hebdenwill
New Member
Hi all,
I'm new to the forum, and new to Audi (previously been a Skoda cousin) so I'm no stranger to the VAG soggy footwell issue. I've re-read a lot of the threads around on the internet and am decently confident that the soaking passenger carpet in my newly bought 2001 A3 8L is down to water getting in somewhere under the scuttle, as was the issue with a previous motor.
Now, when I cured this issue on my old Octy, which had it terribly, I eventually sourced it to being a leak through the round hole pictured here
The large square hole on the left is what the pollen filter frame covered and the hole with wires coming through it seems to be the actual drain. I filled and very carefully covered that round hole (after pouring water down it and seeing it p*** down behind the glovebox) and it never happened again! I guess there might have been a bung there once but not by the time I got to it.
So, the I'm guessing to get the scuttle off I need to take the wipers off, warm up the scuttle with a hairdryer and be very gentle - standard fare for me, having done it several times on the octavia.
The question I'm asking is - has anyone had experience of doing this on an 8L, and if so, what can I expect to find back there? My current plan is - remove scuttle, remove pollen filter and filter frame, clean meticulously incl. leaves, clean out behind the wheel arch liners, and then check that water drains properly. I will be covering up any hole like the one I found in my Octavia if it doesn't seem like a drain, which I'm sure that one wasn't.
After having a quick look earlier, it seems like the scuttle has a flexible flap to allow access to the pollen filter, should the flexible rubber have a split in it as pictured?
I don't feel like that's anything to worry about
Thanks in advance if anyone can help! I love the car so far, apart from the water...
P.S sorry if the picture formatting looks horrible, I'm not sure how to get it to sit nicely
I'm new to the forum, and new to Audi (previously been a Skoda cousin) so I'm no stranger to the VAG soggy footwell issue. I've re-read a lot of the threads around on the internet and am decently confident that the soaking passenger carpet in my newly bought 2001 A3 8L is down to water getting in somewhere under the scuttle, as was the issue with a previous motor.
Now, when I cured this issue on my old Octy, which had it terribly, I eventually sourced it to being a leak through the round hole pictured here
So, the I'm guessing to get the scuttle off I need to take the wipers off, warm up the scuttle with a hairdryer and be very gentle - standard fare for me, having done it several times on the octavia.
The question I'm asking is - has anyone had experience of doing this on an 8L, and if so, what can I expect to find back there? My current plan is - remove scuttle, remove pollen filter and filter frame, clean meticulously incl. leaves, clean out behind the wheel arch liners, and then check that water drains properly. I will be covering up any hole like the one I found in my Octavia if it doesn't seem like a drain, which I'm sure that one wasn't.
After having a quick look earlier, it seems like the scuttle has a flexible flap to allow access to the pollen filter, should the flexible rubber have a split in it as pictured?
Thanks in advance if anyone can help! I love the car so far, apart from the water...
P.S sorry if the picture formatting looks horrible, I'm not sure how to get it to sit nicely