This is the real deal. Very easy - worst case scenario, if you struggle to find the hole, you'll need a 10mm and 13mm socket to remove wiper arms, wiper bars and screenwash reservoir. 7 screws/nuts in total. Don't be shy with the wire. Stick it right down the hole, even if it doesn't look blocked, and everything will come rushing out. Very satisfying. Try centre hole first, if you can find it, as that requires removal of less hardware. Thanks to the poster of this video.
Thanks for this. I have a 2003 clio too, which washes the shoes of my passengers so will definitely have a look under the bonnet in addition to replacing the seal in the roof.
Awesome mate, a year later and still very useful! I’ve just found the same hole and cleared mine out. Now to dry the carpet. I’m in same situation you was over just done my sun roof leak and re sealed all that, just this little bugger to do now. Thanks
Glad it helped. In the video, I removed the wiper mechanism and other bits but if you have a bit of wire or similar, you might be able to check that area without doing it. However on my car, it was easier to clear out all the rubbish with everything out of the way. Good luck!
I will definitely try this as I am having the same moisture on the driver's side floor as you do. I hope I don't have to remove the wiper mechanism cause I am totally crap in installing stuff :D Thanks man
Thank you ! Simple concise and accurate information. NOW, all I need to do is find those bloody side drain pipes or find a way to check (wire?). Finally, I need to find the condensate drain for the climate control, I suspect that is blocked as well.
Thanks for this - checked the sunroof, no water, door cards seem in tact - didn't know about the secret drain hole - utterly brilliant - your video, not the design :)
No problem, glad it helped. It's tricky to find and the design is a bit daft. However, nearly a year after clearing it, my carpets are still dry. All the best, Matt.
You don't need to remove the wipers etc. At the back of the engine, just in the middle, is a black pipe circa 3cm wide and six inches long. The bottom of this pipe has rubber flap. Flip their flap open with your finger and water will come out, hopefully with whatever caused the blockage. In my case it was half of a hazelnut ( squirrel maybe ) plus other muck on top of the nut. As a test of success, pour some water into the wiper bracket holes. This will go into the centre area beneath the windscreen and should come out of the black pipe. If it doesn't you could try to push something up the pipe ( bit awkward perhaps but maybe can get from underneath ) otherwise follow what this video says. I had at least an inch of water in both the back and the front. You can pull out the foam from under the front carpets and underlay felt from the rear to dry out. Hope this helps.
FixItWorkshop Worthing Hi. I actually followed your video, got the wipers off and plastic grill and seeing all the other stuff to be removed started looking around and found the pipe. Both of my outside drain holes were clear with no debris at all.
Thanks for this video. Recently got given a failed Renault Clio 02 plate. Been rainy a couple times this week and every time I clean it up, it re-appears in the passenger footwell of the back. I’ll make sure to check the bulkhead and use a sort of pin to poke through the hole. Thank you
Good vid. Just cleared the drain in the centre in front of the fan housing, still leaking a bit so next step is to seal around the fan housing with silicone before replacing. Typical Reanault half effort of providing a decent gasket, as per the sunroof. thanks!
They all seem to leak don't they. I have some sympathy though- my car is 17 years old, so it's going to throw up some gremlins at that age :-) All part of the banger experience!
@@Matt_Marchant_fixitworkshop yeah 19 year old Mk 2! Only got 30 k on it and although my son tends to hit things in it, it's worth keeping going as a low miles runaround
that water in that area also caused problem to the wipers motor... basically it gets the connector wet and looks like the motor is damaged but it is only a wet connector
My front and rear driver's footwells are soaked (MK2 Phase 1). I understand the culprit for the front footwell might be a bad door membrane, what could possibly be the cause of the rear bit getting soaked? Perhaps also a leaky door membrane?
Mines terrible carpets like a pond, windscreen has about a pint of water on the inside on a cold morning I’ve never known anything so bad. Thankfully mines non sunroof so I’ll check what you’ve shown in this later on bud thanks
Just tried that comment. Found the hose and the flap but I think mine is disconnected. I tried taking off the window wipers but they seem to be stuck in place? I undo the 13mm nuts but the wipers don’t lift off? I even had a bearing puller to try and pull it off no joy. Cannot get to the pipe without taking that off it seems
Hey, you mention your other video a few times where you say you showed how to seal the sunroof; can you post me the link because I can’t find it? It’s not in your description either.
