[V8] Probably a Type 44 issue....

[Roger M. Woodbury]

No.  The dash didn't get wet to my knowledge.  The header in front of the
open sunroof got a bit wet, and I was flabbergasted that so little water was
inside the car anywhere....and it POURED.  The carpets in the floor were a
bit damp, and the seats in front were a bit damp, but after about fifteen
minutes of driving all was dried out and well.  The really odd thing to me
is that I NEVER drive with the sunroof open, and NEVER leave the car in the
yard with the roof open...except for this one time.  Dog TIRED will make all
things possible...or iimpossible.

Maybe the Black Mariah is just telling me that she is nearing the end....

Roger

-----Original Message-----
From: Kneale Brownson [mailto:kneale at coslink.net] 
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 5:19 PM
To: Roger M. Woodbury; v8 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [V8] Probably a Type 44 issue....

Did your dashboard get wet?  Could this be an instrument cluster or climate
control head corrosion issue?


At 03:34 PM 9/3/2006 -0400, Roger M. Woodbury wrote:
>...but recently, my car has started to forecast the weather for the winter.
>
>
>Now I know that The Black Mariah is an older, curmudgeonly car, but to
>behave like she just stepped from the pages of The Old Farmers Almanac is
>too much.
>
>What she does is to show that it is 35 below zero on the outside
temperature
>gauge and remain there until, oh, maybe half an hour of driving, maybe
more,
>maybe less.  The it "warms up" to what appears to be a more normal outside
>temp, and the a/c starts to put out.  Up to that time, the a/c isn't doing
>anything, although the fans are blowing slightly.
>
>Now, last month, I did leave the sunroof open during a howling rain
>storm...don't let me start...but everything seemed to dry out fine, and I
>don't detect any other ill effects.  But it was after that that the a/c
>sensor started doing kooky things.  I wonder if the a/c temp sensor in the
>roof might have become wet, and then corroded?  Could it be something like
>that?
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Roger
>
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