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Omega General Help / Re: How does the bottom of passenger door get wet?

« on: 01 March 2010, 15:32:50 »

Thanks Mantahatch, that's a good idea, although I'm not completely happy about putting more water into the door, as you can imagine.

It's interesting that the door card can be dry, but the carpet at the bottom is wet. I have been assuming that the water was coming in and going straight to the bottom of the door, but the 'wet towel' effect seems more likely, now that you mention it.

I suppose we'll have to have the door card off again

j

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Omega General Help / Re: How does the bottom of passenger door get wet?

« on: 01 March 2010, 14:48:54 »

The membrane is definitely there and OK as we've had the door card taken off to repair the door handle. Inside the door was dry then, although the footwell was very wet.

Wouldn't the inside of the door be wet if it was getting in around the door mirror seal? Or is the bottom of the door a separate 'compartment' from the rest of the inside of the door?

j

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Omega General Help / Re: How does the bottom of passenger door get wet?

« on: 01 March 2010, 14:32:56 »

No, we cleared the scuttle drain and the drains for the sunroof. The footwell is dry, it's just the carpet at the bottom of the passenger door!

janet

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Omega General Help / How does the bottom of passenger door get wet?

« on: 01 March 2010, 13:58:17 »

Hi,

I have a pre-facelift Omega Elite estate (BMW 2.5 TD) and I've had various wet passenger foot well problems. I'm pretty sure we've managed to sort them out - just waiting for everything to dry out now.

However, the carpet on the underside of the passenger door is still wet, and I can't figure out how the water's getting there! We've had the door card off and it's dry inside. It's dry all along the sides of the door, too.

Any ideas?

janet

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Omega General Help / Re: Can the pollen-filter 'holder' be taken out?

« on: 05 February 2010, 15:46:44 »

I don't think I have a passenger airbag, but we'll be careful!

janet

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Omega General Help / Re: Can the pollen-filter 'holder' be taken out?

« on: 05 February 2010, 11:50:52 »

Hi,

I think we're going to try patching it from behind the glovebox and perhaps paint Thompsons Roof Seal on the inside of the scuttle.

I'll certainly let you all know how it works. I can't be the only one out there with a leaky scuttle

janet

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Omega General Help / Re: Can the pollen-filter 'holder' be taken out?

« on: 04 February 2010, 14:14:28 »

Thanks for the suggestion, Tigers, it's done!

janet

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Omega General Help / Re: Can the pollen-filter 'holder' be taken out?

« on: 04 February 2010, 13:23:38 »

I've already had the carpet taken up and most of the soundproofing padding, but the man who did it for me left the padding at the front of the footwell because he was afraid he might damage the wiring loom. That might still have to be (very, very carefully) taken out as it's now soaking and I don't know if it will ever dry out otherwise.

But taking out the glovebox is another idea to think about, and I'd much rather work from inside the car than through the scuttle opening.

janet

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Omega General Help / Re: Can the pollen-filter 'holder' be taken out?

« on: 04 February 2010, 13:08:13 »

We'll investigate taking the holder off (thanks Marks) and body filler is another good idea (thanks Shackeng).

If we can get the thing off, it will be easy to apply the filler, otherwise it's back to 'keyhole' surgery.

janet

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Omega General Help / Re: Can the pollen-filter 'holder' be taken out?

« on: 04 February 2010, 12:59:07 »

Thanks, Jimbob.

The drain is now clear and the scuttle is draining just fine, but obviously previous owners have let water build up in there and rust has led to holes in the sides of the scuttle.

I was hoping we could take out the pollen filter holder to create a bit of space in the scuttle, otherwise I suppose we could try applying sealant with one of those paintbrushes you use behind radiators.

Does anyone have any other ideas?

janet

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Omega General Help / Re: Can the pollen-filter 'holder' be taken out?

« on: 04 February 2010, 12:43:19 »

Now I know why the 'stars'

If anyone has a serious response to this I'd appreciate hearing it.

janet

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Omega General Help / Can the pollen-filter 'holder' be taken out?

« on: 04 February 2010, 12:07:08 »

Hi,

After clearing my scuttle drain because I suspected that it was the cause of water in my passenger footwell  , we now know that the cause of the water was not a blocked scuttle drain, it was a leaky scuttle!

Considering how little room for maneuver there is down there, can the pollen-filter holder be removed so we can tackle the rust and seal the scuttle? And if so, how?

Please help - with all this rain I feel like the little Dutchman holding his finger in the d**e, and I still have a small pond in my footwell .

janet

PS I want to say that the Dutchman has his finger in the 'embankment to prevent flooding', but for some reason the word keeps coming up with stars in the middle!