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Old Jul 14, 2011 | 11:09 PM
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Water on Pass Floor / Condensor tube

HI All,

Say, the last two weeks I've had a lot of water deposit itself on my passenger floor mat from under my dash. You can acutally see it dumping from beneath the glove box area. The good news is it's clear water. Wondering if people know how to find the condensor drain hose from inside and fix this. I've looked, cant see it.

Open to other things it might be as well. It's done it several times when it wasn't sitting out in the rain so I don't think its a leak...

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Old Jul 14, 2011 | 11:31 PM
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I'm not sure where it is inside the car but the drain comes out in the transmission tunnel, a friend of mine had the same problem and if I remember correctly he was able to reach in there from the engine bay with a tube attached to compressed air and clean it out
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Old Jul 14, 2011 | 11:50 PM
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duck lips
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Old Jul 14, 2011 | 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by zoom44
duck lips
What????
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Old Jul 14, 2011 | 11:55 PM
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look at the firewall, you will see a small tube sticking out, twist it around and stick something in there to clean it.
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Old Jul 15, 2011 | 01:05 AM
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Search for "duck lips"
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Old Jul 15, 2011 | 01:24 AM
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+1 on duck lips.
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Old Jul 15, 2011 | 01:39 AM
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Well now that makes sense, here's a pic for the OP....
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 10:54 PM
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Thanks guys, found it..not as hard to find as I thought..just a bit behind the manifold on the firewall.. the "duck lip" device was stuck together. I opened it up and water drained out from underneath. I'm hopeful. Question..the tube ends are frayed, ideas to keep it open? Is it replaceable?
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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 11:42 PM
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Easiest way to keep it open;

Clean it with a baby wipe, and then spray it with WD-40
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 08:37 PM
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Thanks everyone... fixed an no leaks!
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