H fasteners and water in the footwell area

[Tony Hoffman]

I'd be checking the drain hose and the gromet it goes into under the
raintray, straight in front of the passenger seat, Pull the rubber
seal and raintray up, and you will see a hose down in there that's a
bout 3/8" and has a 90 bend on the end, that goes into a rubber
grommet. I took mine out of that grommet and put it into the begger
one, and never had another issue. Until then, every time I turned a
corner my car would spit water out of the vents when in A/C mode. :(

Tony

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Scott Gilman <scottegilman at mac.com> wrote:
> Great timing about the H clips for the chrome on the grill, I was just
> about to inquire about these parts too since the replacements I added
> a couple of years ago popped off and I don't know where the garage I
> used before in NYC, got them.  On a separate issue, any ideas what may
> be causing water to leak in the passenger/driver footwell areas when
> running the A/C?  As much as a 1/2 inch of water will accumulate
> before draining or evaporating (overnight).  No hoses are blocked.
> I'm currently out of the country and left the '91 200 TQ 20 valve with
> an Audi dealer in the DC area about 8 weeks ago and I received an
> email that stated there is a part broken (not further identified) and
> it is no longer available so there is nothing they can do.  The dealer
> is not in my home area and I'll be picking up the car when I return
> stateside and heading back to  VT so this is something I'll have my
> local garage look into.  However there's more collective knowledge in
> this forum than I can ever hope to receive from my local mechanic.
> Right now I cannot be more specific than water leaking somewhere
> behind the carpet.  I'm not confident that the Audi dealer will have a
> specific explanation for the problem, other than that something is
> broken.  I don't recall noticing any other details that may pinpoint
> the specific area where it's leaking, but both driver and passenger
> sides get wet. This was a consistent problem for about four weeks
> before I left and I tried to get it fixed but the garage initially
> thought it was because drain hoses were blocked, but they checked the
> hoses as well as something else that can cause this problem because of
> leaves accumulating on some type of filter and that proved to be a
> dead end.  And no, the leak does not happen when it's raining and the
> a/c is off.  The Audi dealer's initial suggestion was to replace the
> windshield.  When I pick up the car and start the a/c for the drive
> back home on Monday, I'll probably have more details/observations I
> can pass along.   Thanks in advance.
> Scott
> VT