[s-cars] cold feet while driving

[mike claire]

Mike: same exact situation here, ever since I bought my car 5 years ago. I
don't wear good shoes on hot days.

Water submerges the fan after a while and you here it driving thru the
standing water like a propeller.  It spits drops out the vent and aggravates
the bearings and it sqeaks like hell.  When you make a right turn, water
dumps on my foot.  The passenger side stays dry.

My problem is NOT the plenum drain.  NO WATER is collecting there. Also:  I
removed a rubber plug from the top of the evaporator box. and looked in with
a flashlight.  It's empty, and I poured water in and it drained right out,
down thru the shared plenum drain. It's the damndest thing.

The water is collecting inside the air duct forward of the firewall in the
center of the car in what appears the be fan box. The "elevation" of the
water seems higher than the evaporator.

Here's a theory:  Maybe a bad flap is drawing humid outside air in, and it's
condensing against metal near the fan?

I have run hvac diags in the past.  I have 1 or 2 intermittent flap problems
but I don't remember what they are because I never connected it to this
issue before now.  I'll rerun them.  I tried recirc yesterday, no difference
and I didn't hear anything moving when I pushed it.



Mike



On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Mike Platt <mplatt911 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Drove sons S4 down to NC last week and noticed I get cold feet while
> driving with AC on. Seems on right turns the system pours cold water on my
> right foot. Good for staying awake via cold shock but there must be a
> clogged drain in AC system to make this happen.
> Thoughts?
>
> Mike( writing off the S4 till school break)P
>
>
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