Re: Don't Forget to clean this area out periodically

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

Mark;

    This pocket is a perennial problem on Type 44's. I check it annually for
debris and pluggage. I had such a problem with it on the left side of my '91
200q that I pulled the fenders. I found a large loose triangular chunk of
rubber in there plugging the drain holes on the left side - the right side
was OK. I cleaned things up, put on new undercoating, and haven't had a
problem since.
    In spite of the galvanizing, debris in here can result in corroded
fenders. The paint application on the inside of the Audi fenders is very
poor, so in some cases all you have is the galvanizing. Needless to say, the
inside of the fenders on my '91 200q are now as well painted as the outside!

Fred Munro
'91 200q  261k km
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Pollan <Mark.Pollan@mci.com>
To: quattro <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Sunday, October 25, 1998 10:21 PM
Subject: Don't Forget to clean this area out periodically


>Hi All:
>
>Thanks god for galvanized skin.  Did my brakes this weekend including
>SS brake lines.  I'm having trouble getting all the air out but that's
>a personal problem.
>
>Wanted to tell you though that I pulled back the wheel liners in the
>front and back behind them there was about 3 inches of real nice top
>soil.  Over the years (alomost 13 of 'em) crud has accumulated back
>there.  The space where it accumulated is where you can see the vacuum
>reservoir on the driver's side when you open the door.
>
>Mark Pollan, '86 5KCSTQ 268K Miles
>
>