wet all the time i dry it out and its drenched within a day or so, could do with a hand on this one for sure :-S

im up in london tonight in high wicombe then down in stoke on saterday

here is a pic I found Guy, just for you. by PaulW of course.

http://forums.quattroworld.com/a8/msgs/25523.phtml

thanks for that but still no luck had it up on the ramp in the garage and they are both clear water is flowing from the cowl drains, any other advice ? i think its botangs hole but i need some help with tackling that i cant do it by my self

Have you tried sunroof drains? the front ones are easy, the back ones I tackled from behind the trim in the boot.

Guy, stupid question, but have you tried this:

http://forums.quattroworld.com/a8/msgs/18945.phtml


I had water ingress problem in passenger footwell when I've just purchased the car. It was clogged rubber drain pipe which is easily accessible from the inside of wheel arch.

It can as well be gasket between electrical electrical box with all the control units and aluminium chasis of your car. Buy new gasket and change it preventively.

Here is example of what I'm talking about: http://www.passatworld.com/forums/68...en-filter.html

yea i did try both those ways i also used compressed air to blast the orange pipe inside the car in the trans tunnel, i have cleared the big one that had about 3 gallons of water in there that was just under the H vac blower motor in the engine bay, but i still have water in the passenger foot well and its driving me crazy now the wood under it that is a cover for the relay box is just sodden wet carpet is soaked and im fed up of drying it and then finding it the same again the following day,
i don't want it to play up with my electrics in that box

Guy, you don't need to play up with electrics in that box, but it can be the damn gasket.

Are you driving near Reading from time to time?

i do drive by there every so often, i have spent most of the daylight hours at it today so only time will tell now if i have cured it at last, it seems that when i plugged Botang's Hole it was not the correct hole after all, so i finally tracked it down and sealed it,

it was hidden under a paper tab that looked like just part of the paint, but you could not see that in the pictures of botangs hole as he had already removed it before taking the picture, But it is sealed at last, just hope that dose the job now.

just a case of drying everything out
thanks for the help Sergey +++

If it's a combo of the tranny tunnel and scuttle drains being blocked, you'll actually SEE the water slosh from the left side of the tranny tunnel. You can see it happen if you're taking a right hand corner.

Also, sometimes water will actually slosh out the centre consoles rear air vents and land in the rear passenger footwells.

Is this your trouble?

If not, it might be something else.

Have you done that big old 'invisible' drain 'ole in the centre of the scuttle?

nope only trouble was water in the passenger foot well right below where botangs hole is located, i did have the trouble of the water in the rear air vents but i solved this with an unblocking and also this http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3192

Glad you sorted it Guy. You could replace that bit of chipbioard covering the electronics box with a nice piece of perspex, thats what I'm going to do.
Cant understand why they put a cheap piece of wood in there. (to absorb moisture?)

now thats a fantastic idea i was just going to pick up the phone and price up a new one, i will make one out of perspex and glue a rubber seal round it +++

Is Botang Hole just Pf A8's or Fl to?
As mine in FL, i was thinking of finding hole from inside. Then threading a little bolt into hole, with sealer around it. As im not confident enough to pull that ecu box out. to get at it.