Those interstices are called leaf collectors. Saves raking.. On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 10:13 AM MG via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Max, I don't know about the whale but on the > 123s there is a place below the hood hinges > on each side that gets filled with leaves and > tends to rust out way at the back under the > cowling if not cleaned. You may need to blow > out with air and then look with a good strong > light to see back under there. Long time dirt > could plug it up enough to show up as a > seeping leak on the floor. Run water in slow > right at the back next to the outside back > edge of the hood opening. > > Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > > I'm not sure, I think the intake has multiple drains. There are two up > > high at the base of the mono-wiper in the plastic cowling, two at the > > outside windows of the windshield. I know those are all clear. There > may > > be more drains lower down below the HVAC blower fan, it would make sense > to > > have them "just in case". There are two for the AC evaporator, that exit > > on both sides of the transmission. > > > > Perhaps it would be worth checking those. > > > > Curt - are you thinking that the fresh air intake drains might be common > > with the AC evap drains? Perhaps they can handle the small amount of > water > > coming off the evap, but rain water overflows them? > > > > ------------- > > Max > > Charleston SC > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 7:26 AM Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > >> Are the AC drains the same ones that drain the fresh air intake? > >> > >> -Curt > >> > >> On Tuesday, January 8, 2019, 7:22:02 AM EST, Max Dillon via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> No, but the water appears with rain, not with AC use. Sometimes lots of > >> water after a hard rain. I can drive all day with the AC running, no > water > >> appears. > >> -- > >> Max Dillon > >> Charleston SC > >> > >> On January 8, 2019 12:09:55 AM EST, Curley McLain via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> have you rodded the evap drains from down under? > >>> > >>> Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote on 1/7/19 4:48 PM: > >>>> Condensation would probably show up on both left and right floor > >>> boards, so I don't think that is the issue. > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
