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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~