[T3] leak

[Dave Hall]

Could it be the bonnet release outer you're seeing?  

There should be quite a big (1/2" or more) grey pipe coming down the right
side of the airbox - that's the drain pipe for the tray under the louvres.
Pull it out of the bulkhead (it's glued so not too easy).  Have a bucket
handy to point it at so the water runs out.  There are worse things that can
happen to the tray, but if you're lucky yours is fine.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: 19 March 2011 20:48
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] leak

On 19 Mar 2011 at 13:07, Fiesta Cranberry wrote:

> The Baroness has sprung a leak.  I had her parked in the Safeway lot 
> last week, and it was raining.  When I got back, there was a big 
> puddle in the passenger side floorwell.  I traced the dripping to a 
> hole in the underside of the dashboard.  This hole has a rubber ring 
> around it, with a beige or dirty white, fairly thick, cable coming out 
> of it.  Lloyd thinks the air intake under the windshield wipers above 
> the hood may be clogged or rusted thru.  I looked in my books, and I 
> can't find any diagrams or pix of this area, or how to get to it.  Do any
of you know about this?
> 
> thanx,
> Lori & The Baroness, '71 AT Squareback

Lori,

Not sure exactly what you're describing, but this sounds like you've lost
one of your drain hoses. If I'm right, there should be a black hose attached
to that port that feeds down and out another hole farther down. Indeed, it's
the water drain for the airbox louvers.

The "rubber ring around it, with a beige or dirty white, fairly thick, cable
coming out of it" doesn't sound like anything I'm used to seeing. It may be
someone else's "fix."  

I'm sending you my faq on cleaning out that system. If your hose is missing
you can try to find one on a '71-3 in the junkyard, or I have new material I
can sell you. (It's all different on earlier cars.)

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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