A few weeks ago, I noticed a water leak in my 1999 Audi A6 Avant. As I drove uphill, water would come rushing through a vent near the passenger side floor. T…
A few weeks ago, I noticed a water leak in my 1999 Audi A6 Avant. As I drove uphill, water would come rushing through a vent near the passenger side floor. T…
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I wish the timing belt replacement was this easy
Thanks from Milwaukee, WI
Thanks for the video. I have a 2005 A6 SLine and after a torrential downpour overnight discovered an inch of water in the rear drivers side footwell!!! After seeing your vid I took off the plastic cover below windscreen and found the plenum in about 3 inches of water. Didnt have to remove the battery (its in the rear) so just took a long screwdriver and poked about. I pushed through some debris to unblock the drain-away hole and about 5 litres of water gushed away under the engine! Thank you!
Wonderful video!!
I had the same water problem and now I think my module is toast but I can’t find it! Used to be intermittent electronic faults with blower and radio but now doesn’t work at all! You know where this is?
have the same problem but on the drive side it a pool. ill give this a try. thanx
i did the job last night, i did remove the battery but not the tray, thanks for the video it did help,
there were leaves and dirt but got them cleaned out and washed with a running hose.
thanks again
You could probably skip taking out the battery. Just make sure you clear out as much debris as possible.
Good luck to you.
watching this would i be correct in saying that you may not need to remove the battery tray as there appears to be an oval hole on the in yours that would be above the drain hole.
i am going to do this in the next few days and this videom is a great help
Happening to me too, but on the driver side
This video really helped me our and just what I was looking for. Thanks. Sadly I left it too long to drain the water out the plenum chamber and now all my electrics in my 2001 A6 are wrecked. At least I’ve found the initial cause of the passenger side flooding and prevented it happening again. Thanks for posting this
I don’t normally make videos, but I thought this would be helpful for someone else. Glad you were able to get rid of the water.
I don’t normally rate or comment on videos but having just removed an entire swimming pool from my A6 i have to say thanks your video really helped
thank you for sharing this.. i wish u the best
I hope the video helps. Best of luck to you.
just noticed some water dripping in the driver’s side footwell. Hopefully doing what you did will solve my problem. Couldnt find anything proper on Audizine or Audiworld. Your video is much appreciated
hello!! I have an S6 4.2 V8 ANK and had the same problem! but I found that hole at the drivers side near the brake fluid tank, I dont know if I have a another by the battery I’m gonna check that tomorrow, maybe I have more water there! arggg! greetings!
@mackmor – I’ve heard stories about the electronic control module being ruined from water. I’m fortunate that I haven’t experienced that myself. If you follow the instructions in my video you should eliminate the majority of water your problems. Once you clear out that area, let your car air out on a hot day, clean the carpets with a ShopVac, and spray some Febreze. Good luck.
My mechanic found about 1-2 inches of water below the driver floor board in the compartment that contains the electronics control module for the car. The module was corroded and caused all kinds of problems. Plus I’ve had a horrible mold smell. Would this be traceable to the same issue in your video? I also saw a comment that there is another drain on the driver side near the brake fluid reservoir? Great video, hope it explains my situation.
i will look at my Audi, maby i have the same water problem! thanks for this video!
Glad the video helped. My father’s been to Denmark a few times. He summarized it as beautiful, but wet. All the best to you and your Audi.
Thanks for the video, we live in Denmark which must be the wettest spot in the world – but not so in my Audi anymore.
Great stuff! Very helpful. Much appreciated.
You forgot for another plug its locate on rignt hand under brake vacuum!
– Glad the video helped. Enjoy life in Glasgow.
- This is a quick way to solve the problem. Glad the video was helpful!
Hi thanks for this. I had this problem but sorted it this morning following your tip. However I was wary of taking the battery out so tried clearing the blockage with an air hose and running it under the battery. It worked. followed this up by pouring about a gallon of water just to make sure it was running clear. I had tried with a long welding rod but no joy, the air pressure clearded it. However would not have tried it had i not seen your video. so thanks best wishes from Glasgow.
Another note on the coat hanger method from previous post: You should CLEAN both gutters under the hood hinges with a strong blast of water. Then blast out the bottom of the battery tray too (from each side taking care not to wet key components). If the drain hole plugs again, repeat coat hanger trick (there is no TUBE below the drain-hole, just a nipple, so the bend in the coat hanger can ream out whatever stuff plugs it up). This has worked several times for me on my A6 AllRoad.
This vid is great. Thanks so much. A note: Sometimes you DON’T need to remove the battey and battery tray (which is a pain). To avoid this, follow these steps: 1) take a coat hanger, undo it so it’s a straight wire, bend a 3/4″ right angle into one end, 2) open hood, remove battery compartment cover, 3) fish coat hanger bend end UNDER battery from passenger side below rear-most edge of battery about 8 inches, 4) slosh coat hander in-out. 90% of time you will soon hear water draining out of car!
@inkbro2 – Glad it helped. Thanks for the positive feedback.
thank you very much you saved the day ( no longer have a paddling pool in passenger seat foot well)
– Gotta love those dealer charges…glad the video helped. Sorry about the TCM.
This is awesome – i was just about to go to the dealer to get my drains cleaned up. In case you didn`t know, just in front of the pasanger seat you have the transmission control module. It can easily be flooded because of this problem. My TCM got wasted and The dealer was asking $1500 just for the module. I found it on ebay for $150 + shipping. I did the job myself.
Thanks for another $200 save
– Glad the video has helped.
A big thank you.
Great Video. This water leak issue has now occurred twice and I’ve successfully used this demo on each occasion.
– There isn’t actually a plug in there. Instead there’s a hole that gets plugged with leaves and other garbage. Once you take that stuff out, leave the hole open.
– There isn’t actually a plug in there. Instead there’s a hole that gets plugged with leaves and other garbage. Once you take that stuff out, leave the hole open.
I appreciate this video, bro.
@1empyre – Glad the video helped. If the leak is in the back seat, you may have an issue with your sunroof. Start with my fix first and see if it solves the problem.