Water in my car!

beer_tins

MX5huggy wrote: »

Does it have air con, if so just put it on full heat with the aircon (it dries the air) on.

It does have air con. So I'll put air con on along with full heat? I guess that could work. I didn't realise it dried the air quite that much. Never thought to turn air con on at this time of year!

TiTheRev

Air con heats as well as cools I use it to demist my windscreen, does it very quickly

baby_fuzz

could you get hold of some silica gel? Like the little sachets that are sometimes in food packets and other stuff to keep the moisture away? I'd guess that you could get them from a craft store, and then dry them out in your over over low heat between dryings out.

beer_tins

TiTheRev wrote: »

I work for VW who have had some issues with water ingress, so may have been able to suggest where it's coming in. It may be worth a phone call to Pug to see if there are any friendly people able to suggest fixes or even warrenty recalls on them. VW honour their recall on the pollen filter sealant on Passats for years, it doesn't have to be under warrenty still...?

Thanks, I might try that. Though it had the windscreen replaced about 1 year ago (not by Peugeot), so it may not be covered, even if the car was still under warranty (it's not).

newlywed

beinerts wrote: »

Oi! stop hijacking my post

Sorry
just thought i'd ask too as get sick of having leaking cars - last one leaked through the sunroof so you had to sit on wet seats each time

beer_tins

TiTheRev wrote: »

Air con heats as well as cools I use it to demist my windscreen, does it very quickly

I'm not sure if my air con is that sophisticated, but will definitely give it a go!

TiTheRev

beinerts wrote: »

Thanks, I might try that. Though it had the windscreen replaced about 1 year ago (not by Peugeot), so it may not be covered, even if the car was still under warranty (it's not).

That's probably your problem then.

I had a similar thing on my old Golf, someone had replaced the windscreen with a non-genuine version and it was letting in water all down the one side AND bottom where it wasn't made/fitted properly. I had to take out all the carpet and underlay as it was going mouldy underneath

beer_tins

baby_fuzz wrote: »

could you get hold of some silica gel? Like the little sachets that are sometimes in food packets and other stuff to keep the moisture away? I'd guess that you could get them from a craft store, and then dry them out in your over over low heat between dryings out.

That's the kind of thing I was thinking. But I'm pretty sure there are "cushions" full of something similar you can get. I'm just not sure where from!

TiTheRev

beinerts wrote: »

I'm not sure if my air con is that sophisticated, but will definitely give it a go!

All air-con systems use an air dryer, yours will do the job fine...but check the carpet for damp and mould (see above post!)

TiTheRev

beinerts wrote: »

That's the kind of thing I was thinking. But I'm pretty sure there are "cushions" full of something similar you can get. I'm just not sure where from!

Pretty useless unless the leak is straight onto the gel/cushion and will be sodden in a day if its raining hard. Fix the leak first, rather than try soak up the leak as its coming in!