My first rodding completed!
I had lots of unwelcome water in the driver's footwell and in the rear footwell too (started on Friday evening when we had the first of the weekend's heavy rain). Not good. Anyway, I invested in a 15mm plumber's pipe bender spring from B&Q and added a piece of 15mm plastic tubing to that with cord. I managed to remove the tray beneath the grille thing which unclips and sure enough there was standing water in the chamber. I rodded all the way through to the underside and water came running out and continued for a couple of minutes, with bits of leaf matter on the drive too. I rodded several times to try and clear the rubbish as best I could and I shall install a spy-hole next to save the hassle of disassembly (I struggled a bit to replace the tray at first and one of the two clips on the grille has broken due to age).
I'm pleased with myself as I'm pretty hopeless with most car maintenance issues!
PS Do you think the pollen filter is knackered after being soaked? Is that easy enough to replace?
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