I've just bought my first 6th Gen, a 2001 2.0i SE Executive after having had four 3rd Gens, a 5th and a 7th Gen.
Mechanically all seems good, certainly nothing to worry about just yet but water ingress it seems is a major problem. My fault for buying in the dark on a wet night.
I've Googled and searched through posts here and gained a lot of useful info about problem areas and spent today working my way through them.
The driver's side carpet is sodden, utterly soaked. A quick root about under the front wheel arch soon found a totally corroded floorpan down near the jacking point and it's starting to go on the passenger side as well hence the small puddle under the carpet there too. That's beyond my skills so a trip to my friendly bodyshop is on the cards for some professional advice.
The next problem is the load area in the hatch. I took the spare wheel out and the wheel well was swimming with water. I could see the foam underneath the side panels was drenched so I removed all the trim panels in the boot. The left side was soaked, probably an inch deep at one point. I've now got all the water out and dried as much as I can see.
I'll remove and reseal the back lights in due course but the problem seems to be the sunroof drain tubes. I opened the sunroof and carefully poured water into each corner of the sunroof aperture being careful to not let any go anywhere else. The two front drains seem fine, delivering the water onto the road under the front arches with no obvious sign of any going into the interior.
The rear drain holes are a different matter with water dripping down onto the back seats on both side and into the left side of the load area where the deep water had collected earlier. The bulk of the water was though being dropped onto the floor under the rear arches as it should so the tubes aren't blocked.
OK, so any idea why water is leaking from the sunroof tray straight into the interior?
I hate sunroofs, I never use them but have spent so much time over the years firefighting the problems they create. :wacko:
Mechanically all seems good, certainly nothing to worry about just yet but water ingress it seems is a major problem. My fault for buying in the dark on a wet night.
I've Googled and searched through posts here and gained a lot of useful info about problem areas and spent today working my way through them.
The driver's side carpet is sodden, utterly soaked. A quick root about under the front wheel arch soon found a totally corroded floorpan down near the jacking point and it's starting to go on the passenger side as well hence the small puddle under the carpet there too. That's beyond my skills so a trip to my friendly bodyshop is on the cards for some professional advice.
The next problem is the load area in the hatch. I took the spare wheel out and the wheel well was swimming with water. I could see the foam underneath the side panels was drenched so I removed all the trim panels in the boot. The left side was soaked, probably an inch deep at one point. I've now got all the water out and dried as much as I can see.
I'll remove and reseal the back lights in due course but the problem seems to be the sunroof drain tubes. I opened the sunroof and carefully poured water into each corner of the sunroof aperture being careful to not let any go anywhere else. The two front drains seem fine, delivering the water onto the road under the front arches with no obvious sign of any going into the interior.
The rear drain holes are a different matter with water dripping down onto the back seats on both side and into the left side of the load area where the deep water had collected earlier. The bulk of the water was though being dropped onto the floor under the rear arches as it should so the tubes aren't blocked.
OK, so any idea why water is leaking from the sunroof tray straight into the interior?
I hate sunroofs, I never use them but have spent so much time over the years firefighting the problems they create. :wacko: