damp problems

[rooby_roo]

i have cleaned out the drain plugs and its now got rid of the swishing water and also seems to have cured the ingress problem, so now i have to get the heater working properly, as it only works on no4, will this be the motor itself or the switch ?

[L77]

Jesus a just saw the topic of this post and thought you better go to the docs with they probs

[MeganeChick]

roobyroo - did the water flood in when you cleared the holes?

[potdci]

No..... my door pocket used to fill up just had it fixed at renault its only a small job aparently, i will have a look at what they have actually done at weekend when i get some daylight and let you no.

[MeganeChick]

thanks that would be great i dont have a renault warranty anymore but have private warranty thats pretty good for covereing thing so lets hope it would be covered!

[MeganeChick]

well this afternoon we managed to get most of the door apart and did not see any evidence of anything that covered / protected my speaker from water.

after removing the speaker i could see small drips that were quite frequent - dripping inline with the centre of the speaker hole and i would guess would be just about missing the back of the speaker unless i parked with the passenger side up the curb.

could not see where the drainage holes were though - can anyone help me with that? we were unable to get all of the door card off due to the dark light this even and the fact that it started raining. do we need to get everything out to see these drainage holes?

help!

[MeganeChick]

i had forgotten to update people on my progress with this issue - spoke to a friend who works for renault and he told me that its normal for there to be some water behind the door - that the backs of the renault speakers are waterproof and so it doesnt matter if they get wet.

however the problem i was having was that the seal betwen the speaker and the hole that the speaker sits just needed sealing up again. so done this and not had a problem since! (its been about 5 months and lots of rain - and all fine)

[terry_mccann]

standrad-problem with meganes that are being parked outside.

here are some pics of how to open the wiper compartment:

https://meganeboard.de/viewtopic.php?t=3 ... highlight=

[boobfan2]

I just got a bil for £274 to replace my UCH module............. ouchy

[marius]

Did you get fix at all? im having the same issue

I'd get it cleaned out ASAP. If water gets into the wiring loom and or UCH you will be in for a very big bill

If the fan is only blowing on 4 the damage might already be done? (to the fan motor at least)

[AlexB]

No, the fan fails if the cabin filter is not replaced. It causes back pressure, overloading the fan and making its resistors run hot.

[AlexB]

...or just poke the drains with a thick wire through the scuttle panel twice a year...

standrad-problem with meganes that are being parked outside.

here are some pics of how to open the wiper compartment:

https://meganeboard.de/viewtopic.php?t=3 ... highlight=

[marius]

Not sure if I understand you.

Let talk about the issue first. The car stands outside and I had,that sounded like a bath of water in the front of the dash.

Now I get it the drain holes are blocked.

But what I want to know is why, does my interior fan only work on the no.4 position and not on anything else. And what can you recommend to fix it? Is it the switch or the fan? And if I replace the bottom interior filter ( the one that pulls out at the bottom in the middle of the dash by your foot.) will that change anything>

[freelanderuk]

it sounds as though the fan resistor has blown , its in the fan housing behind the glove box