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Regarding the fail point on mine, the hole in cill is directly below the seatbelt anchor point.

May I add something here after readig it....Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh F/n Helllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll....Sorry....

Well then, that's interesting!
 
Fluid obviously flows downwards with gravity, just not normally to our advantage! Or how we would like it to when working on our cars hey!
 
Bite you on the arse? Probably, it's a Grand Voyager, mines a ruddy ungrateful sod!

well, heres a little tale with a BIG question attached
having recently tackled the (non)handbrick on my 2003 Mk4 CV driven by an MOT fail i managed somehow to dink a small hole in the rear O/S brake pipe
 
after throwing the tools in the boot in disgust and spending the night browsing the web to find a replacement i go out in the morning to find my drive awash with fluid,, oooh bugger! i thinks.
 
later that day said part arrives (£48 from eurocarparts) and gets banged onto the car, fills the now empty reservoir with Dot4 and i huddle down with bleeding gear to do the deed, mrs on the pedal and  pump.
 
'Squirt' oh god! i forgot to replace the crush washers on the banjo joint, too late to run around to the local car spares shed so yet another wait, next day i am greeted with another fluid lake washing the drive (thank god its slabbed) so on the phone i go but no avail as the washers are not readily available locally so another trip on computer and Amazon comes up trumps (prime next day too).
 
so! new crush washers in and all tightened down, res refilled and all prepped for bleeding.
mrs starts engine, pumps pedal, i crack nipple aaaannd nothing, expecting the bleed jar to erupt like a Jacuzzi i am just about to sent tools into orbit and i realize what my brain had not at first registered, fluid level had risen slightly so i have another go and sure enough it does.
 
now heres the question, knowing that there is at least 750 ml of fluid (the amount replaced in total) on the drive and NOT ONE BUBBLE of air in the bleed jar, is it possible  for these brakes to self bleed by gravity?
 
i have road tested the brakes with a 10 mile run and they are the best that i have ever had, no sponginess, no fade off and no pulling either side.
 
im worried that they are going to bite me in the backside at the retest tomorrow ? ??

Hi Jon what's probably happened is your aircon compressor has seized (common fault ) for some reason the aircon often switches itself on by itself in cold weather refrigerant can remain liquid and enter the compressor as you can't compress a liquid the compressor "hydraulics " and destroys itself inside new one is damm expensive and system needs cleaning out well
You can do without the aircon till April so just get the car running .
First thing to try is disconnect the plug close to the compressor it's a bit fiddly to get at so another way is takeout the mini relay in the power distribution box next the battery Now start the engine look down at the compressor pulley you should see the pulley turning and the centre hub should sit still If it shows any sign of trying to move or starts to get hot the clutch and pulley are seizing
In this case you could try this loosen the bolt on the centre of the compressor hub prise off the end cap now you can see if the clutch is seized Also check this , release the drive belt ( since you saw it smoking inspect it is not damaged ) check the compressor hub is not wobbly you should be able to spin the pulley part nice and free Good luck