Ok guys, maybe I'll find some help here... T Does Megane mk3 have some similar "hidden" drains? Last summer I cleaned 2pcs of rain water drains. Which were on the sides in front of the windscreen.. THIS WEEK I found water in the foot well again !!! I thought these two are clogged again, but opened everything and these two were clean !!! WTF ? IS there some hidden drains also on the MEGANE MK3 ?
I believe the seal around my heater duct in the center is gone however I cannot figure out how to remove the black shroud from the left of the engine bay. I have removed the blower and the center piece but the housing for the core and the cabin air filter is still in and I cannot figure out how it can be removed
@@Matt_Marchant_fixitworkshop Thanks that's kind & helpful of you to look up the mastic tape and reply with a link. However, I was hoping you had a link to the video you'd mentioned about fixing a leaking sun roof on Renault Clio :)
This might just save my Clio I been going mad looking for months sun roof has been completed sealed so isn’t that anymore but driver side is logged of water 😂
Every time it rains I end up with a inch or so of water in my footwell and I can not for the life of me find where it's coming from scrap yard I think. Lol
I've done what you showed in the video and it has made it significantly better, but I dont think I'll ever keep the water out. Good bit if knowledge there good video mate. Cheers
yes mate , all clio´s 2 have that , its simple and cool... ! mine looks like a fishball before i now about that lolol but put the rubber back, because of the smells of the street..
I have this issue and am going to try this on the weekend, my mk2 doesn’t come with ac so the water inside caused the car to fog up. Did this happen with anyone else’s while it was wet inside
@@Matt_Marchant_fixitworkshop my dad said he’s cleared all of the drains but my car recently has got damp, not wet just a bit damp. We have aired out all the carpets but car still dogs up quite easily. Mainly damp in drivers floor others are alright. Thinking of trying car litter to absorb water as we have tried ever trick in the book.
@@georgehuser4711 use cat litter where ever it’s damp. Leave it a couple hours then remove cat litter and hoover/wet vac the carpets. Keep doing this till it’s dry
@@Matt_Marchant_fixitworkshop Thanks yes the passenger side is still a problem. My garage found no membrain on that side so they made one up but still leaks. He had it back in but Renault can't supply not even a part number. But water also runs down the front wall below the dash on passenger side, makes a big pool near centre console.
I just resolved my wet carpet problem on my Clio. Excellent video. Thanks.
Glad it helped
This is the real deal. Very easy - worst case scenario, if you struggle to find the hole, you'll need a 10mm and 13mm socket to remove wiper arms, wiper bars and screenwash reservoir. 7 screws/nuts in total. Don't be shy with the wire. Stick it right down the hole, even if it doesn't look blocked, and everything will come rushing out. Very satisfying. Try centre hole first, if you can find it, as that requires removal of less hardware.
Thanks to the poster of this video.
Thanks for this. I have a 2003 clio too, which washes the shoes of my passengers so will definitely have a look under the bonnet in addition to replacing the seal in the roof.
Awesome mate, a year later and still very useful! I’ve just found the same hole and cleared mine out. Now to dry the carpet. I’m in same situation you was over just done my sun roof leak and re sealed all that, just this little bugger to do now. Thanks
Glad it helped. In the video, I removed the wiper mechanism and other bits but if you have a bit of wire or similar, you might be able to check that area without doing it. However on my car, it was easier to clear out all the rubbish with everything out of the way. Good luck!
I will definitely try this as I am having the same moisture on the driver's side floor as you do. I hope I don't have to remove the wiper mechanism cause I am totally crap in installing stuff :D Thanks man
Thank you ! Simple concise and accurate information. NOW, all I need to do is find those bloody side drain pipes or find a way to check (wire?). Finally, I need to find the condensate drain for the climate control, I suspect that is blocked as well.
