The Mystery of the Leaky Landy

Ok, Lynne took the green Freelander to work yesterday (I was having the black one valeted for the wedding), this morning she mentions that a puddle had appeared on the drivers footwell!  Just what I needed, another leak...

All possibilities went through my mind, leaking windscreen (it had rained quite hard the night before), leaking vent, heater matrix, air con condenser gone - I know all Landys are supposed to leak but the green one had always been a good girl and is my little baby...

So driving in this morning I kept an eye on the rubber mat in the footwell, watching the puddle slowly dry up - no  more water appeared so that ruled out the coolant or air con...  driving home this evening, the problem was still on my mind, then I noticed a splash on the windscreen (on the inside) and I had an epiphany; I looked in the cubby box on the dash, and there was the culprit - and exploded can of coke - all issues resolved!

Now all I have to do is get the coke out of my leather driving gloves...