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How-to: A clever way of finding water leaks

How-to: A clever way of finding water leaks

From rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled Fri Jan 8 22:45:53 1999
From: e norvell <enorvellbellsouth>
Subject: Here's how to find water leaks in your car's weatherstripping ...
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 22:51:01 GMT
Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled
 

I was washing my car the other day...and for some reason, I had left the
engine running, and the heater and fan on full, while washing the car.

As I was brushing on a rather soapy solution of warm water, my car
began to BLOW BUBBLES !!! No, I'm not kidding. They were HUGE !

The obvious reason was that warm, higher-pressure air was leaking out
from inside the car, as a result of the heater & fan being left on.

ALL the leaks were absolutely pinpointed, in seconds :-)

Even leaks I didn't have any suspicion of.

This sure beats the old "squirt the car with a hose and see where the
water ends up"
method.

You never know what you'll accidentally find. ( Loctite was an
accident...)

					-Ed




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