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German engineering poll



Well living up north here in BC we get a whole lot of rain - worse than
Seattle even ;)

The three main spots the rocs always leak for me are 

1. the rear tail lights (easy fix - get good seals or take the tails off
and use a marine grade sealant from a boat store)

2. The front window seal.  usually on the drivers side so that if you park
the right way it will always run into the fuse box and fry everything.  OR
if you are lucky it just pools up in the tray and when you start out you
get very wet feet.

3.  The doors.  Seems like very roco I have owned (and there must be at
least 12 of them now) the previous owner thought that the vapor seal was
not really needed and ended up removing it when they did speakers or what
not.  The rocs doors are designed so that they REQUIRE the vapor seal be in
place or it will leak - usually out the back side/bottom of the door card
so it pools in the rear seat floor.  Fix the seals and you will be very happy



At 10:33 AM 08/19/2002 -0400, Dan S. wrote:
>I've got one:
>
>Doesn't it rain A LOT in Germany??
>
>yes?
>
>Then why does my friggin' can leak all over the place? I actually had water
>dripping from my sun visor clip the other day....!!! My seatbelts are wet
>all the time (they get wet while they're wound up in their holsters)
>AAAAAND....my floor is wet behind my driver seat. Oh, but wait, there's
>more....if I park with a nose-down attitude, rain streams in from the
>sunroof. And to top it all off, my badges leak (or SOMETHING back there) so
>my stuff in the trunk gets wet too.
>
>ahhhhh......the joys of living in Florida during the rainy season.....
>
>Dan Snow
>Tam-pa, FL
>'81 Rabbit Sportruck
>'87 16v Scirocco (X2!)
>'00 Jetta
>http://home.earthlink.net/~danws69/index.html
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Allyn
>Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 8:26 AM
>To: Rick Alexander; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: German engineering poll
>
>
>the coolant inlet/outlet on our engines (16v only). they effectively trap
>air in the head over time.
>Al
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rick Alexander" <ralexander03@snet.net>
>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 6:34 AM
>Subject: German engineering poll
>
>
>> There are a few items that I've found on our cars that don't seem to
>measure
>> up to the rigid standards of German engineering. The key way between the
>> crank and the cam gear is one and our external door handles is another.
>>
>> What is the opinion of the list? Are there more issues where it seems to
>> have been designed on a Monday morning or a Friday afternoon?
>>
>> Has anyone ever had a crank and gear machined for a regular insert key?
>I've
>> been thinking that this seems to be a logical solution but not being a
>> machinist I can't say how difficult it would be to do. Opinions?
>>
>> Rick Alexander
>> http://www.brubakerbox.com
>> http://clubs.hemmings.com/hams/
>> http://clubs.hemmings.com/vwsrus/
>>
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