# 1998 VW Golf AC leaking behind dash onto floorboard

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-vw-golf-ac-leaking-behind-dash-onto-floorboard/16518>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 10, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-vw-golf-ac-leaking-behind-dash-onto-floorboard/16518 "2008-07-10T21:17:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![redchapterjubilee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@redchapterjubilee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/redchapterjubilee)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-vw-golf-ac-leaking-behind-dash-onto-floorboard/16518/1 "2008-07-10T21:17:45Z")

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I’ve got a '98 VW Golf (62k miles) that recently started leaking water onto the passenger side floorboard from behind the dash when the AC is on. What causes it? And is that something I can fix myself?

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-vw-golf-ac-leaking-behind-dash-onto-floorboard/16518/2 "2008-07-10T21:28:23Z")

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Most likely, the condensate drain is clogged. You can clear it with compressed air or with a length of weed trimmer line.