The only thing that occurs to me at the moment is the possibility of the condensate drain being blocked.
This is the pipe that drains condensate from the evaporator housing in the heater unit.
The drain goes through the engine bay bulkhead and then straight down towards the road.
To give some idea of how it goes, in this photo of the driver's side ( right hand drive ) of the heater unit, at the bottom right you can see the aluminium ended water pipes that poke through into the engine bay.
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums...control unit/2011-09-26_11-20-25_DSC_0004.jpg
Immediately above them is a bit of black plastic almost the same length. That's the drain that flows into the engine bay.
In this photo, you'll see the seal that goes on the engine side of the bulkhead. Ignore the one on the right - that's from a phase 1 without aircon.
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums...ing it apart/2011-11-11_14-13-14_DSC_0039.jpg
The one on the left has two oval holes ( one for the water pipes and one for the aircon pipes ) and between them is a moulded lump. That's the channel by which the water leaves the car.
You can only access this from under the car and I don't know how plausible that is. But if it is possible, you may want to try and probe it with a bit of wire ( difficult bearing in mind the sharp 90° downward bend ). Or maybe get an airline on it. It'll be between the steel bulkhead and the aluminium/foam liner.
I took my heater unit apart before fitting it to the car and there was a lot of leaf and other detritus in there so I can easily believe it has become blocked.
This is the pipe that drains condensate from the evaporator housing in the heater unit.
The drain goes through the engine bay bulkhead and then straight down towards the road.
To give some idea of how it goes, in this photo of the driver's side ( right hand drive ) of the heater unit, at the bottom right you can see the aluminium ended water pipes that poke through into the engine bay.
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums...control unit/2011-09-26_11-20-25_DSC_0004.jpg
Immediately above them is a bit of black plastic almost the same length. That's the drain that flows into the engine bay.
In this photo, you'll see the seal that goes on the engine side of the bulkhead. Ignore the one on the right - that's from a phase 1 without aircon.
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums...ing it apart/2011-11-11_14-13-14_DSC_0039.jpg
The one on the left has two oval holes ( one for the water pipes and one for the aircon pipes ) and between them is a moulded lump. That's the channel by which the water leaves the car.
You can only access this from under the car and I don't know how plausible that is. But if it is possible, you may want to try and probe it with a bit of wire ( difficult bearing in mind the sharp 90° downward bend ). Or maybe get an airline on it. It'll be between the steel bulkhead and the aluminium/foam liner.
I took my heater unit apart before fitting it to the car and there was a lot of leaf and other detritus in there so I can easily believe it has become blocked.
