Seat belt wetness

Wed Oct 6 17:30:44 PDT 2010

I read something that said that compressed air might not be the best idea, as 
that could potentially disconnect the tube from the drain.

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

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From: GEORGE TUR <getur at optonline.net>
To: d_dibiase at yahoo.com
Cc: quattro at audifans.com
Sent: Wed, October 6, 2010 1:40:48 PM
Subject: Re: Seat belt wetness

Two methods I used to clear the rear drains on older Audis, early and late 80 
5000 models were: pull the fabric trunk liner and that exposed drain line 
between the outer skin and the trunk sheet metal so I could disassemble it and 
poke the crud out, while the second method was to poke an air hose through the 
sunroof to the groove that runs back to the drain and gave a blast of air from 
the compressor. I had no luck what so ever working a wire from the sunroof 
opening to the rear drain holes.

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Dan DiBiase wrote:

> 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:
> -----------------
> 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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