FTO AUSTRALIA

Well out at the movies with a lady friend tonight and had the aircon on all the way there, about 15 mins. No problems. Come out nice cool night and decide no aircon but windows down, when I took off my car went wee wee all over my friends foot. Like poured out.

This then reminded me that my car had been a bit moist in the passenger footwell a few days earlier and I forgot about it. Now only 6 months ago I replaced the heater core and I'm 99% sure it's not that as the fluid is totally clear and it doesn't smell at all. It seems to be coming from the join of the white heater box/air distro unit and the black box on the left (condenser)???

Any ideas people on how to go about this one. I will test my aircon theory tomorrow by not running it and see if it drips at all. Under heavy throttle tonight though I could get water to flow like a tap just turned on. Yawn I don't want to pull dash out again.

Is it possible the drain is blocked and the water is finding another way out?

Was just thinking drain...
There is a rubber condensation drain that runs from the condenser to the bulkhead (firewall) of the car. Its down behing the intake manifold, closer to the passenger side of the car. Its just a little rubber pipe that drips the condensation water out under the car. It may be blocked

But if its coming out on mass... under throttle... maybe a busted water line...

I feel your pain, getting the dash out is horrible

Actually dash off isn't so bad, getting it all back is the hard part haha. I think what might be happening is the drain is blocked so when the air con get a work out it accumulates in the box there, and then under throttle it gets the jolt it needs to poor out. I'll be keeping a close eye on coolant levels just in case but it would surprise me if it was that.

Forgot to update on this, went out and gave the drain a milking and there must have been something in there, cause heaps of water came out. Problem solved.

Heheh, imagine explaining that one to the lady friend.


"Oh sorry babe, car wet itself......BAD car!"