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19th February 2019, 18:21 | #1 |
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Water, Water everywhere and............................
.................................................. . not a drop to drink.
Took Redfive up to Matt Darke for him to sort out our sticking brakes and to look to see where the water was getting in. Ian G had suggested that the middle Plenum sometimes block up. Matt took the plenum covers off and sure enough there was water. The only tube that was blocked was the middle one. Matt found that their was something blocking the tube. After giving the rod a huge shove, sure enough the blockage cleared. The blockage was caused by some blue insulating tape. Next was to get the water out of the interior, Redfive was reversed in. The drive slopes so that the water would drain back towards the rear seat. Oh! My! look at all that water but worse was to come for when the carpet was lifted the Olympic swimming pool was revealed. Matt's son, Ryan, brought out the vacuum powered sucking machine to get the water out. Roughly 16 litres was sucked out. Drivers seat was removed to assist the removal of the water. The vacuum was used to suck out the water from the carpet. The doors were left open whilst we retired for lunch. Matt's dad, Mar, had been up to the bakers and brought back some tasty pasty's. Tea? Oh! Go on then. Back to work refitting the carpet and seat. Had it been a hot sunny day then Matt would have removed all the interior carpet and dried it out. But it was only the drivers side that was affected. The ingress of water was thought to be coming through where the clutch cable comes through the bulkhead as the grommet was adrift, and the carpet was damp in this area. Next job was to have a look at the brakes, to see why the calipers were sticking. Matt and Ryan, with me helping, stripped the front brakes down. Matt found that the sliders were at fault. The copper grease had gone hard and was stopping the sliders doing their job. Once cleaned and rubber grease applied the brakes were reassembled. I had to sit in and depress the stopping pedal to make sure the pistons were doing their job. With everything cleared away, and the last of the tea drunk. Not allowed anymore. I left and drove home. No vibrations through the wheel, no more shuddering on braking, no more condensation on the windows. All was restored to normal. Redfive was back to being the workhorse. A HUGE THANK YOU TO MATT, RYAN and MAR for all their hard work. Plenum cleared. Matt catching the goldfish Steak pasty. Tea, mine is the dark one Home with her sisters.
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19th February 2019, 18:30 | #2 |
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pleased to here red fives up n running i purchased a 1.8 metre long 6ml wide flexible sink hole unblocker from e bay cost about 2.50 for cleaning the plenums best thing since sliced bread the one at the brake servo end is done underneath but i cut all the ends of whilst i was underneath the car ,so they are now just normal round holes instead of the pencil pointed shape also fitted one of jules plenum guards today so will see what happens rgds mark
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19th February 2019, 22:25 | #3 |
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HI Bob.
Next someone gets under the car if it as not been done already, cut about 15mm on the plenum tubes, that way if any debris does make its way down the tube, it as a chance of getting out the tube, also the water can pass through quicker. You will still get the condensation until the carpets are completely dry, I would also have the passenger side inspected as water can & does get anywhere. Nice to hear rubber grease was used on the sliders instead of copper grease, this thread will also show other members reading this thread what can happen if the drain plug gets blocked. It is all registered in the link below. we will be seeing Redfive soon I believe https://the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/s...d.php?t=125864 spyhole mod https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...1&postcount=21 Plenum tubes shown back in 2010 and how they can get blocked if not looked after, these were like this when I first bought my blue Tourer in 2010 it was rectified right away. I still got caught out by the sunroof drain tubes though, that's another story that can be found and read http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...ad.php?t=84865
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19th February 2019, 22:36 | #4 |
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Great news Bob well done to Matt, Ryan and Mar.
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20th February 2019, 06:59 | #5 |
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Incredibly lucky not to have a drowned ECU on a diesel with blocked plenums. It is more than likely the ill fitting grommet saved it
Glad your sorted and the tip about the copper grease is a good one.
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20th February 2019, 07:13 | #6 |
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Matt said that if the water had not drained into the car then the ECU would have drowned.
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20th February 2019, 07:37 | #7 |
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blimey and i thought i had problems ... glad Matt and the gang got it sorted for you Bob.
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20th February 2019, 09:59 | #9 |
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Air con is brilliant for drying cars out. Just watch the drains run! " Not a lotta people know dat!"
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I would still check the ecu Bob, if it has come through the pollen filter aperture then the chances are it’s been wet!
And get a dehumidifier in the car for a week, that will help to dry things out.
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