On Jan 10, 4:49 pm, "dave AKA vwdoc1" <vwd...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Will the owner's manual instruct you on how to clean the drains, both
sunroof and under the battery?
>
> I think that services like that should be done during "servicing" the
vehicle. So if it is the owner that does it or the repair
person...............someone has to do it! <g>
> I have found over a gallon bucket of leaves and debris under some
batteries or in that tray area. Surprising!!!
Yeah, a good service person should point it out. The owner's manual
should say that such things need to be done, if not how.
Sort of like an oil change.
I clean the cowl drains with my finger at every oil change, so I never
have had the problem. The sunroof drains I clean the first time I
vacuum the car in the spring (outside the garage).
I dunno - I'm have trouble working up concern for folks who don't do
this stuff. It's not a secret.
E.P.
> "Ed Pirrero" <gcmschem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> On Jan 10, 3:56 pm, "Ian G" <ian.gaskell.wotnos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > "Ed Pirrero" <gcmschem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >
>
>news:6da70ca4-6c29-45fc-9519-437f41f9f955@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > On Jan 10, 10:53 am, Booker <kitra_b_boo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > >> My 2002 Audi A-6 3.0 took in a TON of water in a couple severe
rain/
> > >>wind storms this past summer 2007.
> > >I don't get it - how did your car get so much water inside? I live
in
> > >an area that gets severe summer thunderstorms, with 50+mph winds
and
> > >torrential downpours. None of my Audis ever got wet inside, unless
a
> > >window was down!
> > >E.P.
> >
> > I have re****ted to the group before..... (search for WATER INGRESS
A6) as I
> > have experienced similar MAJOR flooding with multiple consequences.
> > There is a drain "tube" hidden away under the battery. This gets
blocked
> > with leaves etc, allows the chamber the battery is located in to
fill with
> > water. It floods the wiper motor, fusebox & everything else within
that
> > chamber, then water finds its way to the car interior via grommets
where
> > cables pass from the interior of the car into engine compartment.
Thence the
> > wiring loom gets saturated & crimped connectors with it get
corroded. Not to
> > mention the risk to any control modules located in the footwells. .
. .
> >
> > Maybe you don't park your car near any trees Ed ?
>
> I used to, before I had a garage. Even now, I park the cars under
> trees in parking lots, etc.
>
> I have always cleared the drains, even way back when before I owned
> Audis - othe rmakes have this same set-up.
>
> ISTR reading about it in an owner's manual.
>
> Sunroofs have drains, too. Does everyone ignore those things, too? I
> clean those out every couple of years - they collect dirt and clog as
> well.
>
> Sorry, but if folks think the only thing they need to do to a car is
> put gas in and make the payments, then blame the manufacturer for not
> idiot-proofing their cars...
>
> E.P.
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