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Water Leak
« on: 27 March 2008, 14:31:33 »
Hi all, I have picked a 1998 Omega 3.0 v6 estate. I was giving it a clean out on monday and decided to stick the car through the car wash to keep the kids happy ::)

Since monday I have noticed a leak coming from what appears to be above the passenger side front wheel. The water is coming out as a steady drip. When I first noticed it it seemed to be dirty water but as of wednesday the water is crystal clear. I have tried to see exactly wher the leak is coming from but can not seem to pin point it.

Forgot to add that the coolent lvl has not dropped since I noticed this problem.

Any help or advice would be much appreciated.

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DM.
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Re: Water Leak
« Reply #1 on: 27 March 2008, 14:33:43 »
It'll be the scuttle drain. Plenty of info on here but briefly, the area under the scuttle where the pollen filter sits has a tendency to fill with water which then leaks through the bulkhead where the heater fan sits.

There's a rubber grommet at the bottom of this area which needs to be unblocked so the water can drain out again.

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Re: Water Leak
« Reply #2 on: 27 March 2008, 14:38:19 »
Wow fast reply, many thanks Kevin. I will do a bit of digging see if I can find out exactly where the rubber grommet is.

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Re: Water Leak
« Reply #3 on: 27 March 2008, 14:42:09 »
It's to the left of that chamber as you look at the front of the car (towards the centre of the car). Easiest to drain the water with a Vax or syphon with a length of hose, then find something that'll poke down there (small bottle brush, for example) then flush with a hose. It's much easier with the wipers and scuttle panel off.

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Re: Water Leak
« Reply #4 on: 27 March 2008, 14:42:45 »
Oh, and almost forgot... Welcome to the forum  :y

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Re: Water Leak
« Reply #5 on: 27 March 2008, 14:53:06 »
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Re: Water Leak
« Reply #6 on: 27 March 2008, 15:43:24 »
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Oh, and almost forgot... Welcome to the forum  :y

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Cheers m8 :) I only stumbeled across this site today, so much useful info on here :y

Update: Managed to find the skuttle drain, successfully drained it. Had trouble squeezing my arm in to feed the piece of wire through but I seemed to have got it now. There was not much gunk/dirt in there but there was a noticable amount of extra water draining as I cleaned the skuttle out.
So far so good, cheers for all the help, very much appreciated :y

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Re: Water Leak
« Reply #7 on: 27 March 2008, 16:29:52 »
Oh yes -best to wear wellies when doing that job ;D
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« Reply #8 on: 27 March 2008, 16:48:49 »
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Oh yes -best to wear wellies when doing that job ;D

..and employ the services of mr. Tickle.  ;D

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Re: Water Leak
« Reply #9 on: 27 March 2008, 16:54:53 »
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Oh yes -best to wear wellies when doing that job ;D

..and employ the services of mr. Tickle.  ;D

Kevin

or me ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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