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 Post subject: The wonders of AC!
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:32 am 
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Strange thing when water droplets started spitting from left centre air vent, occasionally. Was out during the day with the car running around when it happened again & felt the AC was not blowing as cold, but just better than normal air. At the time, as I'm still running the car in after putting it back together from a re-spray, just thought I must have a leak in the system.

After lunch, realised I had lost left side speakers on the stereo, took it out & after fiddling about with ISO connector a little, got sound from left side again. A little later, stopped for coffee(& a sugary treat, I might add!) & when I got back in the car, the stereo was now dead!

Obviously, as soon as I got home, had to inspect :scratch: What happened was, the evaporator chamber drain behind stereo was clogged :shock:

So, it gets worse. Apparently, the water had nowhere to go but leaked wherever it could & some of it was dripping onto the stereo(my perfectly good Becker which I was quite happy with) & most probably ruined it :pale: Not sure if it has also ruined my Bluetooth module as also in the same compartment.

I found this out by removing the stereo, & by means of blowing through a flexible pipe into the tunnel drain, which was good, then took off the elbow pipe drain, also good. Then blew into the heater matrix drain hole, & this felt like I was blowing into a water tank as I could here the bubbles of air. As soon as I removed the pipe, water came running down just like an open tap :shock:

Anyhow, thought I'd share this experience with anyone who has AC, to be aware.


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 Post subject: Re: The wonders of AC!
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:50 am 
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I do believe it’s not just a problem on AC cars but can happen to all of them right up to the 968

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 Post subject: Re: The wonders of AC!
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:01 am 
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Could be. Although I assume that AC would be the worst, as the Evaporator creates a lot of condensation(especially in humid climates) as opposed to the heater radiator, which helps evaporation.


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