random water at my feet :S

[nathanVY]

this has happened a few times, not sure where it's coming from (don't think there are any water bottles leaking in my car) once it was sudden leaked out from somewhere.

most of the time i don't notice it but, tonight was driving without shoes and there was a small puddle! from where?

[seraphic06]

My first guess that the breather pipes for the air con have become blocked. You will need to unblock them - use a plastic cable tie. I am not 100% sure where they are located however I think they are near the transmission.

[nathanVY]

could be, have been using the air con a lot lately. anyone know where abouts they are?

[94vrcaprice]

i had the same problem the drian hole on a vr is in the center of the trans tunnel you will need yo put the car on ramps or a stand the hole is hard to see but if you put your hand up there you will fell it use a cable tie and insert it into the hole if you have had the air con on expect a bit of water to run out its a common problem they fill up with dirt and shit need any more help send a pm

[nathanVY]

i need to do this soon it pisses out near my feet and leaves stains. ill try it with a jack tomorrow.

[D3V14NT]

Definitely wouldn't recommend doing it with a jack. Those warnings about not working under a car supported by a jack are right. I was changing my fuel filter with the car jacked up and noticed the jack was on a slight lean. About 2 secs after getting out from under the car the jack gave way. To get to the drain pipe means you'll be right under the car and theres no way you'll be getting out in time if something happens.

You might also want to take the carpet out to give it an air out or a clean. The water will be pooling under the carpet and it gets a bit stinky after a while.

[nathanVY]

thanks for the heads up, appreciate it. i think we have some tyres around ill chuck one under.

[wortus]

Make sure whatever you put under the car is high enough so you don't get crushed. Don't use bricks. I have wooden blocks that go under the wheels and box them in so it raises the car and stops it from moving that my Dad made years ago and a pair of jack stands from Super Cheap which are only $30 to $36 and a good investment.
Even hydraulic garage jacks can come down I don;t get under a car with only a jack supporting it.

[seraphic06]

Or make friends with somebody who has a pit.

[timmm36]

On the topic of Jacks, go to Supercheap or Autobarn and grab yourself 4 jackstands and a trolley jack (even a couple of ramps if needed), then you will have more than enough support for any situation. No point taking shortcuts when working under the car, do it properly.

When i've got the car on four jack stands I also use two ramps at one end and a trolley jack at the other set to catch the car if in the rare case something happens and the stands give way or the car falls. I know its o****ill but I like to know i'm safe under the car, especially when pulling, prodding and shaking things around lol...

[nathanVY]

yeah that's good advice, i'll have to get wheel stands eventually. thanks for the concern guys, i had a look under there today but couldn't find it, one of the guys called me and explained where it was so i'll have another look tomorrow.

[crashnburn]

could be your heater core too

[nathanVY]

could be your heater core too

possibly, I had my sump gasket done by a mechanic a week ago and they unblocked the drain pipe, evidently it was working cos it now leaked water everywhere when the air con was on.

hundreds of kms later I notice the puddle is still being created, I have manual air con controls and the 1 and 2 settings for the fan don't work, only 3 and HI. a mate of mine said this could be the heater core.

is it likely to be the heater core causing all this?

if im going to be replacing that i'd do the climate control conversion at the same time, does anyone know if I can get a berlina/calais heater core and climate control unit and make the conversion a bit easier?

[D3V14NT]

This is assuming you have green coolant in your cooling system. You need to check if the puddle is either clear or green. If it is green then it's water from the heater core as this is the only thing inside the car that has coolant in it. If it's clear then its water from the air con system.

If it's coolant then changing the heater core is fairly straight forward. I believe (possibly wrong) if you want to convert to climate control then you need to change to a climate control heater unit (not heater core) due to the sensors inside of it required for the climate control to work correctly.

If it's water then there are two main causes. First is a blocked drain pipe. Second is a stuffed evaporator. If it's your evaporator then the whole dash and heater unit needs to come out to replace it. The air con system will also need to be re-gassed after evaporator replacement.

The fan settings not working sounds like a stuffed fan speed resistor thingy. Not sure about how to change these as I haven't had to do one yet. Have a search for fan speed resistors and see what comes up.

