Scuttle Drain

[moltuae]

Originally Posted by green A8

I tried showing this thread to a friend who owns a D2 with a damp A8 interior.

For some reason none of the photos seem to want to load. We tried to gain access on three 'puters, no joy. Am I the only one with this problem?

Seem to be loading for me, though there's only really one relevant image ... this one (which I've re-uploaded to imgur):
http://i.imgur.com/tMkMmBt.jpg

[goldsax]

moltuae, thanks for the Mr Muscle write up.
i do not have an issue with water ingress but am looking at preventative measures.
can i ask where did you place the end of rubber hose prior to pouring in the solution?
thanks
raj

[moltuae]

Originally Posted by goldsax

moltuae, thanks for the Mr Muscle write up.
i do not have an issue with water ingress but am looking at preventative measures.
can i ask where did you place the end of rubber hose prior to pouring in the solution?
thanks
raj

Just to the side of the air intake box (car's left side, ie passenger side).

Get it under a good light or shine a torch down there. In my case it was full of water, so it was obvious where to stick the end of the hose.

If you haven't got a total blockage there will be no standing water down there and no need for the hose.

The main reason I removed the water with the hose beforehand was to prevent diluting the drain cleaner too much. If there's no water down there, whatever you use should just pour straight through. I would still pour some water through afterwards though, to rinse out any drain cleaner. While I can't see the drain cleaner having any adverse effects on anything short-term, it might start to corrode something if left for a very long time.