General Leaking Windscreen
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General Leaking Windscreen
Are you sure its coming through the screen, its not a common Panda problem.
Tape all around the window first. If it stops you got leaky windscreen
Dont pandas sometimes leak near the vents, or am I making that up
Yeah it's by the vents on the left & right hand side
The vents are a favourite 'rot-spot'.
They feed into a corrugated drainage pipe with a slit 'squeeze-globe' at the end. This rediculous thing gets blocked very easily and nobody ever bothers to squeeze it. Consequently, the pipe fills with water and the rot sets in.
Unscrew and remove the outer air intakes at eacch side of your winndscree and poke about with a screwdriver. I guarantee that you will find your leak.
They feed into a corrugated drainage pipe with a slit 'squeeze-globe' at the end. This rediculous thing gets blocked very easily and nobody ever bothers to squeeze it. Consequently, the pipe fills with water and the rot sets in.
Unscrew and remove the outer air intakes at eacch side of your winndscree and poke about with a screwdriver. I guarantee that you will find your leak.
It may appear a daft question but how much water and when?
If its only when its raining and your driving with the vents open then it maybe the Panda's inbuilt shower option The vents are so short and straight that rain water can be thrown onto you while driving.
If its only when its raining and your driving with the vents open then it maybe the Panda's inbuilt shower option
The vents are so short and straight that rain water can be thrown onto you while driving.It may appear a daft question but how much water and when?
If its only when its raining and your driving with the vents open then it maybe the Panda's inbuilt shower option
Hi
Only noticed at the moment when he's stationary and its got to be POURING down, not just a drizzle. ..
Thanks for advice....
Oh dear, yes i had this problem with mine. Its almost definately rust, which means a spot of welding probably. Or fibre glass is my favourite
My car used to develop a pool of water in the foot well after heavy rain, which was not incouraging. Its such a weak spot in the design, the drain pipes that are suposed to help, actually give a great little rust spot.
Might be a dumb question though, were these pipes kept in the mk 2 design?
Cheers
Si
My car used to develop a pool of water in the foot well after heavy rain, which was not incouraging. Its such a weak spot in the design, the drain pipes that are suposed to help, actually give a great little rust spot.
Might be a dumb question though, were these pipes kept in the mk 2 design?
Cheers
Si
Im going to have a look at mine, it doesnt leak but its bubbling on one side now.
Try cleaning the pipes that run from the air vents and on the end they have a cover with a slit in. Remove the cover and clear out the crap and that might help a bit. ( these pipes are in the engine bay usually hanging somewhere)
Cleared ours out and found half a forest growing in them.
Cleared ours out and found half a forest growing in them.
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Hi Urchin
That looks very familiar!
Yes, doesnt it....
https://www.fiatforum.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13902&ppuser=14588
Hope its not that bad for you though!
Si
Yes, doesnt it....
https://www.fiatforum.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13902&ppuser=14588
Hope its not that bad for you though!
Si
Scared to look now!
Scared to look now!
Sorry, bare in mind mine is a 21 year old mk1 with metal bought off the mafia! lol, well probably! Yours wont be that bad though. That had got to the stage of huge holes next to the vents that had been badly bridged by my dad with fibre glass! Hope all is well with yours anyway, let us know what happens....
Si