[Kurtp]

Your 1 & 2 selection not working is most likely the fan speed resistor unit, they are dodgey and are common to blow, 1 & 2 are only small wires and will go first. You can pull it out and check it.

[nathanVY]

D3V14NT - thanks thats real good, i do have green coolant in my car! so ill have a look after I drive home tonight. I want to do the climate control conversion anyway, so I need the climate control unit and the climate control heater unit?

Kurtp - yer thats what I thought, someone told me it was something else though so thought i'd check.

will post tonight as to whether the water is green or clear!

[nathanVY]

okay so, come to the conclusion that the water only comes out when cornering hard-ish. also appears to be clear and not green.

[D3V14NT]

It's possible that the drain pipe was originally blocked and then unblocked by your mechanic and has since become blocked again. The fact that you had to corner reasonably hard to make the water run out would mean that there isn't much in there and if the drain pipe wasn't blocked then there wouldn't be any water in there as it would all drain away.

You can only really poke at the drain pipe hole from under the car, if there is something larger than the hole plugging it then its near impossible to actually get it out. Otherwise to find out whats going on the heater unit needs to come out. If you've never done it before give yourself 2 days to pull the dash and heater box out, clean/repair/do whatever is necessary and then put it all back together. Its a fairly big job and you don't want to rush it as it's easy to stuff up the wiring and connections in the dash if your not careful. Manual is very handy for this one.

[nathanVY]

does it get blocked again? that sucks. ok well I guess ill pull it out eventually and do the climate control conversion and hope that fixes it. do you know any good tutorials for pulling that apart and converting (changing heater box not inserting sensor)

[nathanVY]

is there a way to unblock the drain pipe from inside the cabin? i heard there was something you could follow on the passenger side.

[RK5TAR]

I have this and had noticed I need to top up my reservoir bottle every week when I use the aircon. Im pretty sure the water has a greenish tinge of the coolant, so this would suggest heater core? Where do I buy one of these, how much approx, and how easy is it to fit? I was reading my manual tonight for something else colling sytem related and it didnt have instructions for this job.
Any advice appreciated, and sorry for crashing your thread OP.

[nathanVY]

sounds like it could be your heater core (according to whats posted in this thread), not sure how much they are but its a hell of a lot of work to replace

mines different, coolant level isnt going down its just clear water in the cabin.

[Kurtp]

I have this and had noticed I need to top up my reservoir bottle every week when I use the aircon. Im pretty sure the water has a greenish tinge of the coolant, so this would suggest heater core? Where do I buy one of these, how much approx, and how easy is it to fit? I was reading my manual tonight for something else colling sytem related and it didnt have instructions for this job.
Any advice appreciated, and sorry for crashing your thread OP.

Before you go blaming the heater core, check if there is any water puddled along the gaps on top of your engine around the injectors, there is nuts all along there if they are slightly loose you will slowly loose water, tightening these has fixed mine and my mates problem with water loss. But coolant in your car doesnt sound to good at all hah.

[Vee-ard]

Mine ended up being a leaking heater core, not a blocked drain pipe as 20+ people told me it was, even after telling them it wasnt blocked because I triple checked.

The puddle in my car wasnt green, but You should have seen the core when it came out. It looked like a rusted spongecake. Obviously original factory equipment, and after 16 years of corrosion, just gave way.

10 Hours labour to get the core out, plus 100 for a new core, 150 for a new evaporator and receiver drier and 1300 dollars later my puddle was fixed.

[11gothevt11]

possibly, I had my sump gasket done by a mechanic a week ago and they unblocked the drain pipe, evidently it was working cos it now leaked water everywhere when the air con was on.

hundreds of kms later I notice the puddle is still being created, I have manual air con controls and the 1 and 2 settings for the fan don't work, only 3 and HI. a mate of mine said this could be the heater core.

is it likely to be the heater core causing all this?

if im going to be replacing that i'd do the climate control conversion at the same time, does anyone know if I can get a berlina/calais heater core and climate control unit and make the conversion a bit easier?

I had vr befor doing same thing just need to find that pipe under car and put the air blower in it for a few seconds then when you pull it out all the water will pour out