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Old Sep 20, 2015 | 01:48 AM
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I have cleaned the A/C drain hose on the fire wall side of the A/C and was able to remove the hose and clean all I could up to the A/C drain tray, but its still leaking inside the passenger compartment.
Obviously the drain tray has crap in it that needs to be cleaned out .. How do I clean it ??
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Probably need to pull the dash to get access. Not that hard to do in the C5. Here is how. Just bag and tag the fasteners as to where they go.

http://tech.corvettecentral.com/2013...-dash-removal/


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Old Sep 20, 2015 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by dadaroo
Probably need to pull the dash to get access. Not that hard to do in the C5. Here is how. Just bag and tag the fasteners as to where they go.

http://tech.corvettecentral.com/2013...-dash-removal/


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Thank you very much Sam, as you say it doesn't look that difficult, but definitely tedious ! I'm going to try pulling the drain hose again first and see if more stuff has blocked it since I cleaned it yesterday, before I go thru this, hopefully I can get it done with out having to pull the dash ??


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Check the fan and housing. Water can accumulate there and leak for quite a while.
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Originally Posted by BigGun
Check the fan and housing. Water can accumulate there and leak for quite a while.
Thanks for the comment BigGun,


I installed a new fan yesterday and removed the entire drain hose cleaned and cleaned it . I could also poke my finger inside the hole where the drain hose connects & got one or two small leaves out of there. But when I drove it yesterday, I could hear water in the fan after about an hour of driving, which is what makes me think the drain tray has crap in it ??


Any thoughts ?? Stewart
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