Water on Drivers Side Floor.

[Onecontrolfreak]

Guys,

I have a VR V8 Statesman.....Using Air Conditioning and driving as normal, noticed that there is water building up on the floor where brake/accelerator pedals are.

Assuming this is an issue with the A/C or something else.

If it is A/C, a little worried it is remove the dash time!!

Cheers

Jamie

[88GreenVN]

The drain is blocked . Dont know were it is on the VR but look for the 2 little drains get some wire into it from under the car (Jack stands) Around Tranny

[holden#1]

heres a post that may help

blocked aircon drain - leaking in the car on drivers side

[kopper69]

Yep, near the transmission, under the car. I normally go in the passenger side. Just need to jack the left front side, normally enough for me to get under and find the drain. You should always use a cable tie, wire can damage the tube. You may have a wire insert that you will have to remove to unblock it, although mine never existed. Its in a bit of an awkward position, but once you find it, it shouldnt take too long to clear. The picture in the link (thanks to hako) is a real help, VR only has one though. Word of warning, there will be a lot of water coming out, so be ready to retreat in a moments notice.

Make sure you do it really soon though. Mine leaked recently, about maybe 3 or so times before I got around to fixing it. There wasnt much water, and it dried up so I wasnt too worried about it. A few weeks later was doing some work around the drivers side, and lifted the carpet to run some wiring. The underlay was still very moist. I left the underlay lifted up, so that it would dry. After 2 days, it was still moist, and I used a hot air gun to dry the last bit. It probably wouldnt go mouldy, but it wasnt a very nice smell.

[Onecontrolfreak]

Guys,

Thanks again for the replies....

Will attempt it when it gets daylight outside!

Will let you know...

Thanks

Jamie

[Onecontrolfreak]

Hi again,

Looked underneath yesterday, for the life of me could not find it.

Will try again tonight to see if I can locate it.

I am guessing it is on the passenger side, undernearth the car, near the top of the transmission?

Thanks

Jamie

[kopper69]

Keep looking mate, sounds like youre in the right spot. I would try and describe its location some more, but could get you more confused.

[BlackCougar]

My problem is similar.
My car was in the backyard for a while, it had been pouring down all day, opened up the car (None of the windows were down) and there was a small puddle on the passenger side floor, anyone know were it could be coming from?

[kopper69]

Your problem is going to be different BlackCougar. I would be going for a leak somewhere. I would get a mate to hose the car all around the bottom of windscreen area while you look around inside for leaks. Maybe around passenger door area too.

[BlackCougar]

Cheers man, will have a look.
Most of the old commodores leak water into the boot when you lift the boot up do they? I don't want to put a sound system in there to open my boot after it raining and have water go all over it, what can I do to stop this as well?

[Onecontrolfreak]

Hi again,

Finally found the tube on top of the transmission tunnel.

Used a Looooong bag tie and pushed it up and in and out....

Nothing came out.....Been running all day today, seems like it is fixed!

I was thinking something would come out, but it might have been something just holding it in....

Oh well......


Thanks everyone for your help!!!

[kopper69]

Cheers man, will have a look.
Most of the old commodores leak water into the boot when you lift the boot up do they? I don't want to put a sound system in there to open my boot after it raining and have water go all over it, what can I do to stop this as well?

Water can get in the boot, but you will normally find it gets under the spare wheel. You can put your sound system/gear in there, shouldnt be a problem.

If you do have this problem, have a search around on here. You will find there are a few spots that can leak, just got to find the one on your car. Common one is through the passenger rear quarter window. There is a full how-to on here somewhere on repairing it.