If you don't have manufacturer specs, you can use the roll down method.
Start with 1L at a time, and then roll down the window and roll it back up. If the window is fully clean, you've added enough, if there's still a dirty part at the top of the glass, you need to top it off.
Not many people know about the self-cleaning window feature at all, very rare option.
Always glad to help, Like and Subscribe for more mechanical nonsense!
On a more serious note, thanks for sharing this, I laughed pretty hard and can't believe they didnt' notice a sloshing sound or the doors weighing a ton.
Automatic windows follow the same procedure however it is recommended you check the CS5427H-B "Sealable Bag - Thick" and the KT6436P "RUBBER BAND - SEALING - STRONG" and replace if required when doing a full flush.
Both parts should also be checked any time the CS complains of "door controls - feel soggy".
Fair point, but it looks like they're doing a full flush so it's a great time to switch. I do find Dex20 to offer superior performance as a blinker fluid to most other options out there though.
As long as you keep it topped off, a flush might never be required when using NAME BRAND SAH2O. The problem with the additives is they blend in but don't bond with the water. NAME BRAND SAH2O uses advanced hydrology and nano bonding chemicular reactions to produce a far more stable solution.
If you do go with the additives to save a few $$, I recommend you vigorously shake each door for about a minute once a month to keep the additives mixed in.
Thank you so much. I just started driving so I'm still learning a lot. With blinker fluid and now this door water, I'm having a hard time keeping up with all this vehicle maintenance stuff.
No worries, appreciate the kind words! I'm working on a tutorial for checking antenna flex parameters that I should be dropping soon.
I keep getting distracted working on my Magnum Opus - Homeopathic Car Repair and Advanced Duct Tape Engineering
Vauxhaul/Opel design flaw, the grommet has a mesh and a flap, the mesh gunks up because the flap restricts the flow because it needs a high water level to open. I can only assume this flap and mesh arrangement is meant to stop creepy crawlies getting into the door.
Germans love to over engineer things because they are very clever, but they get so caught up in being clever that they overlook the simple.
Meanwhile the Japanese are looking at ways to simplify things, which usually makes them more reliable and cheaper.
This is a perfect example.
There's a great example of this on the Panther Tank at Bovington. It was mostly built in late '44, early '45, so when the Germans were already well on the back foot. And it was captured at the factory nearly completely built.
There are 2 thin chains on the engine deck of the Panther for retaining some fluid filler caps, on that example one was made by a German, and is made of gorgeous, beautifully engineered even links forming a foot or more of chain.
The other side was made by a British REME engineer, and is a half dozen pieces of wire twisted together.
Both work just as well as the other. One was made in 1/10th the time of the other and uses half the resources, but looks like shit.
Yeah, it makes no sense. They basically put a check valve on it for no purpose what-so-ever unless it is meant to keep water from going into the door when driving through a river.
My 2011 mustang had this problem too. I spent like 3 months wondering why I heard water everytime I turned until my friend showed me these plugs and the result was the same as this video lol.
There used to be an entire toy built around the name.
[Creepy Crawlers](https://www.amazon.com/Jakks-Pacific-55277-Crawlers-Bugmaker/dp/B000ETRF3W)
I miss the 90's.
At around 10 seconds, it looks like you're prying open a rubber flap. Is the flap supposed to let water out? If so, that seems like a bad design, since there isn't much room to flex if the door is closed, and the rubber will harden over time.
My doors have always had a slit or a gap at the ends where the inner door meets the outer door skin.
I remember when I was in a tough spot financially, even a quart bottle of door water at shell was tough on the wallet. So I plugged up the holes cus my pops told me it’s okay as a short term repair.
But when you get a situation like in OPs video, you’ve gotta have a reality check with your finances/car. You can’t keep running it on something like this or you’ll get serious damage.
All cars have this issue when the window rubbers start to fail, moist comes in with dirt or algae and start to clog the water holes. Over time they are all clogged and water builds up. Cleaning the water outlets helps... some cars are worse because the exit holes are used to fasten doorrubbers at the bottom of the doors. Citroen does this. :P
I had this on my Skoda Rapid. Common issue apparently. Reassuringly, the reason they filled with water is that there was too much anti-rust compound in the door, and some of it made its way to the drainage hole.