Thanks for this - checked the sunroof, no water, door cards seem in tact - didn't know about the secret drain hole - utterly brilliant - your video, not the design :)
No problem, glad it helped. It's tricky to find and the design is a bit daft. However, nearly a year after clearing it, my carpets are still dry. All the best, Matt.
You don't need to remove the wipers etc. At the back of the engine, just in the middle, is a black pipe circa 3cm wide and six inches long. The bottom of this pipe has rubber flap. Flip their flap open with your finger and water will come out, hopefully with whatever caused the blockage. In my case it was half of a hazelnut ( squirrel maybe ) plus other muck on top of the nut. As a test of success, pour some water into the wiper bracket holes. This will go into the centre area beneath the windscreen and should come out of the black pipe. If it doesn't you could try to push something up the pipe ( bit awkward perhaps but maybe can get from underneath ) otherwise follow what this video says. I had at least an inch of water in both the back and the front. You can pull out the foam from under the front carpets and underlay felt from the rear to dry out. Hope this helps.
You might need access from above to remove leaves, I did. Access on the 1.5dci was tight.
FixItWorkshop Worthing Hi. I actually followed your video, got the wipers off and plastic grill and seeing all the other stuff to be removed started looking around and found the pipe. Both of my outside drain holes were clear with no debris at all.
@@onetruestitcher8835 Glad it helped. I think the previous owner of mine had parked it in a rain forest :-)
Don't see. Maybe behind insulation. Don't see water in it anyway, just a puddle below it around the passenger side wheel strut.
This 3th hole is the one i was searching for. Thanks for the top tip. Will work this out tomorrow.
Thanks for your vid! My clio is fogging up excessively and tomorrow I'll clean this drain which I suspect is the cause of the excess fogging
Flooded drivers footwell, problem solved in 10 minutes. Thanks for posting.
I had the same problem, the drain hole was totally blocked. the video helped a lot! greetings from germany
Glad it helped! Greetings from the UK
Brilliant video. superb description.
Thanks for this video. Recently got given a failed Renault Clio 02 plate. Been rainy a couple times this week and every time I clean it up, it re-appears in the passenger footwell of the back. I’ll make sure to check the bulkhead and use a sort of pin to poke through the hole. Thank you
Did this fix the problem?
Thanks pal I’ve recently bought my daughter this car and it has this water feature!
lol
It was very very helpful, thank you
Good vid. Just cleared the drain in the centre in front of the fan housing, still leaking a bit so next step is to seal around the fan housing with silicone before replacing. Typical Reanault half effort of providing a decent gasket, as per the sunroof. thanks!
They all seem to leak don't they. I have some sympathy though- my car is 17 years old, so it's going to throw up some gremlins at that age :-) All part of the banger experience!
@@Matt_Marchant_fixitworkshop yeah 19 year old Mk 2! Only got 30 k on it and although my son tends to hit things in it, it's worth keeping going as a low miles runaround
that water in that area also caused problem to the wipers motor... basically it gets the connector wet and looks like the motor is damaged but it is only a wet connector
Genius! Problem fixed. Thank you
My front and rear driver's footwells are soaked (MK2 Phase 1). I understand the culprit for the front footwell might be a bad door membrane, what could possibly be the cause of the rear bit getting soaked? Perhaps also a leaky door membrane?
Mines terrible carpets like a pond, windscreen has about a pint of water on the inside on a cold morning I’ve never known anything so bad. Thankfully mines non sunroof so I’ll check what you’ve shown in this later on bud thanks
Just tried that comment. Found the hose and the flap but I think mine is disconnected. I tried taking off the window wipers but they seem to be stuck in place? I undo the 13mm nuts but the wipers don’t lift off? I even had a bearing puller to try and pull it off no joy. Cannot get to the pipe without taking that off it seems
Amazing vid thank you
Thank you very much! helped a lot.
Did you not know about the drain pipe underneath? Far easier than removing all that top part!
Thanks but my scuttle was full of debris, so worth me cleaning it. Lucky you knew.
Hey, you mention your other video a few times where you say you showed how to seal the sunroof; can you post me the link because I can’t find it?
It’s not in your description either.
