[Vwdiesel] Rainy Season, Leaky Jetta

[Val Christian]

Thanks.  In my case, the doors are good, as evidenced by newspaper 
laid in the door openings to see where it gets wet.  Also, on this
car, there is no sunroof.

On an aside, when I first got the car, it had a whistle which was right 
in front of the driver.  Only whistled with an airspeed of greater than
70 MPH.  Hard to get at back in the days of 55MPH limits, unless heading
into a headwind.  Also, the whistle only appeared when the AC was in MAX
(recirculate) mode.  This led to it taking a while to identify, and 
also meant that it took several trips to the dealer, all of which were 
unsuccessful.

The problem was better understood when stones flying off the top of a dump
truck on windy day, cracked the windshield.  The glass shop and the 
insurance company offered to fix the window with a polymer repair.  
I declined, asking for a new windshield.  When the old one was pulled,
there was a 2mm gap in the adhesive, on the lower windshield, in front
of the driver.  Since it was obscured by trim, I never would have seen
it.  The whistle disappeared.

One more note on glass shops...I've had the rear view mirror loosen and 
fall off...one I caught as it let loose, the other I saw wiggling, pulled
over and "saved" before it fell.  The auto glass shop here will reattach
the mirrors gratis, with their urethane foam.  Nice service.  

Oh, as I look at the windshield area, I see that there is some rust
from underneath forming at the windshield wiper pivot points.  Is there
a body panel available for the wiper area?

Val





> 
> 
> 
>   Well, the most obvious one I can think of is the plastic sheet inside the
> doors - if it's ripped, water will run in past the seals around the windows
> (which it's made to do, some), then hit the plastic sheet and drip inbetween
> the door panel and the door itself, whereupon it will run down the inside of
> the sill and under the carpet.
> 
> Sunroof drains?
> 
> 
> Lee
> Oo-v-oO
> PP-ASEL
> KB1GNI
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Val Christian" <val at swamps.roc.ny.us>
> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 8:43 AM
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Rainy Season, Leaky Jetta
> 
> 
> > Well it's not snowing, yet.  But it is raining, and my Jetta parked with a
> > 3 degree noseup attitude is getting wet footwells in the back seat.  As
> > near as I can tell, it's not coming from the cable feed-throughs.
> >
> > Can anyone discuss (again perhaps) the leak sources?  I'm wondering
> > if the windshield may be leaking at the bottom, but haven't figured
> > out how to prove that one out.
> >
> > Pointers anyone?
> >
> > Val
> >
> 
> 
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