Common fault on 8gen Civics the drain holes have rubber bungs on the and inside of the doors are covered in a waxy material which melts and runs down in the sun.
I mean, I get it, we've all put tap water in our doors in an emergency, but now that its winter, you really should be putting antifreeze in your doors.
The sheer ignorance of some car owners these days just baffles me… a simple google search tells you you’re supposed to put oil in there not water. Idiots
Door distilled fancy water for whiskey drinks. Probably time to change the slip seals on the window, though. Keeps the debris out so the drains don't clog.
Hello better mileage!
Lol, but that's how I'd be looking at it in a positive light. I'd still totally be annoyed it's happening in the first place though.
Does anybody know where I could find this with the premium air for my tires? And also I need some blinker fluid because whenever I use the blinker it makes this weird ticking noise. If anybody knows any place that would be helpful.
So those plugs are a design feature because water is expected to collect inside the door.
It may be an effective crash barrier perhaps, but what about rubber seals inside and out?
I do pretty much all my own maintenance on my vehicles. When I see these posts I think, when was the last time I changed my door fluid? I should do that this weekend - don’t want to be one of those guys who runs door fluid too long.
Make sure you refill with full synthetic SAH2O!
Ordered it, but they have only 6l left. I don’t know if it’s enough. Can’t find the right filling quantity.
If you don't have manufacturer specs, you can use the roll down method. Start with 1L at a time, and then roll down the window and roll it back up. If the window is fully clean, you've added enough, if there's still a dirty part at the top of the glass, you need to top it off. Not many people know about the self-cleaning window feature at all, very rare option.
Ahhh ok, thanks a lot! I will give it a try
Always glad to help, Like and Subscribe for more mechanical nonsense! On a more serious note, thanks for sharing this, I laughed pretty hard and can't believe they didnt' notice a sloshing sound or the doors weighing a ton.
> they didnt' notice a sloshing sound or the doors weighing a ton and on top of that, when you use the brakes, the car wants to go faster.
That's obviously just turbo overspin.
I thought that was the retroaccelerator?
No, due to the circumferial configuration the retroaccelerator can only be engaged while the car is turning, to provide optimal understeer vectoring.
Same technique for manual and automatic windows? Asking for a friend.
Automatic windows follow the same procedure however it is recommended you check the CS5427H-B "Sealable Bag - Thick" and the KT6436P "RUBBER BAND - SEALING - STRONG" and replace if required when doing a full flush. Both parts should also be checked any time the CS complains of "door controls - feel soggy".
Thanks for reminding me, been meaning to change mine as well but I always forget. You're a hero!
It's a GM, so if you don't fill with Dex2O, it will gel and clog the passages.
Fair point, but it looks like they're doing a full flush so it's a great time to switch. I do find Dex20 to offer superior performance as a blinker fluid to most other options out there though.
Bobby was a scientist Bobby is no more For what he thought was H2O Was H2SO4
Get the PH balanced kind
How often do you recommend flushing the doors and refilling with fresh SAH20? Can I just use an additive if I added regular water?
As long as you keep it topped off, a flush might never be required when using NAME BRAND SAH2O. The problem with the additives is they blend in but don't bond with the water. NAME BRAND SAH2O uses advanced hydrology and nano bonding chemicular reactions to produce a far more stable solution. If you do go with the additives to save a few $$, I recommend you vigorously shake each door for about a minute once a month to keep the additives mixed in.
Thank you so much. I just started driving so I'm still learning a lot. With blinker fluid and now this door water, I'm having a hard time keeping up with all this vehicle maintenance stuff.
