Water leaks winshield seal WAS: 92 100

[SuffolkD at aol.com]

Check for a windshield replacement.  I'll bet that's a source for leaks.
My 4000Q had weird electrical stuff happen that was cured when the car went 
in for its 4th glass and I provided the dealer bought window seal ~$150.
-SCott by BOSTON HTH

> From: (Alex Kowalski)
> I tend to agree; Kent and I seem to be on the same wavelength here.  Pools 
> of water in the passenger footwell forebode lots of potentially expensive 
> problems down the road.  
> 
> The first thing I did with my '87 after buying it was run it through an 
> automated car wash -- the kind that uses high-pressure spray nozzles which 
> circumnavigate the car in several wash/rinse cycles in lieu of brushes -- to check 
> for leaks.   I was lucky - everything was tight as a drum and the only 
> indication I had that I was in a car wash was was that the idle bumped up slightly 
> during the direct frontal spray.  If you do decide to buy it (and negotiating 
> the price down is good advice) you _*must*_ find and fix the source of the 
> water ingress and inspect the electrics, especially the ECU.
> 
> Cheers,
> Alex Kowalski
>