Seat belt wetness

Thu Oct 7 06:00:13 PDT 2010

When you hitting the dealer wtih this?  Think you can get info from them on
the cleaning process of 'choice'?  Being in the B6 club I just gotta know.
:)

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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
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> 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:
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> > 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
> >
> > knacks.com" <kneale at knitknacks.com>
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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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