[V8] ... leaks ...

[Coleman, David]

I had water enter through an unseated windshield wiper arm gasket -- the one in the center of the cowl.   H20 ran into the HVAC and then onto the ECU, which led to one FUBAR 5-speed ECU...

-DaveC.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Buchholz, Steven
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 5:41 PM
> To: Audifans V8
> Subject: [V8] ... leaks ...
> 
> ... a couple weeks ago I noticed that the carpet in the front 
> passenger footwell area was soaked.  I swapped in the carpet 
> out of the other car for a quick fix.  We got a good bit of 
> rain again yesterday, and I noticed a wet spot developing on 
> the "new" carpet.  I crawled in to check things out and 
> noticed that water was dripping from the HVAC duct that goes 
> to the passenger footwell.  The water appeared to be running 
> down the outside of the duct.  I haven't had a chance to tear 
> into this "roadworthy" car yet, but I thought I'd post for 
> BTDT.  I did have this happen on #344 as well ... in that 
> case it was the entire windshield that had come loose ... I'm 
> hoping such will not be the finding in this instance.  
> 
> Until yesterday I thought I was approaching the culprit ... 
> for some reason water seems to collect somewhere behind the 
> door seal of the front passenger door!  I've noticed that 
> when the door is opened after a rain a good bit of water will 
> drain out.  I thought it might have something to do with the 
> sunroof drain, but I confirmed that the sunroof drain works 
> just fine with the front door closed.  Any thoughts or BTDT 
> here would also be appreciated!  
> 
> Steve B
> San José, CA (USA)
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