Lake Daimler found and drained!
The floorboards of my 300D are normally dry as a bone. My wife has been driving the 300D for the last month as she cracked up her Jetta and its in the bodyshop. She returned from a trip to Albany and I used the car for an errand. I noticed water dripping on the ground under the right rear floorboard..... Damn!! The mats on the drivers side are soaking wet! I washed the car a little over a week ago and I always check under the mats after washing because I am nuts.... No significant rain for more than a week so it wasn't rain. Told her not to use the AC. It rained for 3hours while she was at work today and it didn't get any wetter so.... Hmmmm, check the AC drain. Tore most of the interior out of the car. No visible water tracks but the hose turned to dust when I touched it! What a PITA to get to that little bugger. Replaced the drain tube with a piece of rubber hose and zip-tied it tight to the drain nipple. Burned half a bale of paper towels and used a ShopVac to clean the water up. Car is parked in the garage with the dehumidifier running and a box fan blowing down through the sunroof. So heres the quesiton: How long does it take to dry out the nooks-n-crannies like under factory soudproofing in the footwells? No easy way to tell and no way to remove it. Hope I fixed it. Thanks, RT
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