[T3] water in car

[Bryon Garvin]

Jim's FAQ totally did the trick for me on this.  Now I just pay close
attention to the vent and pull out or blow out debris as soon as it gets in
there.  Haven't had a problem since.

 - Bryon, '71 Fastback

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Special (K) <elvisleft_bldg at comcast.net>wrote:

> Jim would you please also send me the directions for cleaning out tubes? My
> vents are covered by some screen and I too am running into trouble..Tahnks
> (k)
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org>
> To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [T3] water in car
>
>
> On 25 Jan 2011 at 18:09, David Fox wrote:
>
>  I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem?
>> Durring last months rains, I found that there was a lot of water in the
>> front of
>> my car.
>> I think it was coming from the vents.
>> The water was filling the carpets with an inch of water
>> Has anyone changed the seals on the vents under the dash?
>>
>
> It's a common problem, with an easy solution. I'm sending you my faq
> on cleaning out the water drain tubes. It's very important that you
> do this, because the water inside the car can rather rapidly destroy
> it.
>
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