water under the front mats

[GTE TURBZ]

To all you technical genius?s out there, I have water under the mates in the front of the car, any idea where it is most likely to be coming from.

Thanks peeps.

[craig green]

heater matrix
windscreen seal
rust hole in battery tray
sunroof drain pipe (odd)

natural spa.....?

[draper]

hole in the battery tray, rubbers on the windows perished, could also be the heater matrix in the middle of the dash

[draper]

lol only beat me cuz i was perving at some bird on x-factor !!

[GTE TURBZ]

how can you check if its the central heater matrix if its not the battery tray or any of the other options, and is it most commonly the widscreen seal?

[Welsh Dan]

If its the heater matrix I think stuart said it'll taste sweet (provided you have antifreeze in there). To check the battery tray, when its dark stick a powerful lamp in each footwell, open the bonnet, if you see light coming through then theres the hole.

[Novasport]

My old Nova went on the seam behind where the wiper motor sits.
Have you been losing coolant recently? If so that could point to the heater matrix

[draper]

i take it yours is mk1 ??

under the central part of the dash theres a black cover/cowling, if you remove this (the bolts are a weird size 7mm i think and awkward to get to) it will brob be full of water

[GTE TURBZ]

no havent been losing coolent cheers all.

just one other thing my speedo (tacho meter) is making a clicking noice and the needles jumping, is it a straight case of changing the speedo cable?