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[mad_dome 1]

Last night it snowed heavly here in redditch. When i came out to my car this morning the hole passenger side footwell was full of water.

 

Anyway drove the car to gym fine then on the way back it cut out. so went got some petrol thinking that was the probly it seemed to work find till about a mile up the road when it cut out again.

 

so finaly got it home and it was just turning over and over with no ignition.

 

Then it fired up was running for about 5 mins then it just stoped so i started checking threw the fuses and noticed that my toad alrm system was in the clove box were i think this leek is.

 

does anbody rekon that water has got into my fuse for the alarm and is not letting it start up?

 

anyhelp is really appriciated

[projectpug 0]

For a start water and electrics is a big NO NO , All you can do is dry everything out naturally then check all common things like connections, fuses etc furthering that you wil need a multimeter to start fault finding or an electrician if you dont know what your doing.

[danpug 1]

Was the alarm actually noticeably wet? It does sound like it might be that.

[mad_dome 1]

yes ill try and dry it all out first then go round looking for the fault. is this a common thing with the 205 leeking from the dash board?

[simonb 0]

Fairly common yes - Normally the bottom corner of the windscreen seal and sometimes the seams going b ehind the dash. Only real way to cure it is to take the dash out and re-seal. They can also leak from the rear quater seals resulting in a nasty damp rear footwell. This can be cured by taking the window seals out and applying some silicone to the seam.

[AdamVester 0]

dude drive to the gym? i never get why people do that..... i mean isnt the whole point in the gym to get fit... why not run or walk ... easyer idea is to just cover the car up at night or when its raining .. today i went to put some music on in my car and none of the speakers were working only the sub.. i figured i blew the speakers so checked.. nope didnt blow um so i thought um loose connection on head unit.. pulled head unit out and it had water on the top... turns out its gotten into the built in amp for the outputs for the speakers and screwed the head unit up... nasty heh.. good tips though guys i will take my dash out on my next day off i have been meaning to do a black dash convershion anyway..

[pike_1.9cti 0]

My expirence with a wet stereo resulted in a heater matrix breaking! If youve got wet carpets, broken stereo and using lots of water, that could be your prob!

[GLPoomobile 958]

Yeah, sounds like a leaky matrix. Another great bit of French design, eh? Pull the headunit out and lick it If it's sweet it's probably coolant.

[Alastairh 47]

Another way to test, is to just open your expansion tank cap

[mad_dome 1]

Im currently working nights at the moment. But carnt wait to get my hands on her think im going to rip the dash out first then get a mastermeter and go round fault checking then see what i can do from there however i am very sad as it is just sat there looking at me.

[rescue dude 0]

Before you go ripping the dash out can you not just get someone to test the alarm?

If you don't know of someone near you, there is an excellent garage that specialise's in alarms in Stourport. They are called Autoguard and i can highly recommend them.

 

To be honest the first thing i would look at is car electrics such as damp in the dizzy cap.

 

Check that all your connections are clean and dry (Loads of WD-40 really helps) then start from there.

I guarantee it's a lot easier than removing your dash.

Edited November 21, 2007 by rescue dude

[Roman 0]

when you start ripping the dash dont forget on two bolts inside(whiper pannel) when i do this

i almost break dash panel...