Combo Van Water only in O/S carpets
I guess this thread is getting a little old now but hoping someone is still keen to help I may also be able to add some info.
My Combo van (57) plate has exactly the same problem as in this thread. What a shambles that Vauxhall cannot put this right!
Anyway I have been trying to track this problem down for months. I have checked bulkhead seals and door seals and just about everything I could fine that may allow water in. The carpets are drenched but only on the o/s front and rear.
I think I have isolated the problem down to the Aircon. We noticed that when we were turning sharply ie roundabouts in the main, the van steams up and there is also the foulest smell of what I can best describe as stale piss. It is as if some trapped stale water was sloshing around in a reservoir and the inertia of us going round a bend was enough to spill it into the heating system.
Over the last week or two, I turned the Aircon Off and turned the heat full up. I drove around with the windows open and dried the system out.
No more smelly water at roundabouts and the Van doesn’t steam up!
It was a catch 22 because the aircon quickly cleared the steamed up windows but it seems was the cause of the wet carpets somehow.
Does anyone know if there are drain holes to let the aircons condensed water out? Also does anyone know if there are pollen filters and where each can be found?
The Van is ex National Rail and was caked with a grey mud underneath so I can’t help thinking this muck has blocked up drains.
It worries me if it is the aircon and stale water as a chap locally became critically ill with Legioaires messing around with vehicle aircon!
Hope someone can help?
Stuart
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