What have you done to your mk4 (golf/bora) today?

[PeanutButterWolf]

Came back to the car last week and there was a puddle of water in the drivers foot well ?!?! it's never happened before, no leaks in that area of the car ever before! (only other one was near the rear tailights). I definitely didn't have any of the windows open or anything like that, I had just washed the car, but that couldn't be any different from heavy rain right?!?!

I've had a 'Damp Rid/Closet Camel' in there for a week, and it looks like it's soaked up all of the moisture (I empty it every day), and it hasn't happened again since in all of this rain. So, what could it have been??

Is there any known causes for water leaks in this area on a MK4 Golf??

Please shed any light on this, I really worried it'll happen again!!

Hi mate, I don't have first hand experience but there are a number of threads on uk-mkivs regarding this topic.

Pool Of Water In Drivers Footwell And Passenger Footwell. - MkIV (Mk4) Golf & Bora - uk-mkivs

4 soaking wet footwells.. possible causes? Please help! - MkIV (Mk4) Golf & Bora - uk-mkivs

Water In Footwells - MkIV (Mk4) Golf & Bora - uk-mkivs

Hope that helps

[kendog]

Does yours have a sunroof? Maybe one of the grommets in the firewall came loose and allowed water to get in through the rain tray?

Cheers for the reply Lito,

No, I don't have a sunroof fortunately/unfortunately, maybe I'll check for any loose grommets near the rain tray.. But I haven't touched anything in that area for a very long time... yeah, nothing touched at the back of the engine bay at all for months!! hmmm...


Shoot, sorry, thank to you too PBW, my browser didn't show your post for some weird reason. I'll check those links for sure!!

[dylan8]

Bottom of the door drains blocked?

[PeanutButterWolf]

All good mate, it seems there could be a number of possible reasons (great!)

It's a well-documented problem in the UK with all the rain they have there.

Process of elimination I guess. Good luck!

[blackers10]

at least now you know where to start looking random water pooling is never fun to diagnose

[leighaus]

Coincidently, it could be your heater core dying. Though it would be a fair fluke for that to happen the same day it pours.

[blake_]

Feel like a bit of a kook asking this but can't jack the car up to look:

Replacement fuel filter for a 02 Bora V6 (BDE)?

ECS tuning have 2 options:
1) Normal 1 in 1 out: 1J0 201 511 A
2) fuel pressure regulated with an additional line 6Q0 201 051 J

can anyone point me in the right direction as to the correct filter?

[theOctopus]

Put some black tails in on the weekend

[eri_12]

New gear knob Just to make it go a bit faster...

[RolfGolf]

New gear knob Just to make it go a bit faster...

That's a nice bit of kit ...

[dylan8]

Like that gear knob.
Finally put my chrome trim on. It's only been 2+ years since it came off.
Much thanks to silver dub

[RolfGolf]

Like that gear knob.
Finally put my chrome trim on. It's only been 2+ years since it came off.
Much thanks to silver dub

Interior trim? - pics?

[RolfGolf]

Replaced my old wipers with aero-wipers today - ready for the rain!

[dubster99]

Replaced my old wipers with aero-wipers today - ready for the rain!

Where did you get them from lachlan? Need to replace mine!

[RolfGolf]

Where did you get them from lachlan? Need to replace mine!

I bought the lot from BKS Tuning - Your partner for Audi/VW/BMW/Porsche OEM parts with some other bits and bobs. (They are supplied with wiper blades)

Have seen them 2nd hand on eBay and might be worth checking out dealer pricing too.