Water on passenger floor

[Stropp]

Def agree with TD if it smells like coolant it will be a heater hose or split heater core more than likely, as he said check coolant level as if it is coolant it has to be down.

[Wine_maker]

I hope that you don't have the situation like mine

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...r-on-the-floor

finger cross!

[statok]

Might be a stupid question but what hose am i looking for? How is the water getting in if the radiator is at the front of the car?

[statok]

I hope its not that! wine_maker

[happygu]

Might be a stupid question but what hose am i looking for? How is the water getting in if the radiator is at the front of the car?

Statok,

Your car's heater uses the Coolant from the engine to make heat in the car, so there are a couple of water system hoses which go into connections at the firewall, which then take the coolant through the heater core inside the main Heater Case under the dash - it looks like a mini radiator as that is what it is, but it works in reverse to your car radiator by creating heat instead of removing heat, and if it has corroded, or got a hole in it, unfortunately you will need to remove most of the dash to get to it ...

First of all you can confirm it is coolant by checking your coolant levels - if your coolant is dropping and you don't know where, then this may be the cause.
If this is happening, you can then take the hose connections off the firewall, and join them together in a loop so it bypasses the heater core, to see if things dry up for you, and this will then confirm your problem for you....

Mic

[Wine_maker]

How often do you really use heater in Australia?
I use it since November till March.

[happygu]

Alexander,

In the north of Australia, the kids ask questions like ..... Dad, what do these buttons do and why does that dial go to red when you turn it clockwise, ..... when they look at the heater controls .....

In Tasmania, they dont even have AC as an option when they buy a new car ....

Mic

[alexx]

If youll find water even if it didnt rain, then most likely its an A/C matter. It could be a drainage problem, try to check if the rubber seal of the short drain pipe that protrudes towards the engine bay is still there or not. If its there, inspect if worn out. Drained water could be returning back to the cabin thru the pipe's perimeter specially when running state. Air pushes back the dripping water forcibly.

One remedy is to put a rubber hose, about 8 inches, to the end of the drain pipe. This will extend the pipe so that water gets drain a bit further and lower thereby preventing the condensed water to back flow.

the best remedy is to replace the worn out rubber seal.

[Pokey]

Hey Mick....bit of standard Tassie weather for you :-)1395664946217.jpg

[Pokey]

Alexx - that wont smell like coolant. I'd definitely be checking the heater hoses Firstly then the heater core. Had it happen in hilux previously