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Anonymous Posted on Jul 25, 2009

Water dripping out of door vent in lower left side

Repair guy put new vent tube in and soap dispenser, yet I still have a leak. What causes this? How do I fix it.

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This is being caused by the vent tube design. The lower fitting is pushed up into the upper fitting so water leaks out from the top. The fittings are designed backwards. Remove front door panel and their will be a white tube running down the side. That tube is pushed up into its mate. Pull it down and silacone calk all around the out side of that pieces and the inside of the upper piece. put them back together and then tape it with some duck tape. DO NOT US FOR AT LEAST 24 hrs.

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