Water leaking out of cold air vents and os f wing?

Water leaking out of cold air vents and os f wing?

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gadget9

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95 posts

259 months

Sunday 1st June 2003
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I have a 4.5 november 02 cerbera and decided to take advantage of the GOOD weather yesterday i took her for a 70 odd mile scratch round the country lanes of essex, because the car is like a preasure cooker inside i had the Air con on full for most of the journey, after stopping for a bite to eat i returned to the car and found a puddle of water which had appeard from under the drivers front wing, i presumed it was the condensation from the air con unit which had been expelled,but after fighting with the hot starter motor to try and start her i started to drive home when i noticed my left foot was cold and wet! not remotely funny even if the mrs thought it was i decided a call to Castle would shed some light on the subject but by now they were shut so i carried on with the drive home when i was faced with a long empty wide winding lane..........well it would be rude not to give it some welly especially when the mrs was falling asleep so i nailed it, it was awesome right up until the point when the air vent below the steering wheel expelled ice cold water into my lap causing me to almost have a heart attack not to mention leaving me looking like i had wet myself as i was wearing shorts! yes this was bad enough but after a two car overtaking manouver i was pulled over by the police, who decided not to nick me just gave me a telling off perhaps they thought i had wet myself and felt sorry for me whatever but perhaps they felt sorry for me coz the mrs was killing herself with lafter............What a day. the point of this story is CAN ANYONE tell me how/why and where this water is coming from is it a fault with the air con?
ps looked at the car in the garage today and water is still dripping ocasionally from under the front wing.

gadget9

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95 posts

259 months

Sunday 1st June 2003
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ro butler i have had a complete new ice system fitted by sound advice if you call 0208 5045444 and ask to speak to Lee he will answer all your questions he is superb at ice systems and installs and he will tell you what will fit and what wont tell him Paul with the Cerbera gave you his name and he will look after you good luck

gadget9

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95 posts

259 months

Sunday 1st June 2003
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neilus did you have water coming from the vents and from under the front drivers wing area?

gadget9

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95 posts

259 months

Monday 2nd June 2003
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Thanks,
I spoke to Castle TVR today and thier service manager said niether him or his mechanics had ever experienced a fault like this on a Cerbera before? Im not sure what to do about it now, i know the water that made my left foot cold and wet came from the air vent set under the I.P. and the water that landed in my lap came from the vent behind the stearing wheel when i accelerated hard i also noticed the air vent tubes were beaded with condensation so i guess thats where all the water came from it must have been an acumilation of condensation, but i still cant understand how because the air con in the Cerb is a bit understated compared to the system in the mrs KA and that doesnt bath you from the vents EVER if anyone else has anything of value to add to this please do as i would like to get to the bottom of it and fix it.