Wet Carpet Mystery solved (hopefully)
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Wet Carpet Mystery solved (hopefully)
I had been chasing a perpetually wet carpet in the drivers side footwell area for a long time. No clearing of the typical drain locations with compressed air seemed to help.
The problem was a little more difficult to pinpoint because I could never find the source of the leak via some sort of trail of wetness. The foam backing on the lower carpet insert would become fully saturated.
I found the Orange rubber drain valve to have a small tear in it, and so the Air Conditioning condensate would leak thru this small tear.
The first photo, showing the location of the old drain (I disconnected the upper part of the rubber drain from the hard black plastic tube in this photo) has an arrow pointing to where the tear was located. It was hard to see, in fact only revealed itself after a good outward tug.
The part does not display an image when looking for it on ETKA.
Part is 4D0-260-113-B Valve and cost a whopping $45USD (ouch).
Hope this helps.
-Manny
'01 S8
95.5 ur S6 Avant (mostly RS2'd)
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/73778/ac_condensate_drain.jpg">
The problem was a little more difficult to pinpoint because I could never find the source of the leak via some sort of trail of wetness. The foam backing on the lower carpet insert would become fully saturated.
I found the Orange rubber drain valve to have a small tear in it, and so the Air Conditioning condensate would leak thru this small tear.
The first photo, showing the location of the old drain (I disconnected the upper part of the rubber drain from the hard black plastic tube in this photo) has an arrow pointing to where the tear was located. It was hard to see, in fact only revealed itself after a good outward tug.
The part does not display an image when looking for it on ETKA.
Part is 4D0-260-113-B Valve and cost a whopping $45USD (ouch).
Hope this helps.
-Manny
'01 S8
95.5 ur S6 Avant (mostly RS2'd)
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/73778/ac_condensate_drain.jpg">
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Because I was tired of chasing this problem
and wanted to do it right. I thought of adhesive but with my luck I would have either not glued all of the tear or I would have used too much creating an obstruction.
Besides, I already made the trek to the parts counter, since the only real way to find out what I needed might reside within their knowledge base, as ETKA didn't picture the item I needed. No way of knowing the cost beforehand.
I've lost count how many times I have removed that Tranny tunnel carpet and while it got a little easier, it's still a PITA. The cost easily covered the value of not having to take that damn thing off again.
-manny
'01 S8
'95.5 ur S6 Avant (mostly RS2'd)
Besides, I already made the trek to the parts counter, since the only real way to find out what I needed might reside within their knowledge base, as ETKA didn't picture the item I needed. No way of knowing the cost beforehand.
I've lost count how many times I have removed that Tranny tunnel carpet and while it got a little easier, it's still a PITA. The cost easily covered the value of not having to take that damn thing off again.
-manny
'01 S8
'95.5 ur S6 Avant (mostly RS2'd)
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