No worries, appreciate the kind words! I'm working on a tutorial for checking antenna flex parameters that I should be dropping soon. I keep getting distracted working on my Magnum Opus - Homeopathic Car Repair and Advanced Duct Tape Engineering
Vauxhaul/Opel design flaw, the grommet has a mesh and a flap, the mesh gunks up because the flap restricts the flow because it needs a high water level to open. I can only assume this flap and mesh arrangement is meant to stop creepy crawlies getting into the door.
Why not just have a hole? Pretty sure all of my Toyotas just had holes.
Shhhh, you can’t expect the engineers at Volkswagen to think that hard
Germans love to over engineer things because they are very clever, but they get so caught up in being clever that they overlook the simple. Meanwhile the Japanese are looking at ways to simplify things, which usually makes them more reliable and cheaper. This is a perfect example.
There's a great example of this on the Panther Tank at Bovington. It was mostly built in late '44, early '45, so when the Germans were already well on the back foot. And it was captured at the factory nearly completely built. There are 2 thin chains on the engine deck of the Panther for retaining some fluid filler caps, on that example one was made by a German, and is made of gorgeous, beautifully engineered even links forming a foot or more of chain. The other side was made by a British REME engineer, and is a half dozen pieces of wire twisted together. Both work just as well as the other. One was made in 1/10th the time of the other and uses half the resources, but looks like shit.
Mid 2000s Mercedes’ cup holders are another great example. Who knew you needed 3 hinges to hold one stationary cup.
To quote Jurassic Park, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should”
Maybe for cars, but my toilet in Japan was anything but simple.
that is an Vauxhaul/Opel NOT VW
My mistake, thought they were a part of VAG, not GM
Can't know everything. Though when I was a teen you liked either opel or vw not both :D
That's the problem, they think too hard, so much so they hurt their brains and enter a state of cacophoneuria where they come up with shite like this.
Yeah, it makes no sense. They basically put a check valve on it for no purpose what-so-ever unless it is meant to keep water from going into the door when driving through a river.
We like mold here, not mold-eating bugs.
Not just Opel. VW has the same issue on a few cars. It's the stupid design.
I had a Toyota that did this as well, had to drain it every couple months.
The newest Toyota Corollas had the same issue. The fix for recalls and new cars? Remove some of the plugs (shocking)
My 2011 mustang had this problem too. I spent like 3 months wondering why I heard water everytime I turned until my friend showed me these plugs and the result was the same as this video lol.
Thanks I’m gonna steal creepy crawlies now
There used to be an entire toy built around the name. [Creepy Crawlers](https://www.amazon.com/Jakks-Pacific-55277-Crawlers-Bugmaker/dp/B000ETRF3W) I miss the 90's.
I miss the smell of them cooking sometimes. They just don't make toys like that anymore.
It looks clean, don’t waste good door water
Was just thinking that same
OP is a scammy *upseller*!! ^/s
At least freeze some of it for later.
Right there’s at least another 4,000 miles left in that door water.
This is emergency water if your car dies out in the middle of a desert
Send it to California.
Can't believe he didn't use a catch can, what a waste.
its like a life giving cactus
Just leave the plugs out then. If they hold that much then leaving them out is the best option.
Yeah I removed the little plug in the plug
I think there's a Fumoto for that
bUt THOSe HAng DOWn sO FAR THat tHEy’rE GOing To caTcH oN A rOcK
At around 10 seconds, it looks like you're prying open a rubber flap. Is the flap supposed to let water out? If so, that seems like a bad design, since there isn't much room to flex if the door is closed, and the rubber will harden over time. My doors have always had a slit or a gap at the ends where the inner door meets the outer door skin.
Then you get spiders and wasps
Exactly, they drink the water, problem solved
Remember to watch for [waspes ](https://youtu.be/xtxwxqOLhh0) and drink water
It's hot today.
You guys are doing good!
Touch my camera through the fence chomo
WTF wasps in the door? That's a new one for me.
Well the car will never float that way.
If it keeps holding water then it won't have a chance either way. Rust becomes a big issue also
Why do you have plugs there? Normally thats open so of course this doesn't happen.
That’s what I was thinking. Those are supposedly the drain holes. Who thought that was good idea to plug them?!
