[stevekat]

Just noticed the cowl area on my drivers side with the fuse and relay box is filed with water. Where is the drain in this side. On my 931 it is at the front of the cowl, but I do not see it there having done a basic inspection. Also, is there more than one, in that area?

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[flash]

i'm not sure there is one - i know you can reach straight through with your hand from the engine bay to the foot well if the fuse box is removed - i'll have to go and look, which will only be a few minutes now the way things are going (up and down from office to garage at least 20 times a day doing the supercharger project) -

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[PorscheDude]

Look at the seam where the inner fender structure meets the firewall.
There are some relief cuts on the fender inner structure. They are square shaped.
I use an 8" ziptie to clean it out. There are also some by the battery box.

Maybe a good time to go around the whole car and clean all the drains.

Perhaps now is a good time for someone to write a DIY with pics showing all the drains.
These cars are getting to the age where they need to be done. And I'm sure most people do not clean heir drains.

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[DaveN]

And for those of us with coupes don't forget those pesky roof drains in the sunroof!

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[stevekat]

Took a quick look when I got home about 1:30AM but did not see the cuts, though it was through the water. Shall try again tomorrow. Any more detail, please let me know. I did see the sun roof drain coming down through the A pillar and ending on top of the box area closest to the outer fender, so water is being funneled to the cowl from there. So assume the drain(s) in the cowl can handle a good amount of activity.

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[DayDreamer]

I took a quick pic.... hope this helps...

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[stevekat]

Thanks. I think I saw this space on the battery side. Do you know if this is just a gap that drains down some sheet metal, or is there a hose or some plastic to direct it downward? I think I may have to pop the gas hood strut to access it properly.

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[DayDreamer]

No idea what's behind it....but its the same on both sides... not the easiest place to get to...

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[PorscheDude]

I think it is just a gap, and the water runs down along the liner.

There are also a few drain along the bottom of the doors and the hatch
receivers.

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[stevekat]

Got it cleared. Was very plugged up with Eucalyptus leaves. Just clearing the opening was insufficient for proper flow. I used a 1/4" stainless rope wrapped with electrical tape. This cleared it initially, but the flow slowed again as additional small bits went with the flow. I ultimately used wide duct tape folded flat around the rope to give it some area, and worked it through the channel a few times. Success. Full flow. Had to remove the hood shock on the passenger side. Be careful and block up the hood, this is not somewhere you would want to catch your hand if the hood came down even partially. I ran the rope from the far side of the fuse box near the wiper to get more of straight shot down the chute. Coming in directly overhead was a bit of a hard angle to work the rope. Felt like I was doing an angioplasty on her. Ran tons of fresh water around the cowl and down the drain.

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[PorscheDude]

Great!
Glad it was simple.
Anyone else reading this, clean your drains!!! This is very important.

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[stevekat]

Yes. And they appear easily stopped up, or at least restricted with very little debris.

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[DayDreamer]

Good job.. one more of your 'to do' items ticked. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] now add another 10 [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

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[PorscheDude]

At least this one is a freebie..

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