Water Leaking From Air Ducts

[jtonky]

Hi, does anyone post here anymore? :rolleyes:

 

Yeah hi, recently aquired an ax 14d for a couple of bar to run for a bit for. Noticed a few days later when i start it in the morning and turn a corner i get a bit of leakage out of the feet heater blower ducts. The liquid is clear, smells (not soapy) is a bit acidic , and a bit sticky gunky, so im thinking engin coolant and heater matrix leaking a bit.

 

Its just so strange (for me anyways) i had a 306 which had a heater matrix go (really bad steam every where, felt like i was on an old steam train) but i dont get steam on the windows etc, just this water!?

 

any ideas?

[Johndouglas]

Could be the matrix but maybe also a leaking front window.

[jtonky]

Could be the matrix but maybe also a leaking front window.

 

 

Yeah im hopeing its leaking from window.

 

quite funny actually i plugged the vents to floor with paper towels to soak up the dribbles of water, but strange thing is it has not happened again, well at least the paper towels are not wet. But thinking about it, it hasn’t rained hard... When the leaking happened i had my car up on the pavement half on half off. The road outside is unfinished so the kerb is extra high too, so maybe hard rain and water running down towards the left nearside runs into a hole which leaks... which maybe picked up some scummy deposits through the air ducts... the ducts are bound to have some anti freeze residue in there as the pipes in there must be 14 years old now and not 100%

 

Anyways i am monitoring the water in the tank making sure it does not go down. If it does, RADWELD it is :huh:. but to be honest if it is leaking and i just gotta top up water ill leave it. Cars a 1993 L reg, simply not worth the effort, especially when paper towels shoved in the hole holds it back. :P.

[jtonky]

Just an update but all is well, never done it again since, i have put it down to parking on a high curbe (the road outside is new and it still has not had its final surface). Also those two nights i parked it there, their was heavy rain and i parked it with the near side on the kirb, so i recons the water was running down to the far side (where the air duct is) and was running in and when i leveled the car it run through the system.