Hi,

There shouldn't be a problem with water getting into the rear air grilles,
however I had a nasty problem with my local drive through car wash. The
large rotating brushes that "clean" the sides of the vehicle ripped off the
rear plastic bumper caps on my Vanagon. Fortunately the car wash paid to
have them replaced...

Ric

At 01:19 AM 12/10/2002 -0500, Laurence Smith wrote:
>Well here in Ontario, Canada there is a lovely layer of salt water all
>over the roads slowly eating my Vanagon.  I'm tired of hand washing it
>in the deep freeze, so I want to use my local driver-em through car
>wash.  I've never done this in a Vanagon.
>
>Are there any issues with the the spray water from the car wash
>entering the rear air grills?  My local car wash includes lots of
>horizontal spraying action and it is a guarantee that the a strong jet
>of water will be directed right at the air grills.
>
>Any feedback would be nice.
>
>Thanks.
>
>- Laurence
>
>
>
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>Laurence Smith
>Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
>90 Westy (fanumbos)
>87 GL
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