door leak: type 89 coupe

[Phil Payne]

I've just said goodbye to the owner of an S2 Avant who had the same problem when the dealersip
left a seal of after a service.  I don't know which seal, but I can try and call him.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard van der Hoff" <quattro at rvanderhoff.org.uk>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 12:29 PM
Subject: door leak: type 89 coupe


> I got in my car this morning to discover an inch of water in the driver's
> side footwell. Well, I knew the door seals weren't great, but this is
> somewhat beyond the pale!
>
> It's my assumption that the first thing to do is to replace the seal, but
> since the seal /looks/ ok, and the local Audi dealership has just quoted
> me 150 quid for a new seal, I thought I'd ask who else has experienced
> this one - it must be a fairly common problem! This is the type 89 coupe,
> with the frameless windows.
>
> I'm tempted to tweak the hinges a bit to get the door a bit tighter
> against the frame, and see if that helps at all.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Richard
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