I have a 5 door 2000 reg polo 6n2, and I have recently discovered a damp patch on my floor, this last week it has turned into a puddle, I have no idea where the water is coming from. The puddle has formed under the passenger seat, its like its coming up through the floor. Nothing else is wet at all, the doors, seats and the other 3 footwells are all dry. Any help appreciated!

Tried taking the carpets up but was scared to snap the trim, so any help on how to remove the trim and carpets around the rear footwells would be very helpful as well.

I have read into it a bit and a lot of people say it could be the drains being blocked, except I have no idea where the drains are or how to get to them...

Any suggestions?

*delete* ignore me, I'm being an idiot.

Edited 9 June, 201412 yr by acme15

It might be worth checking the door seals are doing what they should. My favourite, non messy method of doing this, is to use a strip of thick(ish) PVC, something like the Damp Proof Membrane (DPM) that builders use.Trap it between the door and the seal, close the door and attempt to pull it out. There should be some resistance to the pull, if not, then the seal is not contacting the door - This needs to be repeated all the way round the door.

Some people apply a greasy film to the door and close the door, then check to see if it has transferred to the seal. - I find this is a bit messy, also it could do the seal a lot of no good.

Regards

There are some rubber grommets under the carpet you can get to them from under the car. It'll be worth checking they are still there and not perished. If they aren't there road spray and water will get in and your carpet will get soaked. Hope this helps

Managed to sort it out this weekend, put a post about it in this forum

http://www.clubpolo.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=327535#entry2626749

Just incase anybody has the same problem and was pulling as much hair out about it as me haha