Re: Wet floor in an Audi Coupe GT 85'

["Doyt W. Echelberger" <Doyt@nwonline.net>]

>To: "Grant Wills" <grant_wills@hotmail.com>
>From: "Doyt W. Echelberger" <Doyt@nwonline.net>
>Subject: Re: Wet floor in an Audi Coupe GT 85'
>In-Reply-To: <19990301013249.26025.qmail@hotmail.com>
>
>At 05:32 PM 2/28/1999 PST, you wrote:
>>I was wondering where the water is coming from that is making floor wet.  
>>Mostly it is wet on the passenger side.  Any help would be a great help.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Grant.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.

If the stuff smells like antifreeze and is the same color, it is a leaking
heater core or hose.

If it is clear distilled water, it might be a plugged drain hose from your
air conditioner evaporator tray. Or the windshield gasket has a bad leak.
Or it is a leaking sunroof drain.

When my 86 4kq showed water in the passenger footwell, it was a plugged
drain from the evaporator tray of the air conditioner.

Little wads of fuzz had been captured by the rubber flap valve located in
the drain hose just before it exits the cabin at the firewall.

The tray is located behind the glove box.  The drain might be unplugged by
blowing a blast of compressed gas (air?) up the drain tube from under the
car, if you can reach an air jet up there.

I peeled back the cabin carpet from the firewall, located the drain, took
out a retainer screw and clip, pulled the hose into the cabin and
enucleated the ball of fuzz. I also trimmed the flaps so they wouldn't do
that again. I just turned the soft hose inside out and exposed the flap
valve and trimmed it off.

Then I put it back the reverse of removing it.

Then I peeled out all the soggy insulation and padding and sound deadening
material and pitched it. I dried the exposed metal flooring, and propped up
the carpeting so air could get under and dry it. I let it dry for several
days, and ran a hair dryer in that location for several hours as an assist.

When the carpet was dry, I replaced the padding/sound deadener with heavy
wool carpet padding from an auto upholstery shop.  The OE padding is
incredibly expensive, so I used what the custom upholstery people
use...heavy wool carpet underlayment. Took a few days to get it dry and
refitted.

Doyt Echelberger