Nice vid, to fully remedy the water in the footwell it would be worth taking the door panel off as it's well documented that the fabias suffer water ingress through the carrier panel seal riveted to the door. The seal perishes, it's recommended to dry it out and seal the panel with sanitary silicone sealant. It's very common as all mk1 fabias were 4 door so it affected every one. Would be good to see you tackle that 👍
The B pillar clip you show is very delicate, and cannot be removed without breaking it. The clip has also been discontinued by Skoda so is only rarely available as old-new parts occasionally on eBay when dealers find them. Typically they ask about £12 each for them, so be very careful not to break the ones you have!
Hello Harvey. Skoda parts is the site where i always go confirm parts codes before ordering. My last diy repair was the throtle body for 145€ last month. Fabia keeps strong.
This has been a long-standing problem on my car: to try and work out the source of the problem I taped the back door shut with gaffa tape, and also along this seal (covering the small gap on the 1/4 glass as you note). Looked bonkers, but who cares - my car, dude. Made no difference, even though the door was effectively sealed shut, putting paid to the idea the leak was associated with the rivetted inner door panel seals. After several months of this, the problem remained. What I did notice on the opposite side is that the big, one-piece rubber door seal in the body aperture did not have any drain holes: rain getting around the front and back door apertures seemed to run down and around the seal, accumulating at the bottom where it pooled and came into contact with the door trim and the plastic kick plate covering the carpet in the interior. It then soaked into the surrounding carpet. There was a clear "tide mark" on the bottom half of the fabric door trim, starting at the bottom. Since the carpet is a one-piece moulding, the footwell area becomes a "bucket" and this water collects: I was having to soak it up with rags and use an electric dehumidifier overnight every day. I'm going to try this, but don't hold out much hope - would love to hear about your results, good or bad before I try the next experiment. I am going to very carefully cut a couple of small holes at the bottom of the aperture seals to allow this collecting water to drain away, instead of pooling. It's going to be expensive if it doesn't work... Another great video, keep it up! 🤓👍
Don't rule out the inner metal panel foam seals, they do get soaked and I sealed the bottom third with silicone, removing the foam seal and replacing it with silicone and then over-sealing the gap - WORKED. I also believe you could be onto something with the pooling of water on the bottom of the door body. It could be that a capillary action is going on bridging the seal onto the fabric panel cover and subsequent carpet. This could happen when the car is subject to freeze/thaw action. Frozen water expands to open a gap in the seal and then slowly melts leaking inside the car. That's my latest theory :-)
You always come with something that my fabia needs too😅 do you have a product code or something? I need to replace this seal too, since I get mold in the corner if this exact window. Thanks a lot!
I love to start the sunday with your video's my friend and thnz for this Info. Because i didn't know it that can find small parts for car ...How can i find that texp. For My skoda fabia Nj5 2020 .... ? In web side skoda or WW Group ....thnx a million ❤❤
Thanks for watching and supporting the channel my friend. There is a link in the description to the product, this only for the Mk1 00-07. Try to find with the Mk3 :-)
@@komoonkh...? The 1.2 htp is a great 3 pot engine....great to drive around town and great on juice....i have a 20 year old as a run around ....cracking motor
Nice vid, to fully remedy the water in the footwell it would be worth taking the door panel off as it's well documented that the fabias suffer water ingress through the carrier panel seal riveted to the door. The seal perishes, it's recommended to dry it out and seal the panel with sanitary silicone sealant. It's very common as all mk1 fabias were 4 door so it affected every one. Would be good to see you tackle that 👍
Very true! Luckily he has actually already done a video on that!
@@Jamesrx8 I haven't done the front doors and some have reported their's leaking -so maybe ;-/
The ending was perfect! ☕️🫖👌
Thank you my friend :-)
The B pillar clip you show is very delicate, and cannot be removed without breaking it.
The clip has also been discontinued by Skoda so is only rarely available as old-new parts occasionally on eBay when dealers find them.
