AC Condensation?

[racerken]

Hi,

I have a 04 Carrera and discovered that the passenger side carpet was gushing wet today. There is no smell so the problem is recent(lucky). This is definitely water.

I can rule out the weather since the car has been indoors all week.

I can rule out the heater since it is not coolant.

I think it is the condensation from the air conditioning.

There is a slight possibility that a high pressure water washer may have penetrated from the outer shell since I washed the under carriage today. (doubt it)

Does anyone have any ideas?

Anyone faced this issue in the past?

I would like to know where the AC condensation line runs as perhaps it disconnected?

Thanks,

Ken

[Loren]

Check the drain tube on the AC - that is how the condensation escapes.

[racerken]

Thanks Loren,

Where is the drain tube located?

Ken

[Loren]

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4732

[racerken]

I removed the passenger seat, pulled back the carpet to extract water from the foam backing (extracted two soaking wet towels).

I've located the problem.

It is a crack in the ac condensation plastic drip pan or tray. I'm probably going to use silicone to seal for now.

Does anyone know how much a lower clamshell of the evaporator housing?

Is it difficult to remove?

Thanks,

ken

[slbates]

I removed the passenger seat, pulled back the carpet to extract water from the foam backing (extracted two soaking wet towels).

I've located the problem.

It is a crack in the ac condensation plastic drip pan or tray. I'm probably going to use silicone to seal for now.

Does anyone know how much a lower clamshell of the evaporator housing?

Is it difficult to remove?

Thanks,

ken

ken,

I had the same thing happen 5 or 6 years ago and I fixed the crack with Plumbers Goop (purple tube). It has remained leak free since and my car is driven daily. I'm not sure I woud go to the trouble of replacing the evap coover unless you can't get the leak to stop.

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?s...c=10509&hl=

[racerken]

thanks all.

I ended up removing the passenger seat.

Greased the seat adjustment drive to fix the 'growling' sound. It worked. The TSB was great.

After driving around for 1 week, the carpet finally dried.

I mended the crack area with epoxy, then applied aquarium silicone on top. the thinking was: Epoxy for structural fix and silicone for sealing in case the epoxy should crack over time.

I did notice the substantial increase in NVH (Noise, Vibration, Harshness) with the carpet rolled-up so next time if I have a free weekend, I may stick some Dynamat to further reduce the NVH.

Ken