DocDick
New Member
Apologies in advance as I'm not a great technical guy, but I hope someone may be able to help.
I have a 2015 C250 saloon (W205 ?) which has just enjoyed a four week period of rest due to the excitement of a new vehicle. The C250 has been parked outside on our drive facing up a slight incline. I recently noticed a lot of condensation and upon investigation found the inside covered in mould and about three inches of water in the offside rear footwell.
I have cleaned up the mould and nearly completely dried out the car (about 60 hours with a ceramic heater locked in it), during which time I've been trying to work out where the water was coming from. The water was not obviously contaminated (I had to syphon it out) and returned in decreasing amounts over the next few days until I'm now nearly dry.
Checking the carpet by touch, there was no evidence of water in either near-side footwell, nor the driver's footwell. The carpet in the rear NS footwell only felt wet on the flat, where it went up the walls remained dry to the touch, at least. One late night progress check with a torch showed a faint trace of water tracking along the right hand rail of the driver's seat (the left rail of same seat was dry); wiping it dry with some tissue it became faintly wet again after a minute or so (photo to show where I mean, could not adequately show water).
I'm now at the point where the only water detectable is when I compress the carpet around the end of the seat rail, so I'm not sure if I've won the battle yet, but I'll run the heater for another few days.
Does anyone have any idea what the source of the water might be, please? I should also mention that the parking brake warning is showing (and appears to be locked on) which may be relevant, or just a problem due to lack of use.
My thanks in anticipation...
I have a 2015 C250 saloon (W205 ?) which has just enjoyed a four week period of rest due to the excitement of a new vehicle. The C250 has been parked outside on our drive facing up a slight incline. I recently noticed a lot of condensation and upon investigation found the inside covered in mould and about three inches of water in the offside rear footwell.
I have cleaned up the mould and nearly completely dried out the car (about 60 hours with a ceramic heater locked in it), during which time I've been trying to work out where the water was coming from. The water was not obviously contaminated (I had to syphon it out) and returned in decreasing amounts over the next few days until I'm now nearly dry.
Checking the carpet by touch, there was no evidence of water in either near-side footwell, nor the driver's footwell. The carpet in the rear NS footwell only felt wet on the flat, where it went up the walls remained dry to the touch, at least. One late night progress check with a torch showed a faint trace of water tracking along the right hand rail of the driver's seat (the left rail of same seat was dry); wiping it dry with some tissue it became faintly wet again after a minute or so (photo to show where I mean, could not adequately show water).
I'm now at the point where the only water detectable is when I compress the carpet around the end of the seat rail, so I'm not sure if I've won the battle yet, but I'll run the heater for another few days.
Does anyone have any idea what the source of the water might be, please? I should also mention that the parking brake warning is showing (and appears to be locked on) which may be relevant, or just a problem due to lack of use.
My thanks in anticipation...