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Thanks Jim. I'll purge the boxes again tonight. Waiting until the weather is wet shouldn't be an issue - its been raining for 25 days straight in Seattle. Lee --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > On 10 Jan 2006 at 14:09, LeeAC wrote: > > > On the button! > > After the first deluge of water I actually pulled > the > > hoses out, cleaned them out, and then fitted them > > firmly back in place. Since that time I have seen > no > > leaks in the middle of the car. > > Good, that should solve the lion's share of your > water problems. You > should be aware that there is probably accumulated > crud in the bottom > of your airboxes which will float over the drain > hole and plug it up > again soon, so you may have to repeat this a couple > times before you > get everything cleaned out. Once you've done this > once, future > cleanouts can probaby be done with a flexible wire. > I use a piece of > 12 gauge insulated building wire. > > > I am still getting the occasional spot from under > the glovebox though, > > and then a steady stream through my lower > driversside windscreen. I know > > this because as I drive I see the beads of water > appear on the inside > > of the window rubber then stream down the wheel > well onto the floor. The > > last owner had removed all carpet from the car, > plus the dash, so I > > have no problem in seeing the movement of those > rivulets from the > > window all the way to the drainage holes in the > pan. > > The glove box side may mean that the right side > airbox is already > draining slowly. Try the wire down thru the louvers > quickly on that > side again. This works best when wet and flushing > afterwards with > lots of water to carry any debris all the way out. > > > I do have another Q for you though. Can I tell > easily if my heat > > exchangers are pumping engine fumes into the cab? > I would hazard that a > > strong, consistent gasoline smell would be the > answer, but I have never > > known any other smell when driving an old car so > how else can I tell? > > Exhaust has a different smell than gas. I think > you'll know it if you > smell it. If you smell gas, you should be looking > for a gas leak, > which should be easier to find, just by looking for > the wet spot. > > -- > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com