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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 08:29 AM
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Newbie here --- Have a 2002 Dakota - Getting moisture inside truck while driving. Thought it was heater core but the leakage I am finding on passenger floor is not anti-freeze -- It is just plain water. This all started when I began using AC when weather changed.
Have been looking for a drain of some sort for condensation but have not found one. I do not get any dripping on ground at all when truck sits idling with ac on like any other vehicle does.
Anyone know how this is supposed to drain?
 
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 08:51 AM
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mine does the same thing but some times it does leak on the ground the carpet was dry but the padding was wet so i put a towel under the carpet for now i was thinking that it was a leaking cowl but i guess not
 
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 09:29 AM
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I had that problem too, what I did was got a pvc 90 degree elbow , and glued it to the ac drain, its located on the passenger side firewall, a pain to get to. There's a heat shield covering it. You'll need to remove that shield first. That solved my problem.
 
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 11:14 AM
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whats below that, that allows it to leak in the firewall
 
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 03:50 PM
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well i asked my friend that works for dodge and he said its a blocked drain and to run a bunch of water threw the cowl and try to flush it threw
 
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 09:37 PM
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There's a foam gasket that has rot away.. dealer wanted $125.00 to seal it some kind of epoxy..
 
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Old Jun 18, 2011 | 05:04 AM
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just add an elbow no need to remove the heat shield.
 
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