Using tubing to drain cowl water

[TomoHawk]

Would it be possible to use a tube to drain the water from the cowl area? As far as I know, the water just drains behind the fender, and this worries me, because It should cause major rusting.

Instead the tube would go down past the bottom of the floorpan.

thx.

[Bambikiller240]

I think if you'll look in EScanlon's gallery you'll see a pic or two of that being done. He's discussed it before on the site. Might want to do a search on "cowl drain" or something like that.

[TomoHawk]

That's what I was thinking. I tried a search, but I used the wrog words and came up with nothing.

Now, I just gotta find the place where the fresh-air goes into the kickpanel vents (underneath the dash).

thx.

[EScanlon]

Carl beat me to it.

If you look at My Gallery you'll see how I did it.

I took a PVC 45° elbow and fitted it into the drain hose from the cowl, then used ziplock tie straps and some silicone to ensure they stayed fastened. To the lower section of the elbow I inserted some clear flexible PVC tubing that I had exit the fenders behind the rubber flaps. I cut the PVC at an angle facing towards the back and down to the ground so that it wouldn't catch air as I drove along.

As far as the fresh air vents that are located right by the cowl drain hoses, they receive their intake way up front by the radiator. If you've had the fenders off the car then you've noticed that big "frame" member above the tire and out from the shock. That tunnel is actually the fresh air intake feed tube.

Hope this helps.

Enrique