UVK
Member
Hiya,
Well i've had my A2 for roughly a month now and love the thing to bits - but -
When we first bought the car (1.4 TDi - 2001) there was a damp, musty smell - the previous owner said that the interior boot area had been wet vacced. I later found that the passenger side rear footwell was absolutely saturated with water (though the mats were bone dry)! I had the carpets out and dried everywhere thoroughly and re-fitted the interior. I thought that would be the end of it but the smell remained - seemed to fade over time but then started to get stronger again?
Well today i was going to pick a table saw up so removed the rear seats and false boot floor. I thought while i had it all out i'd just check the battery area - only to find it swimming again! ! ! When i mean swimming i mean that a couple of goldfish could happily live in there! My assumption that the previous standing water was from a reckless valet was out of the window!
Now as i look into the battery area, the only logical place that water can be entering the car is through the grommet which feeds the power cables to the battery? I want to remove the battery to check beneath but wanted to pick peoples brains here first in case i lose the code to my radio etc (which i don't have the code for). I really want to get this sorted as bad, soggy winter fast approaches. Not only that but its mildly embarrassing when passengers constantly harp on about the damp whiff! ! !
Any advice - Please! ? ! ? ! ?
Chris
Well i've had my A2 for roughly a month now and love the thing to bits - but -
When we first bought the car (1.4 TDi - 2001) there was a damp, musty smell - the previous owner said that the interior boot area had been wet vacced. I later found that the passenger side rear footwell was absolutely saturated with water (though the mats were bone dry)! I had the carpets out and dried everywhere thoroughly and re-fitted the interior. I thought that would be the end of it but the smell remained - seemed to fade over time but then started to get stronger again?
Well today i was going to pick a table saw up so removed the rear seats and false boot floor. I thought while i had it all out i'd just check the battery area - only to find it swimming again! ! ! When i mean swimming i mean that a couple of goldfish could happily live in there! My assumption that the previous standing water was from a reckless valet was out of the window!
Now as i look into the battery area, the only logical place that water can be entering the car is through the grommet which feeds the power cables to the battery? I want to remove the battery to check beneath but wanted to pick peoples brains here first in case i lose the code to my radio etc (which i don't have the code for). I really want to get this sorted as bad, soggy winter fast approaches. Not only that but its mildly embarrassing when passengers constantly harp on about the damp whiff! ! !
Any advice - Please! ? ! ? ! ?
Chris