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Re: [T3] Pan drain -debugged! and small wires in battery compartment-


>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: type3@vwtype3.org [mailto:type3@vwtype3.org] On
>>>>>Behalf Of BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com
>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 10:46 PM
>>>>>To: type3@vwtype3.org
>>>>>Subject: Re: [T3] Pan drain and small wires in battery compartment
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Al, have you washed the car recently? I'm only asking
>>>>>because sometimes after
>>>>>I wash mine it'll  leak water from about the middle of the
>>>>>pan, around the
>>>>>tunnel area. It happens when I have the rear of the car
>>>>>lower than the front.
>>>>>And there is a water drain there. I just haven't figured
>>>>>out how the water
>>>>>gets there though, although I suspect some of it comes
>>>>>from the fresh air
>>>>>drains and something else(I don't know what). As for the
>>>>>wires you'll have to
>>>>>wait for someone smarter, as the only thing I can think of
>>>>>might be for the
>>>>>rear window defog relay. Jim, or  Russ, would this be part
>>>>>of the on board
>>>>>diognostic system used by VW ? I hope this helps you out.
After searching archives, and more browsing under there, I have figured
it out. I didn't know about that drain before, I figured the puddle
under the car was from another car in the driveway when I looked at her,
since VW have nothing to drip in the central pan, unless the fuel
line(s) or brake line is shot. I was wrong. The car was back end down
hill on the drive. They pushed her out, jammed on the brake pedal, the
MC exploded, and the brake fluid drained down the tunnel, to the drain,
where it now drips. This will get cleaned and flushed this weekend. All
brake lines are still shiny, and the hoses are useable, but wil be
replaced at first possibilty, as you never know inside, and they might
collapse inside anyway.
I think rebuilding/replacing MC, and cyl, flushing the system out, and
the usual brake rebuild should do it.
Thanks for all the help, mystery brake leak is debugged!
As for the wires, Bentley should have the diagram, just going to buy one
on Amazon.com
Al



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