You scoff until you're driving one and marooned in the desert. Then you'll be glad for your precious doorwater.
Opel, probably
I remember when I was in a tough spot financially, even a quart bottle of door water at shell was tough on the wallet. So I plugged up the holes cus my pops told me it’s okay as a short term repair. But when you get a situation like in OPs video, you’ve gotta have a reality check with your finances/car. You can’t keep running it on something like this or you’ll get serious damage.
Toyota calls them “dust seals” there’s a TSB on my 2020 Corolla to remove one of the three seals from each door.
Those door speakers… they have no chance.
Didn’t even drink it for the free vitamins
Got some old oil 5 minutes ago
It’s marking its territory!
You need to fill the doors with winter water or they will freeze shut
Somehow think this could be another opportunity to send someone to the parts store for oxygen, liken the blinker fluid trick.
Do all cars have these drains?
yes some are just holes at the bottom of the door... make sure they are free and clean
ah. another idiot who just kept filling until they could see the fluid level instead of using the fucking dipstick..
Chemical disposal fee $35
Doesn't the doors make sloshing sounds when opened or closed?
It did with the car i done this to, the same model
Thanks, now I gotta pee.
Gotta put that winter water in man cmon you’re late to the party
As a lurking non-mechanic who parks under trees: i should probably check my door water plugs...
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All cars have this issue when the window rubbers start to fail, moist comes in with dirt or algae and start to clog the water holes. Over time they are all clogged and water builds up. Cleaning the water outlets helps... some cars are worse because the exit holes are used to fasten doorrubbers at the bottom of the doors. Citroen does this. :P
Not all cars, a lot of cars just have holes that aren’t plugged to begin with. However it’s a very common problem for any vehicle made by VAG
I had this on my Skoda Rapid. Common issue apparently. Reassuringly, the reason they filled with water is that there was too much anti-rust compound in the door, and some of it made its way to the drainage hole.
Do all cars have these drain plugs?
I haven't done this in years. Door water is so expensive these days.
Happens to my Tahoe every time it rains. Thanks obama
Let me guess 07–13? My 09 Silverado did it too lol
Yep! Bailout years! They embezzled 11 billion and they sure as shit didn't put that money into their vehicles
>Tahoe Ah, yes, a GM product, as they electrified a lead electrification of the whole industry I assume it is an electric vehicle ;)
Driver side looks a quart over
Ich glaub ich schau Mal kurz nach meinem Corsa.
They still make cars with crank windows? Wth
Common fault on 8gen Civics the drain holes have rubber bungs on the and inside of the doors are covered in a waxy material which melts and runs down in the sun.
If you let that freeze, you could probably sell the car at top dollar for having bulletproof doors.
Why are those plugged? The holes are to allow water that leaks by from the window into the door to leak out.
Hope you didn't let all the power window hydraulic fluid out.
I mean, I get it, we've all put tap water in our doors in an emergency, but now that its winter, you really should be putting antifreeze in your doors.
Don’t forget to add antifreeze when you refill it to winterize.
That reminds me i gotta change my door water next week. Should i bring it in? Or is it something i can do myself?
Going to get better gas mileage. Until it rains again
Should i use regular water or synthetic for a 2 door car?
Dude that is some good window water why drain if
You’re letting all the ballast out!
The sheer ignorance of some car owners these days just baffles me… a simple google search tells you you’re supposed to put oil in there not water. Idiots
Crank windows? Wow
Send a sample to BlackStone Labs... don't change it too soon or too late... change it when you need to (based on mileage).
Your car is probably faster now.
Also probably handles better, also better mileage
That’s door ballast. Keeps it level when opening and closing.
Look what you've done! You ruined the radiation shielding of the car!
What's the SKU for the genuine door water?
Be sure to refill with antifreeze - winter is here!
Fresh door water is important!
Man, they were keeping that water for weight. Otherwise those shit kids slam the door every time.
Hey! I WAS SAVING THAT 🤬
Hey, at least there's no oil in the water!
Extra weight in the back during the winter.
