Damp smell - 1980's 911

[fastgerman]

Hi All,

Any advice on which drainage channels, pipes etc to check on a 1982 911 coupe?

Damp smell and the car has been garaged 'most' of the time I'm told.

Cheers

[Wozy68]

fastgerman said:

Hi All,

Any advice on which drainage channels, pipes etc to check on a 1982 911 coupe?

Damp smell and the car has been garaged 'most' of the time I'm told.

Cheers

Withot a doubt, the sunroof channels, especially the rear ones that run out into the engine lid gully. On my 993 they had detached inside the car and were pouring water down into behind the rear seats and filling up the rear footwells.
If you get a torch, shine up into the rubber grommets, you should see the clear plastic pipes, if not they have detached. Reasonable easy job to reattach.

[fastgerman]

Thank you, much appreciated :-)

Will report back

[fastgerman]

Exactly what you thought, good advice

Rear seats were soaked, wet roof lining and condensation on the back window.

No idea how to see the drainage channel. Took a few minutes to find the sunroof switch and once found it went back fine but didn't allow much room to see anything.

There is a dial behind the handbrake which goes from 0-9 then DEF. No idea what that is.

[Wozy68]

fastgerman said:

Exactly what you thought, good advice

Rear seats were soaked, wet roof lining and condensation on the back window.

No idea how to see the drainage channel. Took a few minutes to find the sunroof switch and once found it went back fine but didn't allow much room to see anything.

There is a dial behind the handbrake which goes from 0-9 then DEF. No idea what that is.

Don't look for the sunroof channels within the sunroof. Open sunroof right back, open engine lid and gently pour into the gully around the open sunroof. Then watch for water coming running down the engine lid gutter.

Here you go, I know what I'm talking about, one 400 mile very wet round trip and then leaving her out in the open whilst moving into our new home caused me chaos.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

She hadn't seen lots of rain since I'd bought her. I feel my sunroof pipes had been disconnected possibly for years. ......

Edited by Wozy68 on Saturday 15th November 22:31

[73 Duchess]

Lads,
My 993 is fogging up like crazy, especially with this wet weather. I have opened the sunroof and rear and poured water from the sunroof and it doesn't seem to be blocked as there is a clear run thru. The carpets don't appear to be wet but I'm going to investigate further. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks as always.

[Moikey Fortune]

fastgerman said:

There is a dial behind the handbrake which goes from 0-9 then DEF. No idea what that is.

From my 86 owners manual

Hope this helps

[fastgerman]

Thanks guys
Sorry for late reply Wozy

Removed everything carpet and seat related, drying out.
Cant see any drainage pipes, just a hole as pictured on the link you posted from another guys 3.2.

Re condensation in 993 but no damp carpets - wouldn't worry too much as most cars will do this in the winter and its likely just moisture in the air. Vent pipes / air-con worth checking though. I had an old VW that steamed up due to cracked heater matrix but then you should have a damp footwell

Edited by fastgerman on Thursday 20th November 19:00

[fastgerman]

So the car has gone to the garage. On the SC and 3.2 there don't appear to be drainage pipes as on the 993 described by Wozy, it's just a hole either side of the engine bay for water to run through. I haven't tried testing pouring water over the sunroof yet, but hoping the garage will.

There is now water in the boot also. Passenger side wing has been replaced so possibly it's related to this? maybe a seal? Also condensation in the same side head light. Hmmmmm

[73 Duchess]

fastgerman said:

Thanks guys
Sorry for late reply Wozy

Removed everything carpet and seat related, drying out.
Cant see any drainage pipes, just a hole as pictured on the link you posted from another guys 3.2.

Re condensation in 993 but no damp carpets - wouldn't worry too much as most cars will do this in the winter and its likely just moisture in the air. Vent pipes / air-con worth checking though. I had an old VW that steamed up due to cracked heater matrix but then you should have a damp footwell

Edited by fastgerman on Thursday 20th November 19:00

Thanks Fastgerman, replaced a few things on the last service and seems to have done the trick.

[supersport]

fastgerman said:

Exactly what you thought, good advice

There is a dial behind the handbrake which goes from 0-9 then DEF. No idea what that is.

Heating controls.