Typically they ask about £12 each for them, so be very careful not to break the ones you have!
Excellent advice bro, thanks for sharing :-)
Hello Harvey. Skoda parts is the site where i always go confirm parts codes before ordering. My last diy repair was the throtle body for 145€ last month. Fabia keeps strong.
Great to here a fellow Fabia follower :-)
Nice vid thank you, I wondered what caused that ‘bubbling’ or ‘swelling’ and now I know! 👍
Aluminium oxidization, commonly referred to a rust, but not :-)
Good video Harvey 👍
Thanks 👍
This has been a long-standing problem on my car: to try and work out the source of the problem I taped the back door shut with gaffa tape, and also along this seal (covering the small gap on the 1/4 glass as you note). Looked bonkers, but who cares - my car, dude. Made no difference, even though the door was effectively sealed shut, putting paid to the idea the leak was associated with the rivetted inner door panel seals.
After several months of this, the problem remained. What I did notice on the opposite side is that the big, one-piece rubber door seal in the body aperture did not have any drain holes: rain getting around the front and back door apertures seemed to run down and around the seal, accumulating at the bottom where it pooled and came into contact with the door trim and the plastic kick plate covering the carpet in the interior. It then soaked into the surrounding carpet. There was a clear "tide mark" on the bottom half of the fabric door trim, starting at the bottom.
Since the carpet is a one-piece moulding, the footwell area becomes a "bucket" and this water collects: I was having to soak it up with rags and use an electric dehumidifier overnight every day.
I'm going to try this, but don't hold out much hope - would love to hear about your results, good or bad before I try the next experiment. I am going to very carefully cut a couple of small holes at the bottom of the aperture seals to allow this collecting water to drain away, instead of pooling. It's going to be expensive if it doesn't work...
Another great video, keep it up! 🤓👍
Don't rule out the inner metal panel foam seals, they do get soaked and I sealed the bottom third with silicone, removing the foam seal and replacing it with silicone and then over-sealing the gap - WORKED. I also believe you could be onto something with the pooling of water on the bottom of the door body. It could be that a capillary action is going on bridging the seal onto the fabric panel cover and subsequent carpet. This could happen when the car is subject to freeze/thaw action. Frozen water expands to open a gap in the seal and then slowly melts leaking inside the car. That's my latest theory :-)
Cheers HRH, another great video 👍, many thanks
@@frankiebye thanks again for the support 👍
Thank you ❤
You're welcome 😊
You always come with something that my fabia needs too😅 do you have a product code or something? I need to replace this seal too, since I get mold in the corner if this exact window. Thanks a lot!
You're very welcome, you may have skipped over the product code as it was in the video :-)
Nice vid ❤❤
@@philemonsameh3958 You're very welcome :-)
Very informative video, I enjoyed watching it.
I noticed a lovely Superb in the background, is it going to feature in the channel?❤.
I've done videos on the superb, check out my play list :-)
Hello. Do you have a way to stop squeaking seals when raising or lowering windows? electric motor.
Lubricate the running guides with silicon spray :-)
I love to start the sunday with your video's my friend and thnz for this Info. Because i didn't know it that can find small parts for car ...How can i find that texp. For My skoda fabia Nj5 2020 .... ? In web side skoda or WW Group ....thnx a million ❤❤
Thanks for watching and supporting the channel my friend. There is a link in the description to the product, this only for the Mk1 00-07. Try to find with the Mk3 :-)
THANKS HARVEY !! 🐰👍🏻✨️
GRACIAS DESDE CHILE 🇨🇱 👍🏻✨️
@@TacticomServicios ¡De nada! :-)
I had skoda Fabia very weak car it was i had it 23. Years after i sold
1.2htp? If you ever tried the 2.0mpi, you wouldnt say its weak.😅
@@komoonkh...? The 1.2 htp is a great 3 pot engine....great to drive around town and great on juice....i have a 20 year old as a run around ....cracking motor