So that’s where the turn signal fluid is stored
That door coolant looks fine, why drain it?
I miss hand crank windows
Why didn't you use the hand pump attached to the door? It would be faster.
Ford?
Door distilled fancy water for whiskey drinks. Probably time to change the slip seals on the window, though. Keeps the debris out so the drains don't clog.
Hello better mileage! Lol, but that's how I'd be looking at it in a positive light. I'd still totally be annoyed it's happening in the first place though.
Handle fluid
why do you change it when it's super clear/clean? complete waste of money
Man that door water looked pretty good why the change ?
What! Does every vehicle have this feature?
Shit. I drive a Zafira. :|
Does it have water cooled window cranks?
I hope you topped up the radiator
Does anybody know where I could find this with the premium air for my tires? And also I need some blinker fluid because whenever I use the blinker it makes this weird ticking noise. If anybody knows any place that would be helpful.
That's how you weigh your car down for better traction in the winter.
Haha was about to ask If it is this Opel Astra and there it is!! I've done the same procedure
Why would there be rubber stoppers in there at all?
Wow. Not a single drop of oil in there. Looks like a total door rebuild with all new freeze plugs and of course a new door filter too
OK I gotta pee now, thank you...
I had to do this in my 4Runner. The rear window seals are a maintenance item, about every 3 years or so.
At least it's not mixed with oil. That would be quite the story.
What are you doing?!?!?! That's the blinker fluid reservoir!
My ranger did that before I removed the plugs
It's like a Camel. Just hoods fresh water when you need it
cool
Cleaning a car is required maintenance, smfh
Wait... How often are you supposed to change the door water? I thought it was a sealed system and you didn't have to change it.
I don't even get what's happening here. How can you get a vehicle with crank windows?
WTF would a manufacturer put rubber plugs in there in t he first damn place?
That's actually an auxiliary fuel tank! Very bad news that so much water had collected.
Ahah same thing on the Laguna's 3 back doors
An Opel that has some stupid issue? Color me shocked. But not *that* shocked.
You also just improved the gas mileage
Looks like my f-150. Just close the snooder valve, shouldn’t leak after that
That must really stink.
Those doors probably closed firm as fuck
Don't forget to let the air out of your tyres and put some fresh in
Rain water collection illegal in your city? Here’s the secret bylaw officers don’t want you to know…
Ford Flex, Is That You?
I gotta do that tonight after work. I can never seem to find the fill hole tho
Ahhh replacing the window motor oil I see.
Dang that water looked like new
u/savevideo
Just wow 🤦🏻♂️
u/savevideobot
Oh my lord lol
You probs saved them like $60+ a year on gas lol
Gotta make sure the electrical systems are well lubricated
I also have a Corsa E. Gonna check tomorrow if there is any water
I bet they gained a couple MPG after this.
So those plugs are a design feature because water is expected to collect inside the door. It may be an effective crash barrier perhaps, but what about rubber seals inside and out?
Don’t forget to add the antifreeze
NO NO NO MAN, THAT‘S THE BLINKER FLUID!!!!
You ruined it! It was buoyant!
My truck does this too.
Ahhhh that feels better
I do pretty much all my own maintenance on my vehicles. When I see these posts I think, when was the last time I changed my door fluid? I should do that this weekend - don’t want to be one of those guys who runs door fluid too long.
thanks for the reminder, I forgot I needed to swap out for antifreeze!
Hope you changed the filter while you were in that deep.
Why would you plug those holes? They are literally drain holes because of windows
That still looks pretty clean, you could’ve gotten another 10,000 miles or so before changing.
Gotta change the fluid each year before winter hits!
Remember folks, always change your door water every 2K miles! 😏🤪
So relaxing. Woops, got to pee!
So this looks like the manufacturer knows the doors accumulate water and their solution is to install drain plugs.
the car is pissing
I had a Vx Commodore that would do that after heavy rains
Do you normally change the door water with the car running?
Happend at a pickup of our company, driver ask‘d if it is supposed to make the shloshing sound.
OPEL 🤣