Hi All,

 

My car got quite hot sat in traffic yesterday, when I parked and turned the ignition off it proceeded to drip clean water from an area in the centre of the car/front of passenger footwell area, one drip every 2 seconds or so. Is this normal? Is it aircon condensation ?

 

Cheers,

 

Drippy of Chester

You may have a slight coolant leak from the heater matrix located behind the centre part of the dash. Mine did this also. Doesn't leak when driving because it's under pressure..turn ignition off and it starts leaking. Has been known to be common judging from the US sites and Aussie ones. It's a bit of a nightmare to remove but first check all hoses and connections. I ran some radweld through my system and it's cured it through the winter and now. Hope this helps.

It IS condensation from the air con Gotta say I've never heard of a coolant system NOT leaking cos it was under pressure - that is EXACTLY the reason they DO leak!!!

 

HTH

 

CheerZ,

 

Andy

 

Hmm..thanks guys, two conflicting opinions tho'...

 

The water is clean/fresh (no coolant/rust etc) and cold - dunno if this is significant.

 

It does the same when the engine is running (was underneath it on ramps while it was running the other day) but slows and then stops after it's been off for a few minutes. S'pose I should check the levels really..;-)

 

Cheers,

 

RobH

Taste it.

 

A/C gets my vote too.

Its normal. Aircon chills air - warm air like now is humid. Chilled air means the humidity or water condenses out on the chiller part when the warm air hits it - just like on your glass of chilled beer! This water then drips out under the car - all cars with aircon do this and it is especially noticeable in warm humid weather.

Enjoy the coolness!

Willie

Yeah air-con is it. My almera leaks through a pipe at the back of the bulkhead and the old man's mondeo v6 does this also.