Water in the footwell area

[Scott Gilman]

Thanks Tony, I'll check on that.  I never noticed water spitting out  
of the vents, all the water appeared to be seeping from under the  
carpet floor area and perhaps 4 to 6 inches up the sides.
On Aug 18, 2010, at 8:36 AM, Tony Hoffman wrote:

> 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