Alan Surrey
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I test drove a nice 2007 QP (ZF) today with a view to buying it. It was raining. Inspecting it after, I got to lifting the floor mats and looking at the "fitted carpet" beneath. Underneath the front passenger seat was sopping wet.
I am alarmed by this strange thing. Should it stop me buying the car?
Everywhere else was dry, so the water could not have come from leaving a window or the sunroof open in the rain before I arrived. I had run the air con (plenty of cold air from all vents) and the seat coolers (subdued whirring) Could that have caused it? Front footwell was dry, so I can't imagine the water came from the wheel arch or the air con heat exchanger. I don't think it smelt of engine either and the engine coolant header tank seemed to be full to the right level, so I don't suspect a coolant leak.
Any ideas (please) about getting wet beneath the seat?
I am alarmed by this strange thing. Should it stop me buying the car?
Everywhere else was dry, so the water could not have come from leaving a window or the sunroof open in the rain before I arrived. I had run the air con (plenty of cold air from all vents) and the seat coolers (subdued whirring) Could that have caused it? Front footwell was dry, so I can't imagine the water came from the wheel arch or the air con heat exchanger. I don't think it smelt of engine either and the engine coolant header tank seemed to be full to the right level, so I don't suspect a coolant leak.
Any ideas (please) about getting wet beneath the seat?