Seat belt wetness

Thu Oct 7 06:02:21 PDT 2010

It is there as we speak.... I will ask them how they go about it.

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

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From: Hayes Myers <hayesmyers at gmail.com>
To: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>
Cc: GEORGE TUR <getur at optonline.net>; quattro at audifans.com
Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 9:00:13 AM
Subject: Re: Seat belt wetness

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.
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> Dan D
>'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
>Central NJ USA
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>From: GEORGE TUR <getur at optonline.net>
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>To: d_dibiase at yahoo.com
>Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>Sent: Wed, October 6, 2010 1:40:48 PM
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>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.
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>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).
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>> 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.
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>> *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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>> 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
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>> 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
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>> 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
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>> 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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