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[TheBoy]

Thanks for all the help and advise. Set my wife on it - she managed to release the water and the drain plug was half in/out so she pushed it into the drain gulley in the engine and managed to retreive it, it was stuffed with crap!! I have washed it out and will atempt to refit it tomorrow hopefully I can get it back in from the top. There is alot of insulation tape missing from the loom (appx 3 inch) I think that I will leave it a week or so to dry then attempt to put some tape around it to protect it again - such a small space to work in though.

Once again thanks

Steve

A result , and good on yer missus , hope she didn't break a nail

[markrl]

I think the easiest way is the "up and under methold".  Put the steering on full lock to the right, locate the bottom part of the gromet/shute and shove your finger up. Just be careful you dont get a torrent of filthy cold water down your arm when the blockage releases.  

[BazMV6]

Just to confirm, mine was the scuttle drain too.  Boy, is that difficult to get at!

Now trying to get everything dried out again - fan heater in rear footwell, carpets hanging out in the sun (yes, well, it did appear for a minute or two... 8-) )

Thanks again,
Baz.

[SPS]

We are drying out too - fitted the pollen filter back in this morning and also the scuttle drain plug (very tricky) put everything back and then started slopping out, think that we got all that we could off the carpets so we have now put some old towels in to absorb the rest - I will swap them every couple of hours until we have most of it up then leave the doors open.

Thanks for al the help and advise - we would never had found it without you all.

Cheers

Joanne (steve's wife!!)

[ianu]

Hi peeps - there's a really helpful guide in the faq section that covers this. Just had exactly the same problem yesterday for the 1st time with water pouring in and flooding the n/side front and rear footwells. Drain was completely silted up and obviously couldn't cope with the gallons pouring in there over the last 24hrs.
I don't think it had ever been cleaned before - won't catch me out twice.

Cheers
Ian.

[TheBoy]

Hi peeps - there's a really helpful guide in the faq section that covers this. Just had exactly the same problem yesterday for the 1st time with water pouring in and flooding the n/side front and rear footwells. Drain was completely silted up and obviously couldn't cope with the gallons pouring in there over the last 24hrs.
I don't think it had ever been cleaned before - won't catch me out twice.

Cheers
Ian.

Its common problem, I always throw a litre of water through mine every time I open the bonnet - that tends to keep it pretty clear