Help! Running water.
 

Has anyone noticed water (I mean lots of water) dripping from the glove compartment area?. I first turned the fan speed to 1, temp to cool-cold, a minute or two later it started making this sound running water like sound, then a hissing sound followed by a loud hissing sound and BOOM her water broke? :sigh:... Seriously I'm thinking its the AC but there was so much water.:iono:

Drip tube plugged? Dunno about the hissing sound.

possible heater core if there is alot of water inside the car

There would be an obvious smell if it was the heater core.

Help! Running water.
 

Ok, they say it's the mesh of an evap system that got clogged by spider web and they're charging me $150 to service it LOL

Sounds like your A/C drain hose. It is generally about $50 to remove and clean it at my dealership. $150 is robbery.

That's all robbery.
Use a metal clothes hanger or something, get under the car and shove that shit up in the drain hose.

Paying someone $50 to clean out a hose is blasphemy. $150 is insanity.

A/C condensate drain is plugged. 5 minutes to clear with a coat hanger.

Help! Running water.
 

To late, but thank you. at-least I know what to do next time. I got a little panicky when this thing started gushing water to the carpet LOL My worries was water damaged and the electronics if I wait longer. After taking some of the water out next is to buy some moisture absorbents to finish it off. Can someone move this thread to the issues section?.

Wait, your dealership is making people pay? This sounds like a warranty issue - it's a design flaw, given how many of these threads are popping up (I have the same problem, noticed it last weekend). No way should I be paying to unclog a drain after only 1 year of ownership.

They should have designed for spiders?????

It's not considered by ANY manufacturer (I've worked for Honda and a few other Toyota dealerships) to be a "defect in worksmanship or parts" so it is therefore not covered under any type of warranty.
It is generally caused by insect webs/nests in the hose and therefore an "act of god"


Just to be clear this isn't what I believe but it's the automaker's official stance. I will usually do the first one for free and warn the customer of the potential for it to happen again. Toyota has parts kits for some cars which include an insecticide tip for the hose to keep your unwanted passengers out, but as far as I know there isn't one available for the 86 as of yet...

Of course. Mazda had a whole recall because spiders were clogging up the fuel system. I think GM had a similar recall too. If this was rare, I can see dealerships charging. But given how 'young' this car still is, it's obviously a design flaw if there are multiple threads about this issue.

It's not just the 86. It's almost every car. I've seen it on almost every model of every car company I've worked for.

motherfkin NOPE.

http://data2.whicdn.com/images/34792389/large.gif

Hmm...none of my previous cars, or any of my family's cars, ever had their a/c drain hose clogged up, but that's just anecdotal evidence.

Reading other threads on this issue, some dealers seem to charge, while others seem to fix it as part of the warranty. Now I'm debating whether to cancel my service appt. for this issue and just try to unclog the drain myself.

I'd strongly advise against this. I read in a legitimate article from a legitimate source of legitimate expertise that big spiders prefer the FRS/BRZ over other cars. It's science.

http://i.imgur.com/tE79Fuj.gif

fuck you for that gif. fuck spiders. fuck whoever recorded that.

Of course they would like it more if it had more horse power and some are switching over to the new WRXs but...

Op you think you have a water problem?

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXT41uyIT6s"]The Spider That Could Not Hide - YouTube[/ame]

I fucking love your avatar btw..it makes me smile every time.

As a thank you, here is another image of a spider.
http://new3.fjcdn.com/comments/Becau...7d404a76c9.jpg

Absolutely.

I'm a User Experience developer. I build websites for a living.

That'd be like me not considering the needs of color blind people when designing/developing a website. About 4.5% of the world population has some kind of color vision deficiency.

wtf...I just looked this up.

Thats insane lol

That is funny because spiders build web sites for a living as well!

We need moose proof cars here but nobody seems to care about THAT!

My grandaughter: (yes, its real!)

lol.

It's called a crash bar and airbags.

You should always design for spiders. Otherwise the only solution is fire.

lol. I'm gonna post up in the problem section that my car has moose problems. If a few of us do that, we can probably get other people to think they have moose problems too.

The spider, or the panicked look on her face? :D


Now, THIS is a fun thread. LOLs all around!

Oh, the spider is real, but my grandaughter isn't afraid of anything!

YA but then we invite a 5000 word essay on the technical aspects of moose repelling devices.
Then a 7000 word counter point on how that is wrong and you should use THIS type of repelling device.
Then somebody will call us trolls for even bringing it up (which in this would actually be sortta correct)
Then somebody will tell us to search because it has already been talked about 200 times.
Then somebody will tell the other two essay writers that they are stupid for even thinking that way.
Then some body will recommend ways to mod the moose.
Then somebody will compare moose to a Vietnamese water buffalo.
Then somebody will wax nostalgic on the water buffalo they used too own.
Then somebody will start making jokes and totally jack the thread (usually me or my cohorts)
Then a Moderator will have enough of it all and lock the thread!

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When I pulled the passenger carpet LOL

OH GOD what was the original subject here???????
Oh ya water and OP got the problem solved so this is a victimless thread jacking at this point!

SHIT you sure that isn't the car from the ice pic??????????
THAT SUCKs!

Summary of my ordeal at the dealer service dept. LOL. A
clogged mesh part of an evap system will cost you $170 (including NJ tax) to unclogged and they will leave that much of water as seen in the provided picture. If you or love one's that have the same issue I do not recommend this place - Parkway Toyota at Englewood Cliffs NJ.

Don't get me wrong the people were nice but the work hmmmm so-so...

I have zero doubt my dealer would have unplugged for free AND dried it out as much as possible.

in 4 Operation Moosecall

Hey, jus sayin' maybe get in there with a wet/dry vac and get as much of the water as possible.

not that you didn't already do it or anything... I mean, what the fuck do I know, right?

No, she's badass. You can see she's into it.