Seat belt wetness

[Dan DiBiase]

Well, this attempt to clean the rear drains was a bust. Can't access the drain 
holes from above. Can't even see them.
Partially removed the rear wheel-well liner but could not find the drain. I only 
partially removed the liner because it was tucked
very tightly under the wheel well lip, and I did not think I'd be able to cram 
it back in there and didn't want it flopping around
and gathering more crud underneath. I cleaned out the front ones (they empty 
into the front door jambs). 


I'm bringing the car in to the dealer later this week to get the coolant flange 
leak repaired*, and am going to have them clean the
drains. I did see a notice on-line about a class-action suit settlement on the 
sunroof drains on VW's and Audis, so will see if that
gets me anything at the dealer.

*Several months ago, I posted about a coolant leak - I was able to locate it, 
and it is the coolant flange (the dealer confirmed this
when I had the car in for a broken hood cable (which was another post!)). 

 Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA

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To: d_dibiase at yahoo.com; toomanyaudis at aol.com; quattro at audifans.com
Sent: Fri, October 1, 2010 3:58:56 PM
Subject: Re: Seat belt wetness

Not sure, but you MIGHT be able to access the tube end by loosening the
trailing edge of the wheelwell liner.  Otherwise, the bumper cover comes
off relatively easily.  There are a couple long bolts with (I think) 8mm
Allen Head openings that go vertically from underneath.  Then just pull out
on the leading edges of the cover at the wheelwells and it'll come loose.

Original Message:
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From: Dan DiBiase d_dibiase at yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:14:56 -0700 (PDT)
To: TooManyAudis at aol.com, quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Seat belt wetness


Tom, unfortunately, to access the bottom of the drain tube, I believe you
need 
to remove the bumper cover. I think I am
going to access it from above with a length of cable or wire, and see if
that 
does the trick. Hopefully it does...

Dan D
'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
Central NJ USA






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From: "TooManyAudis at aol.com" <TooManyAudis at aol.com>
To: d_dibiase at yahoo.com
Cc: quattro at audifans.com
Sent: Fri, October 1, 2010 2:04:37 PM
Subject: Seat belt wetness

Dan,

I just had nearly the same thing in my '95 A6q.  my C-Pillar trim had  come 
undone and I noticed water dripping down from the roof area, so it was a 
pretty 
simple diagnosis.

The drain tube on my car exits behind the rear wheel and is hidden by the  
bumper cover.  If yours is similar, there is a soft rubber boot at the end 
of 
the drain tube that "pinches" to prevent insect from climbing up the drain  
tube.  This is also where any dirt washed from above gets trapped.

I squeezed that pinch boot to open the drain hole and a bunch of muddy 
organic 
matter and water flowed through.  


I followed pretty much the same cleaning procedure for my AC drain tube 
earlier 
this summer.

Tom

1995 A6q  5-speed (up for interesting offers) 248k
1988 80q (sold, and still going  strong!) 250k+
1991 200q20v towed away in the middle of the night by a VW  diesel pickup
275k+
1985 4kq a freakin' beast of a car! 275k+ and presumably  still going
1987 4k died in a hit and run 250k+
1983 4k Very first Audi 35  to 38 mpg.  Victim of crank key failure  300k+
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