Miata Mailing List: September 1998, Message #32

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Previously on ac leak, Michael Thompson <mthomps2@OPAL.TUFTS.EDU> said...

> I've got that annoying AC leak into the passenger footwell in my 91 BRG
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> I've checked for the causes usually suggested here: hose having been
dislodged 
> (it hasn't) or lockage in hose (water still drips out the bottom of the
car and I 
> have pushed a wire from the top of the hose out the bottom to make sure 
> there was no block) but still I get the deluge when I turn left. Any
suggestions?
> I think perhaps the hose kinks just enough as it makes its turn that the
water backs up...

Check where the hose goes.  There are actually *2* holes in the
transmission hump that are the right diameter.  One is the correct one and
one is not.  Your statement that the hose is kinking suggests that you
might have it in the wrong spot.  On my car the correct hole has a rubber
grommet in it, the other doesn't, but YMMV.  I have no idea what the other
hole is for, but when you get it placed correctly, the drain hose fits
easily without kinking.

If it is actually kinking, then it might not drain fast enough when used
constantly on hot days.

> - yes I know I could just ride around with the top down...

The A/C will still overflow even with the top down.  In fact, probably
faster since the air won't dry out inside the car.

	-John

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John Freas (jfreas@earthlink.net)
Red '90 Base-ish #7690
Birmingham, AL
Team LS1, SP, the Gap...
Team dlralt, PBC, Roebuck, Voodoo...
"I have no idea what those dimple things on the windshield frame are for."
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