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Excuse the noddy question, but I have done a quick search and I couldn't find a thread relating to this. How would people recommend cleaning out the drain holes on a non-bridge-type spoiler? Every time I wash the car (and that's not frequently enough!) I get a nice pool on the back window, which I can manage to drain by sticking my finger in the hole in order to open it up.
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Graham
 
Using your hosepipe adjusted to a jet,poke a blunt piece of wood from aboveinto the slot at the window at the same time.All those tree bits&leaves should come out at the base.
 
What Vitesse said. In fact I just used to use the jet with no physical poking implement.
 
This forum is getting way too technical. Keep it light guys some of us are just learning.

I hope to investigate how to put air into my tyres next week!!!!!

 
My reply wasn't exactly "tongue in cheek",more "wood inth' hole" but if we are moving on to inflating pneumatic devices then I had better get my footpump manual out.It's a wonder this posting hasn't been moderated for it's cynical/sarcastic content!
 
ORIGINAL: VITESSE

................It's a wonder this posting hasn't been moderated for it's cynical/sarcastic content!
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I feel it is refreshing to get technical queries at all levels. What is obvious to some may not be obvious to others.

We are fortunate to have some very knowledgeable people on this forum who are willing to spend time imparting their knowledge to others. People only become knowledgeable through experience and, if we can assist those who are looking to extend their Porsche experience, we may then perhaps reap the benefit of their accrued knowledge in the future.

There is a worthwhile saying in "The more you know, the more you know you don't know". It is a great leveller when people become smug about something they might know which others don't.

Now behave, and play nicely together. [;)]
 
I apologise for taking up server space on the trivialities and will try to restrict my questions to ones relating to how to uprate my suspension settings so that I can shave 1.7s off my journey to work.
 
Excess spoiler water can cause you upto 2seconds though. [;)]

A lot longer if you think "hey - I'll just open the boot and it'll drain off". It does.....straight into the boot. [:mad:]

Don't listen to slim ~ he has a complex due to his car having the inferior bridge spoiler.[:D]
 
Isn't it quite a good thing to have water collect in the spoiler? With all these impending hosepipe bans, the plants'll be happy anyhow!
 
If you wait a while you can get a whole eco system thing going.... I suggest tadpoles and a small bird table off the back. I have concidering a small bird house made from a 968 wing mirror. (my small attempt to placate the G8 green lobby who we are expecting in town next month).
 
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Excess spoiler water can cause you upto 2seconds though. [;)]

A lot longer if you think "hey - I'll just open the boot and it'll drain off". It does.....straight into the boot. [:mad:]
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If only I could open the boot though - the mechanism failed this weekend, so I'll have to drop the back seats down, retract the boot cover and have a crawl about in the boot at some time in order to investigate!

On the spoiler collecting water front, I think that you have answered my question in that it isn't just a simple accumulated muck problem. I have had a closer look at it and it seems that the rubber seal/mount upon which the spoiler is mounted is blocking the hole. I guess that the spoiler has been taken off and refitted at some time in its past.
 
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.......... I have had a closer look at it and it seems that the rubber seal/mount upon which the spoiler is mounted is blocking the hole. I guess that the spoiler has been taken off and refitted at some time in its past.
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Strange! I thought my rear spoiler was in direct contact with the glass. From what I understand it is a tricky, and pretty much pointless exercise removing the spoiler, so I can't see why anybody would; still, stranger things have been known to happen. I would have a bit more of a poke around myself.
 
I noticed a rubber seal on ours at the weekend - it is only on the underneath by the looks, where the spoiler meets the bodywork rather than the glass. I too think it might be impeding the drainage, as our spoiler would often make quite a good birdbath!
 
That's right - having managed to get my boot open the other night, I checked out the drainage holes and the rubber seal, and, as you say, it is only on the rear end. It looks like there is some silicone sealant or similar fouling the drain hole. I think that I am going to take a Stanley knife to it this weekend.
 
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