Flooding Balkhead (wheres the drain)

Today there was about 3" of water in the rear balk head, I have a 1999
Passat and at the bottom of the windscreen is a black plastic rain collector
with hundreds of slots, these slots allow rain to run down into the rear of
the bulkhead were the Battery, fuse box and brake servo are. the must be a
drain that's blocked but were is it....... anyone have any ideas.

Regards
Craig

craig wrote:
> Today there was about 3" of water in the rear balk head, I have a 1999
> Passat and at the bottom of the windscreen is a black plastic rain collector
> with hundreds of slots, these slots allow rain to run down into the rear of
> the bulkhead were the Battery, fuse box and brake servo are. the must be a
> drain that's blocked but were is it....... anyone have any ideas.
>
> Regards
> Craig
>
>
Search the archives on google, I think it's there somewhere. I *think*
it's under the battery, from memory, but I'm not sure.

It's under the battery!

"craig" > wrote in message
k...
> Today there was about 3" of water in the rear balk head, I have a 1999
> Passat and at the bottom of the windscreen is a black plastic rain
> collector with hundreds of slots, these slots allow rain to run down into
> the rear of the bulkhead were the Battery, fuse box and brake servo are.
> the must be a drain that's blocked but were is it....... anyone have any
> ideas.
>
> Regards
> Craig
>

It would be under the battery, do I have to take the wiper arms and plastic
rain catcher off to clear the battery.
"Woodchuck" > wrote in message
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> It's under the battery!
>
> "craig" > wrote in message
> k...
>> Today there was about 3" of water in the rear balk head, I have a 1999
>> Passat and at the bottom of the windscreen is a black plastic rain
>> collector with hundreds of slots, these slots allow rain to run down into
>> the rear of the bulkhead were the Battery, fuse box and brake servo are.
>> the must be a drain that's blocked but were is it....... anyone have any
>> ideas.
>>
>> Regards
>> Craig
>>
>
>
>

"craig" > wrote in message
k...
> It would be under the battery, do I have to take the wiper arms and
> plastic rain catcher off to clear the battery.

Shouldn't do but you will have to remove the battery tray as well.

Need to keep an eye on this its a common problem. If you get too much in
there then it overflows inside the car at which point the water kindly finds
its way under the passenger seat where resides 3 or 4 hundred quids worth of
climate control module (!). Make sure you have your radio code before you
disconnect the battery

rgds

I.

I have put a new MP3 player in so the code should not be problem, but I have
a cell down on my battery that I can't recover so I will have to replace the
battery and at the same time clear the drain.

regards
Craig
"Iain Miller" > wrote in message
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>
> "craig" > wrote in message
> k...
>> It would be under the battery, do I have to take the wiper arms and
>> plastic rain catcher off to clear the battery.
>
> Shouldn't do but you will have to remove the battery tray as well.
>
> Need to keep an eye on this its a common problem. If you get too much in
> there then it overflows inside the car at which point the water kindly
> finds its way under the passenger seat where resides 3 or 4 hundred quids
> worth of climate control module (!). Make sure you have your radio code
> before you disconnect the battery
>
> rgds
>
> I.
>