Hello there...
I've just got a 2005 XC90 - a 2.5T without a sunroof. After some storms, I've ended up with water in the passenger footwell. I've seen the advice on the clogged pipe elbows in the A-pillars, and have opened the pillars up to quickly check.
In my RHD car, I've only got a pipe down the driver's A-pillar. There's no pipe on the passenger's side - I'm assuming there's meant to be a matching pipe there too? Can someone confirm this for me please?
All advice gratefully received...
Advice please on A-pillar water drainage
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Inspect the Windscreen seal at the top of the Windscreen. Sometimes the seal leaks, water passes and lands on the top side of the headliner then drains down the A pillar to the footwell.
I am surprised you found a drain pipe at all. Would like to know what the other end is connected to, if it is connected.
I am surprised you found a drain pipe at all. Would like to know what the other end is connected to, if it is connected.
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Don't know about the a pillar hoses, but you also have a climate module drain hose on your pass side, locate the large white plastic house of the climate module, at look at the bottom of it towards the firewall for a black hose. May as well look underneath the cabin blower for any leaks
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May not be your problem but my '05 has no sunroof either and I experienced passenger side flooding a few years ago right after a storm.
In my case it was a partially clogged passenger side drain (bottom flap area) and the vehicle was parked in such a way that a heavy downpour hit from the front. The compromised drain cause water to overrun the now hard and shrunk seal that's on the plastic part of the air intake and water got in. Hard to miss the smell after a few days, got my attention real quick. See here for a description- https://forums.swedespeed.com/showthrea ... ost4415369 and here for some photos-https://goo.gl/photos/71CVt9dUV8NjrbZu6 . If you do pull the plenum cover, consider buying a couple of those expanding pins (PN 1268176) before you start the job.
As well,the '05 might have an older plenum on the driver side, right on top of the CEM. I have a link but the PDF references are broken. It's "inrd-pe10025-44260p.pdf" if you can find a copy. Affected XC90 is chassis (last 6 of VIN) 134000 to 256551. You don't hear much about flooding from that area anymore but Volvo put together a rework kit for the issue so it was a recognized problem that covered a few models. In my opinion if you keep the drains clean (don't forget bottom flap) you're good but if there's a desire to do re-work on that area, you can get as good a result as you would with cover replacement by gently undoing the bolts, lifting the cover base and working some bathroom grade silicone underneath and all around. Tighten things gently back up until the silicone squishes out, finger around to seal the deal, do another bead on the cover, and put everything back together.
I'll be interested to see what this turns out to be for you. I'll hope you've already removed the entire floor on that side, the foam soaks up a ton. Funny you brought up the single hose, next time I pull the covers I'll check mine.
2/24 *Add chassis for over-CEM plenum, PN for pins, direct link for photos.
In my case it was a partially clogged passenger side drain (bottom flap area) and the vehicle was parked in such a way that a heavy downpour hit from the front. The compromised drain cause water to overrun the now hard and shrunk seal that's on the plastic part of the air intake and water got in. Hard to miss the smell after a few days, got my attention real quick. See here for a description- https://forums.swedespeed.com/showthrea ... ost4415369 and here for some photos-https://goo.gl/photos/71CVt9dUV8NjrbZu6 . If you do pull the plenum cover, consider buying a couple of those expanding pins (PN 1268176) before you start the job.
As well,the '05 might have an older plenum on the driver side, right on top of the CEM. I have a link but the PDF references are broken. It's "inrd-pe10025-44260p.pdf" if you can find a copy. Affected XC90 is chassis (last 6 of VIN) 134000 to 256551. You don't hear much about flooding from that area anymore but Volvo put together a rework kit for the issue so it was a recognized problem that covered a few models. In my opinion if you keep the drains clean (don't forget bottom flap) you're good but if there's a desire to do re-work on that area, you can get as good a result as you would with cover replacement by gently undoing the bolts, lifting the cover base and working some bathroom grade silicone underneath and all around. Tighten things gently back up until the silicone squishes out, finger around to seal the deal, do another bead on the cover, and put everything back together.
I'll be interested to see what this turns out to be for you. I'll hope you've already removed the entire floor on that side, the foam soaks up a ton. Funny you brought up the single hose, next time I pull the covers I'll check mine.
2/24 *Add chassis for over-CEM plenum, PN for pins, direct link for photos.
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Hello - and thanks to you all for your feedback!
Ggleavitt - I'm glad you mentioned your odd angle for parking, as it was only after parking at an obscure angle where the passenger footwell was the lowest point in the interior (during a major 24-hour storm) that the water showed up...
Annoyingly the carpet is not out yet, but a job I'll need to sort sharpish. Sorting out space for this to dry for me is a big an issue as dismantling the interior!
When I've got progress on how things went, I'll report back - fingers crossed this doesn't turn out to be a money-pit of a job!
Ggleavitt - I'm glad you mentioned your odd angle for parking, as it was only after parking at an obscure angle where the passenger footwell was the lowest point in the interior (during a major 24-hour storm) that the water showed up...
Annoyingly the carpet is not out yet, but a job I'll need to sort sharpish. Sorting out space for this to dry for me is a big an issue as dismantling the interior!
When I've got progress on how things went, I'll report back - fingers crossed this doesn't turn out to be a money-pit of a job!
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