Re: Water leaks - Factory holes in roof??!

["Francois St-Amand" <vwfrank@mail.geocities.com>]

> Date:          Sun, 13 Apr 1997 22:05:47 -0500 (CDT)
> To:            vwfrank@geocities.com
> From:          ChuckKuecker <ckuecker@mcs.net>
> Subject:       Re: Water leaks - Factory holes in roof??!
> Cc:            Scirocco-l@privatei.com

> 
> 
> At 13:42 3/31/97 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hello everybody!
> >
> >I have recently noticed a lot of water on the floor of my '85 rocco 
> >8v. 
> >
> >After removing the vinyl on the roof, and water testing with the 
> >sunroof, I noticed the water was coming out from factory designed 
> >holes in the roof.  They are not noticable without removing the 
> >vinyl.
> >
> >One question: WHY!??  Why such stupidity when the rest of the car is 
> >so well designed!  Is this a factory error!?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Frank


> 
> In sunroof Beetles, there were plastic hoses running from the corners of 
> the sunroof opening down the roof posts, so any leakage would drain out of
> the rocker panels. Is it possible someone removed these from your car?
> 
> Chuck Kuecker
> 
> ckuecker@mcs.net
> 
Humm... No, it's not as easy as that.  Water would go through the
small factory designed hole in the roof (before the drain pipes in the
back).  Then it would slide down the vinyl, then down the wall, then
into the backseat, then onto the floor.  (If you noticed, the backseat
has small "reservoirs" each side covered with a weird shaped cossion.)
 
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