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Where does the water that finds it's way into the cowl under the windscreen drain to? Mine is leaking down the left side under the dash, I asume around the air underside air vent. Any ideas?
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its the pipe that drains into the guard.
stuck your head under there, you should see it.
the pipe should be white / cream.
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Rusty cowl/plenum. A simple but time consuming and hence costly fix, which needs paint and windsceen removal to do properly. Sometimes its just a blocked drain tube but its always been rust on every HQ-WB that ive had that leaked there (ive owned at least |
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Rusty cowl/plenum. A simple but time consuming and hence costly fix, which needs paint and windsceen removal to do properly. Sometimes it's just a blocked drain tube but it's always been rust on every HQ-WB that i've had that leaked there (i've owned at l |
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just fixed the leak on mine. i also thought rust / drain tubes. When i removed drain tube, intact, flexible, and only slightly damp.
Peered into plenum with torch, and there was a good layer of leaves, compost etc in the corners. So much, in fact, tha |
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another possibility is a leaking windscreen, I have had a couple of them.
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