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Old 09-09-2007, 05:15 PM   #1
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That's the elbow for the vent tube on the battery.
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Old 09-09-2007, 05:30 PM   #2
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A-ha! Just looked at the battery and indeed there is a tube connected to the battery, but there is already an "elbow" connected to it...all seems to be fine there. I'm guessing that there isn't another location for one of these elbows, this just might be a spare that was floating around or something?

Still no joy in finding out where this water is getting in from though. Just ran water over the door seal at the top/bottom, nothing came through and the carpet remained dry. Ran water through the drains and sure enough, it comes out on the floor of the garage. I may have removed a blockage the other day, not sure. I'm sure the next time it rains when I'm at work, or when I wash the car again, I'll find out for sure!

Oh yeah, I also checked out the floors under the seats...both are bone dry.

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Old 09-09-2007, 07:09 PM   #3
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As stated above, sure looks like part of the oem battery vent. Must guess is that your battery was replaced and that part stayed in the car.
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squeak, is this really YOU?

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Is it really me??

Could be!
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Old 09-10-2007, 05:22 AM   #6
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That is the vent elbow. Many new batteries will come with an extra.

No worries.

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Old 09-10-2007, 06:11 AM   #7
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I had the same problem with the carpet being wet... and it cost me a computer...the cause ended up being a clogged drain and cracjked insulation around the softop when closed....

don't wait...get it fixed... $$$$

my 2 cents..

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