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28th October 2012, 10:32 AM
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Water ingress to cab :-(!!!!!
Hey guys, just back from a drive and noticed the windows were steamed up after collecting my sons comic from the shop, alarm bells started! First place to check was passenger footwell.........yup, soaked!!!!
 Any ideas what's causing this to leak? It's going into garage next week for work so a wee pointer would be great! TIA....... 
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28th October 2012, 10:41 AM
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lots of answers for you to look at -
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3898 http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3281 http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=30 http://www.audipages.com/Tech_Articl...tordrains.html http://www.tyresmoke.net/forum/audi-...et-carpet.html http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3192 Happy reading!! 
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28th October 2012, 10:54 AM
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Holy moly I thought I was doing well finding this................
http://www.audipages.com/Tech_Articl...tordrains.html 
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28th October 2012, 10:59 AM
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Cheers
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28th October 2012, 11:07 AM
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The first thing to do is decide (not easy) which of the 3 or 4 main suspects is the actual source.
If it's ONLY the passenger side could be Botangs hole. If you hear "sloshing" going round sharp corners it's probably the aircon evaporator/condenser drains (orange drains) Take the main front carpets up both sides and look underneath; they can absorb an ENORMOUS amount of water.  As noted by me in one of those threads, if it's the orange drains it's just as easy to take them right out and clean thoroughly rather than blow air through them which doesn't remove all the "crud".
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Last edited by HPsauce; 28th October 2012 at 11:10 AM.
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28th October 2012, 11:11 AM
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31st October 2012, 08:11 PM
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The car has been parked up since the weekend and its rained constant here so I thought I'd have a wee look to see the damage....................
NOT A DROP OF WATER HAS ENTERED!!!!!!!................ So it must be when the car is moving?!?!?! Its going away next week to the garage so I'll ask them about clearing drains, A/C pipes etc! 
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31st October 2012, 08:42 PM
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That points again to the aircon drains as a most likely cause.
One test (that I used effectively) is to turn the aircon off (i.e. Econ mode) for a few days and observe.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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31st October 2012, 08:48 PM
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I had this problem which appeared not long after buying my A8 in December 2011. Water would literally gush out from the console side trim and all over the better half's feet. Also had water spitting out of the dash vents front and rear. The longer the journey, the worse it was. I had the trim stripped and was shocked at how much water came out of the orange tube. Drained it several times. Got my local garage to investigate, and they cleared the air con drainage tubes. Been absolutely fine since it was done earlier in the year. My dad's old A8 (PF 1996 N Plate) had the same symptons way back when he had it, but we never knew what caused it at the time.
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