cleaning out the gutters on the bonnet?

Post by **brendan_h** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:41 am

since my car is parked under a tree the gutters have filled up with crap and when it rains they somhow over flow inside they car and fill it up.
how would i clean them out?

Post by **lay80n** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:34 am

Behind the dash there are drain tubes that run from the cowl down into the engine bay. These get filled up with junk. Clean the drain tubes out. You may have to pull the air plenum sections out the clean it out properly.

Layto....

Post by **ofr57** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:42 am

I use a air compressor to blow all the leaves out, i don't know if this would work if it was heavily filled with leaves though

Post by **PJ.zook** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:58 pm

If you have not already done so, its well worth it to spend half a day to remove the dash, then remove the heaterbox and completely dissasemble and clean, as it will be full of crud. If you cant be bothered doing it properly, many people use a holesaw to drill a hole in the side of the box and use a vaccuum and airgun to get the crap out of the core.

To get the crap out of the intake grille, use an airgun as already suggested and if the drain tubes are blocked you could try poking the crap out with a coathanger.

Post by **alien** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:44 pm

i used a butterknife to ram it all clean on mine... since then i've been wanting to put flywire or very open weave shadecloth over the grille there to stop big leaves etc getting in... still havent though =)

Post by **benjamin78au** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:26 pm

so you ram or push it in to the air box and then clean it out from there???

And by gutters you mean the Slatty things just in front of the windscreen washer?

Post by **danssurf82** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:34 pm

easiest way- take the carpet out never have wet capret again!!! then when u get mud/sand in your car pull the plugs out and hose it out,m thats wat i have done, best thing i have ever done-softtop vitara

Post by **waandy** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:01 pm

i cleaned mine out bout a month ago. pulld dash right off. worst job ever but nearly killed my uhf and cd player with water so decided to do it. now my vents are taped up till i get some propellor plate to screw down over it.

Post by **short stuff** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:18 pm

if you get a chance defintely put aluminum fly wire in even if you run it through the vent and use some wire to hold it there while the silcone dires

Post by **brendan_h** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:07 pm

i dont know how to run mesh under the bonnet opening? how would you do that

Post by **PJ.zook** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:31 pm

brendan_h wrote:i dont know how to run mesh under the bonnet opening? how would you do that

You can either sikaflex it over the top which would look crap, you could cut the mesh to size, jam it through one of the slots, poke some sikaflex down onto edges of mesh if you can and somehow pull it up to stick on underneath, or the best way is to pull dash out, pull heaterbox out, and you have nice and easy access from inside car which you can neatly stick some mesh on. You can also clean out the heater box while it is out.

Post by **sheps** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:18 pm

fixed

Post by **alien** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:46 am

lol does the heater still work?

Post by **sheps** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:09 am

alien wrote:lol does the heater still work?

i live 300ks from darwin mate so puck noes if the heater works.

aircon does and that is all that matters.

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