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Tip for Renault Clio owners

Stallingrad · 2014-07-19 20:24:36

Having just suffered water ingress into a 2010 Scenic through blocked windscreen drain holes I thought I would check my mothers 2010 Clio. Both drain holes were fully clogged and water was pooling. To fix: Open bonnet. Both drain holes are under the plastic scuttle that runs at the bottom of the windscreen. There is one…

19-07-2014 8:24pm

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Having just suffered water ingress into a 2010 Scenic through blocked windscreen drain holes I thought I would check my mothers 2010 Clio. Both drain holes were fully clogged and water was pooling.

To fix:
Open bonnet. Both drain holes are under the plastic scuttle that runs at the bottom of the windscreen. There is one drain hole at each side. Get a flat head screwdriver and needle nosed pliers. At each side of the scuttle the are three plastic screws, with the screwdriver rotate the screw a quarter turn until it loosens, get your pliers and pull gently at the screw head, not its plastic surround, the screw and it's surround will pull out. If you are forcing it try and rotate the screw again. Remove all three screws on each side. Then lift the rubber strip that sits on the front of the plastic scuttle. This will pull straight off. This will allow you to lift the flexible scuttle at each side enough to slip you hand in and feel around, if water is pooling the drains are blocked. Feel around for the hole, bigger one on right side, smaller on left, poke them and the water will instantly drain through.

Get a hose and flush them out. Put everything back together. This may sound like a tricky but far from it. 10 minutes, it really is simple and a DIY job. You may save yourself a world of pain, a soggy, smelly car and electrical maladies by doing this annually.

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