is this condense water from the AC or what? (it feel's and smell as pure water) , never had this on my other car's
- cooling temp is fine steady at 95C , now waiting for the engine to cool down so I can check the cooling level in the expansion tank
If it looks, feels, smells, and tastes like water, it is indeed nothing but A/C condensation. We see it on our driveway every time we drive any of our vehicles this time of year. Low 90s heat and high humidity means plenty of water condensation underneath every driven vehicle in our neck of the woods....
many thanks for Your reply's - it's indeed condensed water from the AC and just checked the coolant level in expansion tank and it is full to the top, so nothing to worry about.
Hi Guys,
Just wanted to add my experience, which is one of my posts too. After purchasing my car from a friend, who never ever used the AC - I accidently discovered one of the two evaporator drains had a hole in it. This allowed the water to leak from the right hand evaporator drain hose and pool under the drivers side carpet. This I found but accident when changing the handbrake cable, after it snapped during the transportation from Sydney, Australia to North Queensland.
There are two drain hoses, one either side if the evaporator, behind the radio.
So an easy indicator all is well, is that you have two water drips from each side, which then drips on the heat shields.
By pure coincidence, I managed to find this days after I started driving it with the AC on and there was about 5 litres of water precent, which was fresh as drinking water, so not yet stinking or mouldy. I was also amazed that it didn't indicate wet in any way, even on the rear floor - which is due to the amount of foam underneath the carpet.
To replace the damaged hose - it was quite simply a case of removing the centre console, then peeling the centre tunnel carpet back and remove/replace the damaged hose, which had a big hole in it.
