On 4 May 2005 at 22:28, Jonathan Poole <jfpoolio@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> While I don't really know about the rust risk etc. it seems like it
> would make sense to redirect that water to a place that you can more
> easily monitor.  When I purchased my van it had only been used
> occasionally in the decade preceding my purchase and had been parked
> nose up (slightly of course) for the duration of those years.  There
> was considerable moss/slime/etc. growth on the paint inside of the
> intake.  I had to remove the grill to clean it all off.
>
> Also, I don't know if any of you have this problem but on my '82 if I
> am parked with my nose slightly uphill and a nice and quiet, light
> rain comes along I get this really obnoxious tapping sound that comes
> from the water dripping in through the passenger side air intake vent.
>  I have performed multiple middle of the night moves because of this.
> Just when I forget I park rear down and a light rain comes.....  I
> just need to fix this..

Interesting... we never seem to have this problem, probably because the nose
*always* seems to be lower than the rear, no matter how hard I try to get it level. It
bugs me, as it means our heads are lower than our feet. I blame it on those cheap
KYB shocks in the front, even if that doesn't make sense! (front definitely is softer
than the rear, although better since I installed some coil boosters from Cajun Tire).

Shawn Wright
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
'85 Jetta D
'88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed
 (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels)
'82 Diesel Westy