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[TheBoy]

If the bottom and back of the scuttle drain leaks, due to additional holes, where does the water end up?

[Doctor Gollum]

If you mean a rusty bulkhead, then front passenger footwell...

[TheBoy]

If you mean a rusty bulkhead, then front passenger footwell...

Which would explain why the pollen filter feels reasonably dry.

Game over then.

[Doctor Gollum]

I indirectly know a Brackley resident who might be interested in TBE if that's the case

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

If you mean a rusty bulkhead, then front passenger footwell...

Which would explain why the pollen filter feels reasonably dry.

Game over then.

Not at all.Youve got a welder and probably know how to use it better than I can use mine.
I had almost the same problem a couple of weeks ago. Peeled the carpet back, ground the rust away and ended up with a 50p sized hole. Welded a little plate over it - job jobbed. 

[TheBoy]

If you mean a rusty bulkhead, then front passenger footwell...

Which would explain why the pollen filter feels reasonably dry.

Game over then.

Not at all.Youve got a welder and probably know how to use it better than I can use mine.
I had almost the same problem a couple of weeks ago. Peeled the carpet back, ground the rust away and ended up with a 50p sized hole. Welded a little plate over it - job jobbed. 

Ah, didn't think of attacking it from the inside.  I was looking at if I could get welder from outside, but no chance.

Thanks for the tip

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Drill it, seal it, grommet it.

[VXL V6]

If you jack up the front you can see where the water runs thorough where the inner wings meet the bulkhead on both sides., the passenger side also seems to rust through lower down to the left of the blower intake.

On the daily I just cleaned it up and painted it over with some epoxy mastic, my plan is to run the car over the winter / bad weather period then it'll be used for spare parts next summer.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

If you mean a rusty bulkhead, then front passenger footwell...

Which would explain why the pollen filter feels reasonably dry.

Game over then.

Not at all.Youve got a welder and probably know how to use it better than I can use mine.
I had almost the same problem a couple of weeks ago. Peeled the carpet back, ground the rust away and ended up with a 50p sized hole. Welded a little plate over it - job jobbed. 

Ah, didn't think of attacking it from the inside.  I was looking at if I could get welder from outside, but no chance.

Thanks for the tip

Not only is is a lot easier, it also saves you from setting fire to the carpets inside the car while your welding from the outside. 

[VXL V6]

Rusted through area from scuttle circled in red.

First prod of chassis rail circled in blue.



Main rust circled in red, point of leak into cabin and arch i believe is mainly x

As mentioned before I gave this area a clean and a coat of epoxy mastic based paint a year or so ago which stopped the leak into the cabin.

This is a 239K 18/19 year old car so I don't think I can complain, just going to use it over the winter period and then use it as a parts car to support the others.

[iansoutham]

TB, check back on one of my old threads, had wet foot wells and the sound padding on the bulkhead was dry.

Had rust at the joins with the bulkhead, chassis and inner wing. There are photos on there to show you what I had if it helps

[TheBoy]

I can see my hole. So now know what I need to do.

*HOW* I do it might be the issue.

[dave the builder]

there's a repair kit available  from your favourite online seller 

just match the colour in the drop down box to your paint code  star silver 3 

clicky

should*  arrive within the 6 month timescale 

*=probably not

[TheBoy]

there's a repair kit available  from your favourite online seller 

just match the colour in the drop down box to your paint code  star silver 3 

clicky

should*  arrive within the 6 month timescale 

*=probably not

I was looking for some duct tape yesterday (not for this ), seems I've run out

[TheBoy]

So, looking at DG's link from another thread - http://www.catcar.info/opel/?l=bWFya2E9PVZYfHxzdD09NTB8fG1vZGVsdHlwZT09Vjk0fHxtY29kZT09VlhNfHxsYW5nPT1HQnx8c3RzPT17IjEwIjoiXHUwNDFjXHUwNDNlXHUwNDM0XHUwNDM1XHUwNDNiXHUwNDRjIiwiMjAiOiJWYXV4aGFsbCAgT01FR0EtQiAoIDE5OTQgLSAgMjAwMykiLCIzMCI6IkEgQk9EWSBTSEVMTCBBTkQgUEFORUxTIiwiNDAiOiIgNCBEQVNIIEFORCBTQ1VUVExFIiwiNTAiOiIxLkRBU0ggUEFORUwifXx8c2NvZGU9PUF8fHNzY29kZT09IDR8fG1uY29kZT09MXx8c21uY29kZT09LTd8fGlrZXk9PTg%3D

I could just potentially weld a plate over the "steering column" hole in the bulkhead, where the metal is rust free, thicker*, and more accessible?



*I'm likely to blow holes in thin, knackered, old, inconsistent plate.