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21st January 2009, 07:32 PM
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wet carpets
I have 10 year old 3.7 (front wheel drive) and carpets in n/side front and rear footwells are constantly wet any ideas on cause please? norman herring.
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21st January 2009, 07:42 PM
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welcome to the A8Parts Forum. Your car is a D2 model so a moderator will move this post to the relevant D2 section shortly. Wet carpets are a common problem on the D2. Look here for one of the answers. There is also the chance that one of the sunroof drain pipes has perished and you have water running down the A pillar. Finally there is a through bulkhead hole in the passengers foot well under the ECU / TCU housing that may leak. I will try to find a link to a solution although Botang will probably have the link somewhere. Botang? Mike
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13th May 2009, 02:23 PM
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Hi There,
Had a little water in the passenger footwell, so while rooting cables blew the HVAC drain. However, what causes some water under the *REAR* carpets ??? I guess most people don't notice when they have water as the foam backing is so thick it would never get through ! cya, Lee
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13th May 2009, 05:11 PM
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If water gets into the front passenger foot well in enough quantity it will migrate to the rear foot well where it pools. It can also get in via the air duct under the seat. Read this thread which is the one I promised at the start and forgot
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light.
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19th May 2009, 04:54 PM
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right ive took pass panel out and unpluged just bfore it goes into orange drain. other than put airline down it, is it easy to put the orange drain out and clean it out of car. IS it just a grommet style drain and if so easy to pull out and get back in????
Driver side is been a pain to get out as them plastic nuts that hold foot rest on r not been friendly LOL. 1 at bottm has come off just the one in middle at side is the pain one. Take it thees just them 2??? as audi page doesnt show this side.
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19th May 2009, 05:43 PM
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Here is your tunnel.....
 The 2 orange drains come out in the tunnel behind some heat shielding and a lot of sound deadening. there are channels in the foam that let the water out. The orange drains can just be pulled out but there is no need. if you have low pressure air just blow them through. Blow upwards and if there is a blockage stand by for a cleaning job inside!!!!  better to use a thin wire and clear the pipes.
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Conan (the Librarian) Watch it if you dare Currently, 2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block. 1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing! 1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard 2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion. 2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse. 2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter. Previously 2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex 1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure. 1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex. 2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on. 1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8. And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light.
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21st May 2009, 12:34 PM
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26th November 2009, 11:12 AM
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Just started to unblock my aircon drains - pasenger side trim removed, pulled off the orange pipe but wasn't prepared for the deluge of water! Think there must have been well over a pint in there! Managed to quickly get the orange pipe back in place before getting a jug to catch it all!
Is it necessary to repeat the operation in the drivers side too or is the condensate tray linked?
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