Someone else made a video about that
Ok guys, maybe I'll find some help here... T
Does Megane mk3 have some similar "hidden" drains? Last summer I cleaned 2pcs of rain water drains. Which were on the sides in front of the windscreen.. THIS WEEK I found water in the foot well again !!! I thought these two are clogged again, but opened everything and these two were clean !!! WTF ? IS there some hidden drains also on the MEGANE MK3 ?
Is there a connection with the instrument panel not turning off and draining the battery? Mine's from 2013.
I don't know. You need an auto electrician...
Thanks for the video very helpful
I’ve sealed the sunroof thank you. How do I get access to the door to sort the door cards?
The door cards are held on with torx screws and clips. The seal is in between the door card and the door itself.
Great l need to get round to this by sons Clio is like sieve! Any type of mastic tape for the sunroof?
I just bought some generic mastic tape on eBay. Buy black tape instead of the grey type I used
I believe the seal around my heater duct in the center is gone however I cannot figure out how to remove the black shroud from the left of the engine bay. I have removed the blower and the center piece but the housing for the core and the cabin air filter is still in and I cannot figure out how it can be removed
I don't know either. Is it covered in the Haynes manual?
@@Matt_Marchant_fixitworkshop don't have it
Will purchase one. Mine is 172 but hopefully is same. Thank you for reply hahs
Please could you reply with the link to the video you mentioned about the mastic tape being used to fix a leaking sun roof on Renault Clio?
Hi, I can't find the exact product, but something like this www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352785555194
@@Matt_Marchant_fixitworkshop Thanks that's kind & helpful of you to look up the mastic tape and reply with a link. However, I was hoping you had a link to the video you'd mentioned about fixing a leaking sun roof on Renault Clio :)
@@kathug8993 ua-cam.com/video/PMQdvlKs0TU/v-deo.html
Can you post a link to the seal tape on the sun roof please my passenger has just drowned in the car
Just have a look on eBay for sealant tape and you'll see some
This might just save my Clio I been going mad looking for months sun roof has been completed sealed so isn’t that anymore but driver side is logged of water 😂
Every time it rains I end up with a inch or so of water in my footwell and I can not for the life of me find where it's coming from scrap yard I think. Lol
Noooo! Don't scrap it. Drill a hole in the floor :-)
I've done what you showed in the video and it has made it significantly better, but I dont think I'll ever keep the water out. Good bit if knowledge there good video mate. Cheers
@@nathantyson5265 another place to check is the seal around the speakers too, the door card in general and the sunroof mechanism/ frame
Nice one mate I've done the sun roof already and I will deffo have a look at the door cards
yes mate , all clio´s 2 have that , its simple and cool... ! mine looks like a fishball before i now about that lolol but put the rubber back, because of the smells of the street..
Well, I'm glad the video helped :-)
I have this issue and am going to try this on the weekend, my mk2 doesn’t come with ac so the water inside caused the car to fog up. Did this happen with anyone else’s while it was wet inside
Yes, did happen as the carpets were wet
@@Matt_Marchant_fixitworkshop my dad said he’s cleared all of the drains but my car recently has got damp, not wet just a bit damp. We have aired out all the carpets but car still dogs up quite easily. Mainly damp in drivers floor others are alright. Thinking of trying car litter to absorb water as we have tried ever trick in the book.
@@jamesm-c4275 I have the same issue with fogging up. How did you fix it?
@@georgehuser4711 use cat litter where ever it’s damp. Leave it a couple hours then remove cat litter and hoover/wet vac the carpets. Keep doing this till it’s dry
Tnx alott
Great video, please follow us if you still own this car
I managed to snap my ns wiper arm trying to pry it off! Anyone know a decent breakers yard?
Mine is clear but still the water gets in.😡
Check those door cards too... a leak favourite
@@Matt_Marchant_fixitworkshop Thanks yes the passenger side is still a problem. My garage found no membrain on that side so they made one up but still leaks. He had it back in but Renault can't supply not even a part number. But water also runs down the front wall below the dash on passenger side, makes a big pool near centre console.
Check around the speaker too@@davidbraun6568