General Leaky brown stuff in the passenger footwell

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General Leaky brown stuff in the passenger footwell

If there's a download for the workshop manual for your Ducato, have a look and see what sort of job it is. If it is too much for you to do, you still might be able to remove some of the trim, to make it quicker/cheaper.

As said above, find the hoses where they pass through the bulkhead. They usually detach on the engine side. If these are accessible remove them and join them together. A bit of copper pipe and two clips is usually all you need. This keeps the engine fed with coolant as it by-passes the leak. Make sure the hoses are clipped away form anything moving. You just won't have a heater until the leak inside is fixed.
 
Ok, looked under the bonnet today for those pipes, I can't get under it as it's too low on the ground - but from above, there were two pipes pretty much next to each other that looked like they went through the bulkhead (it's near the top of the engine right?)

They weren't very fat though - should they be? I'll get a photo later...
 
Those?
 

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Mine lasted for weeks after it blew the heater matrix, just as I pulled onto a campsite. A short length of 15mm copper pipe, and a couple of jubilee clips on each end.
 
Similar to mine and many many others, crap design and even worse backup from the manufacturer, I've all the bits to modify my scuttle grill, search "water ingress" on this ducato forum and you will find the aftermarket fixes, (P Seal to seal scuttle to screen, pipe inserts & hose to improve drainage, foam expanding tape to seal around headlamps,trims & bonnet edges) just waiting for slight "oops" accident damage to be repaired before tackling the mod

Not applicable, yours is a 250 model the forums ducato is a 244.

anyone know if its dash out to fit a new matrix on these? .

Yep, not hard job but time consuming.

Bypassing as said at bulkhead is best short term bet for now....weather is ok so dont need heating anyway except for demisting in the great British summer downpour!
 
Very sorry T14086 but forgive me, the discussions never mentioned the ducato's age (not seen on the iPhone app maybe different on the website) just the leak (heater matrix) & someone mentioned to check scuttle, I will throw myself off a bridge for mistaking an unknown van for one that just so happens to have all the traits mentioned ie an x250

Forgive me
 
Right, finally had the time to go and do this.

Got stuck at the first hurdle though - I've never seen this type of jubilee clip before, how can I release it? There isn't much space in there, so i can only really use one hand.

I'll go and get some normal screw ones to replace them after - unless there was a specific reason for this one being used?

So far, my guide to doing it consists of a photo of a screw driver and little piece of copper piping .. haha
 

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The original clips are put on with a special tool, quicker than an operative with a screwdriver. Probably done before the engine went in.

You just have to try to prise them apart. Could try a hacksaw blade, but difficult to do so without damaging the hoses.

Practice the swearing first to ensure a good variety in the vocabulary.
 
Well this is turning into the most frustrating fix ever - and it should really be the simplest.

Right, after following your advice, I finally got the clip apart - using a pair of those wire cutter plier things was the secret to success - for reference, it looks like this:

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Anyway, pipe one unclipped -but no way I can get the rubber hose off. There is no way to get both my hands around it to twist it - and I assume just pulling it straight off it more likely to tear/break it?

So... what next?

It also feels like the pipe inside has a bulbous bit inside, holding it on. The bit of copper pipe my dad's given me feels quite a bit thinner... :eek:
 
The rubber pipes tend to stick to the plastic or metal pipes of the heater matrix. Try to get a pair of pliers around the rubber and twist it a bit to free it from the matrix pipe, then pull it off. Be careful not to damage the matrix pipes.

Once you've got one off, you'll have better access to the other one.
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The rubber pipes tend to stick to the plastic or metal pipes of the heater matrix. Try to get a pair of pliers around the rubber and twist it a bit to free it from the matrix pipe, then pull it off. Be careful not to damage the matrix pipes.

Once you've got one off, you'll have better access to the other one.
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The hoses are sometimes glued on, or just stick over time. As Davren says, pliers to twist gently, but don't squeeze to crush the pipe. The pipe will have a larger lip, so that the hose clip clamps inboard of this. Grip and twist inboard of the lip. Once unstuck, a big screwdriver against the bulkhead to push it off should work.
 
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