[s-cars] It's Raining in my S-Car...

[Abe Berman]

Hmm, that shoots some holes in that theory.  Thanks for sharing your experience.

On 5/17/07, djdawson2 at aol.com <djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> You asked: "Ur-Bill claims that this condition might have been exacerbated
> by me
> leaving interior panel slid open, any truth to this theory?"
>
> I've never found this to be true.  Mine has been slid back since the day I
> bought the car, and I've never had a sunroof/water issue.
>
> I don't think that makes Bill wrong... maybe there's something to the
> theory.  It just hasn't happened to me.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yellowcuda at gmail.com
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Thu, 17 May 2007 9:00 AM
> Subject: [s-cars] It's Raining in my S-Car...
>
>
> Culprit is a 93 S4.

Got to the park and ride last night, rapidly unlocked
> S4 (Yes, IR
sucks, need to fumble with key in pouring rain) and hopped in. I
> was
just saying to ur-Bill the other day how sweet it was running
> since
Mullane and I had swapped in his old stock exhaust and I had done
> a
few other minor repairs. The Gods were angry that day Jerry,
> very
angry...

Start car, put in first, start to pull away. Thank the
> blessed lord
nobody was watching when a sheet of water poured down the
> inside of
the back window and from the sunroof onto my head and the seats
> around
me. Had a "WTF" moment and opened door to see if I had left
> sunroof
cracked open, nope. Ah yes, f@^&*$ing drains must be
> clogged.
Ur-Bill claims that this condition might have been exacerbated by
> me
leaving interior panel slid open, any truth to this theory?

Anyway,
> toweled everything off and pulled out sunroof control panel
(water dripping
> from there too) so things could dry out until this
weekend when I have time
> to clear out drains. Oh, and rode bike to
work today...

Any advice on
> cleaning sunroof drains? While I am at it, any advice
on drying out water
> that is sitting on top of head liner, lubing
sunroof tracks and getting
> impending funky smell out of headliner?

I am thinking desiccant bucket
> normally used on boats to get rid of
moisture/smell. I will park on a hill
> to try and get remaining water
to drain off...

Abe
Burlington, VT
93 S4
68
> Barracuda
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