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H i Hugh..Think about it, though....The drain holes in the door are inside the seal area. Any water that gets in the door really as no place to go IF the seal really seals..I lookd at a few other makes of car, and the design is different, with the seal either on the jamb itself or at least on the inner periphery of the door, with "weep holes" stamped in the bottom (which our cars do not have). I have tried to figure this arrangement out. If, in the corners, where the inner and outer stampings meet, there is a collection of crud, there is no drainage, and if the door is misaligned, it could only make it worse by further compressing the gasket. VW uses a flap at the bottom, and the gasket attached to the jamb sidea rather than the door itself. No problem with drainage.
I am only hazarding a guess; I do not know the actual cause. It is an unusual configuration. Out here in AZ, it isn't the problem it was in upstate New York!!!
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Bob S. former owner of a 1984 silver 944
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