Water leaking between battery tray and jump start socket.

Water leaking between battery tray and jump start socket.

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RIP james

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329 posts

217 months

Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Ive had a water leak between battery tray and the jump start plug .Its not comming out the rubber tube there.Any ideas on this please.It happend after 3 miles.whe stopped.I had to fill up water with a small watering can.

TVR Tuscan. 2003

Edited by RIP james on Wednesday 27th August 23:39

RobertoBlanco

265 posts

128 months

Thursday 28th August 2014
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Did you check all coolant hoses in that area? Also the ones to/from the cabin air heater system (passenger side/inner wing area in front of the windscreen/scuttle panel)?

nawarne

3,088 posts

259 months

Thursday 28th August 2014
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OK. Could be the flow & return to the heater matrix (the pipes are pretty obvious)...or the matrix itself can fail...mine did. The matrix is located within the BLACK grp/plastic hump nearest the engine on the nearside under scuttle panel.

There should be 2 drain line exiting the car in the battery box area. One drains condensate from the aircon matrix (OUTBOARD Black plastic hump under scuttle panel)...but if you haven't got a/c then you have nothing to drain! The 2nd drain line drains any moisture collecting in the heater flapper valve stepper motor well, under the heater matrix. Water does accumulate here - particularly in wet road conditions...so maybe your 'leak' is this compartment draining out?

So - my first check would be the flow/return to the heater matrix, and the matrix itself. Can't think of any other coolant piping "in battery box area". The only other coolant item would be the oil cooler - but that is quite well forward of battery box.
Nick

RIP james

Original Poster:

329 posts

217 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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nawarne said:
OK. Could be the flow & return to the heater matrix (the pipes are pretty obvious)...or the matrix itself can fail...mine did. The matrix is located within the BLACK grp/plastic hump nearest the engine on the nearside under scuttle panel.

There should be 2 drain line exiting the car in the battery box area. One drains condensate from the aircon matrix (OUTBOARD Black plastic hump under scuttle panel)...but if you haven't got a/c then you have nothing to drain! The 2nd drain line drains any moisture collecting in the heater flapper valve stepper motor well, under the heater matrix. Water does accumulate here - particularly in wet road conditions...so maybe your 'leak' is this compartment draining out?

So - my first check would be the flow/return to the heater matrix, and the matrix itself. Can't think of any other coolant piping "in battery box area". The only other coolant item would be the oil cooler - but that is quite well forward of battery box.
Nick
Where did you get a new Matrix from and how much was it. Does it come with the black caseing? The 2 pipes look ok to it