Hi all,
I'm a new EOS owner, having purchased a super-clean 2008 for my wife about 9 months ago.
The first time it rained, there was water rushing in over the power-window controls every time we braked. A quick check of this forum & I had that issue sorted within 30 minutes - HUGE THANK YOU for those who took the time to show me the way to fix a blocked A-Pillar drain-tube.
Since then, everything's been rosey, had the roof down a stack of times over the summer, no problems at all.
Well summer is now almost past & we're starting to get some rain again (not that we didn't during summer mind you).
Now I notice that a HEAP of water is now coming in past the window seals when driving forward (obviously putting extra force on the water to push it past the seals).
I've removed all the trim to see just where it's coming in & it would appear 99.9% likely it's where the A-Pillar seal meets the roof-support seal above the front windows.
It looks like to me that there should be a significant amount of overlap between these 2 seals but in my case they are simply sitting next to each other.
I've tried re-stretching the roof-support seal forward to have some overlap & whilst that slowed down the leaks, it didn't stop it or seal it for long, still bucketing in.
To be certain, I've re-checked the A-Pillar drain tubes and they are clear, clean & free-draining. Any water that gets in there simply drains away as expected.
If I put a hose facing rearwards on either front window, you can clearly see the water gushing in over where the 2 seals meet (and I guess should be overlapping).
It's quite an amount of water that comes in, too much to drive in the rain now, I would expect the electrics in the door wouldn't last too long if we kept driving it.
I've attached some pics so you know exactly what I'm referring to.
Has anyone had this particular problem before?
I see a HEAP of people have had the A-Pillar drain-tube leak, but can't seem to find another mention about this particular leak.
If so, can anyone point me in the right direction about how to rectify it apart from taking it to a VW dealer (who will most likely want my first-born child as payment).
Many thanks in advance,
Andy
I'm a new EOS owner, having purchased a super-clean 2008 for my wife about 9 months ago.
The first time it rained, there was water rushing in over the power-window controls every time we braked. A quick check of this forum & I had that issue sorted within 30 minutes - HUGE THANK YOU for those who took the time to show me the way to fix a blocked A-Pillar drain-tube.
Since then, everything's been rosey, had the roof down a stack of times over the summer, no problems at all.
Well summer is now almost past & we're starting to get some rain again (not that we didn't during summer mind you).
Now I notice that a HEAP of water is now coming in past the window seals when driving forward (obviously putting extra force on the water to push it past the seals).
I've removed all the trim to see just where it's coming in & it would appear 99.9% likely it's where the A-Pillar seal meets the roof-support seal above the front windows.
It looks like to me that there should be a significant amount of overlap between these 2 seals but in my case they are simply sitting next to each other.
I've tried re-stretching the roof-support seal forward to have some overlap & whilst that slowed down the leaks, it didn't stop it or seal it for long, still bucketing in.
To be certain, I've re-checked the A-Pillar drain tubes and they are clear, clean & free-draining. Any water that gets in there simply drains away as expected.
If I put a hose facing rearwards on either front window, you can clearly see the water gushing in over where the 2 seals meet (and I guess should be overlapping).
It's quite an amount of water that comes in, too much to drive in the rain now, I would expect the electrics in the door wouldn't last too long if we kept driving it.
I've attached some pics so you know exactly what I'm referring to.
Has anyone had this particular problem before?
I see a HEAP of people have had the A-Pillar drain-tube leak, but can't seem to find another mention about this particular leak.
If so, can anyone point me in the right direction about how to rectify it apart from taking it to a VW dealer (who will most likely want my first-born child as payment).
Many thanks in advance,
Andy
