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> Water(?) Valve/tube Undercarriage, RUBBER TUBE/VALVE
daygraphics
post May 1 2009, 11:02 PM
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There is a rubber tube that sticks out underneath my Tucson - near the the front center of undercarriage. I just noticed it recently. It drips water (water I think) after sitting for a while. Is this normal and is this just a drain for water from the engine compartment or condenser? I don't see it anywhere in my owners manual, but it sure looks like it is supposed to be there and is part of an original design.
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post May 2 2009, 05:37 PM
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Most likely it's the drain for your A/C condenser coil.
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Not trying to be a pedantic, pontificating, pretentious....
Actually, this is the evaporator drain tube. As the moisture laden air passes through the a/c evaporator core, the moisture condenses, and needs a place to run out. Without this tube, the water build-up in the heater/evap case would eventually run out on the floor board. These drain tubes have been in use for decades. Boggles my neurons when someone brings this up (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grin.gif)
BTW, the condenser is in front of the radiator and needs no drain tube..
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post May 3 2009, 05:51 AM
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QUOTE (robtemple @ May 3 2009, 07:07 AM) *
Not trying to be a pedantic, pontificating, pretentious....
Actually, this is the evaporator drain tube. As the moisture laden air passes through the a/c evaporator core, the moisture condenses, and needs a place to run out. Without this tube, the water build-up in the heater/evap case would eventually run out on the floor board. These drain tubes have been in use for decades. Boggles my neurons when someone brings this up (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grin.gif)
BTW, the condenser is in front of the radiator and needs no drain tube..



Hey I appreciated the reply you gave robtemple and it was spot on but don't forget that many folk (me included) have never owned a vehicle with air con till getting a tucson and therefore don't know about such things- I can remember asking the same question when I found puddles under my vehicle after I first got it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/liebe011.gif)

Sensible questions-sensible replies (IMG:style_emoticons/default/innocent.gif) Boggles my neurons when someone replies like this (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grin.gif) , after all not everyone even looks under a bonnet do they? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/whistling.gif)

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pedantic, pontificating, pretentious....

Okay, I deserved that! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush-anim-cl.gif)

Here I am, over twenty years as a control system engitech, working on cars for way over forty years, have my own gauges and a few gans of gas, and forgot the difference in an evaporator and a condenser. The neurons are dying, slowly but surely. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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QUOTE (DSHornet @ May 3 2009, 05:05 AM) *
pedantic, pontificating, pretentious....

Okay, I deserved that! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush-anim-cl.gif)

Here I am, over twenty years as a control system engitech, working on cars for way over forty years, have my own gauges and a few gans of gas, and forgot the difference in an evaporator and a condenser. The neurons are dying, slowly but surely. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)


My father in law said it best when he (frequently) said: "It's **** getting old".
Man, can I relate to that statement (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif)
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Well, since I got asterisked out, I'll say it this way: "It's [the opposite of heaven] getting old.
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post May 3 2009, 11:06 PM
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Well, since I got asterisked out, I'll say it this way: "It's [the opposite of heaven] getting old.


Yup, and it ain't for wimps, either! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grin.gif)
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