[Vwdiesel] Rainy Season, Leaky Jetta

[Sandy Cameron]

At 08:43 AM 28/11/04 -0500, you wrote:
>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.

I had a leak right over the fuse/relay panel on the 87 jetta that baffled me
for a few months.
I went to repaint, and in process resealed the windshield molding at the
top, (roofline)

Stopped.

I was triming that molding on another 87 jetta and noticed there is a groove
all the way around the windshield, so water can get in at the top, travel
all the way around, down the side, and in my case, leaked in through a seam
fault at the bottom of the A pillar. Not obvious. things are hidden behind
that molding, which is not "sealed" to the car body.

Also in the other 87, water was collecting in the A/C box, running out on
the floor. I thought it was a bad heater core, but not antifreeze??? The air
had been removed years ago.
Strangely, this only happened when the car was parked nose-up.

(Now I know, when it's nose-up, the A/C drain is higher than the bottom of
the air box, so it runs in to the car instead)

I was working with the hood up the other day, and noticed some snow melting
and dripping in to the air intake!! (the plastic baffle had been removed)

There was a hole in the drain lip right above the air intake, so the water
dripped there instead of going the the end, and down through the drain
outlet. Stupid. 
Looked like it had been drilled, abt 3/8", similar one at the other end.

Ran in to the air box every time it rained. Park the car nose-up, and it
runs straight through into the cabin.