10GTSTANG

Did there not used to be a similar Birth control device?

chronos

That's what she said!
Sorry, just couldn't resist. Please don't post lines like that. They drive me crazy with all sorts of jokes running through my head.

VRFlip

I'm pretty sure the tube that runs down from that drain hole is corrugated. It probably holds water which is then forced back out when driving.

I always dry then wax after a wash. I've never had streaks from the gas cap area.

GT_n00b

I noticed this too and it has been driving me nuts.

6+6 Stang

my question is when are they going to make a damn good looking billet looking locking door for a 2010, as with my caddy, no locking cap but is gas theft proof on both cars, but you can still pour crap down, even like this but locking. actually they sell this online for 19.95 at http://www.mustangdepot.com/olc3/Exterior/trim.htm

Xibar

Yea, that little "cave" is what appears to let the water out. I've tried drying around the entire outer fuel bay area repeatedly, and still I can see water slowly filling from that little hole. It would be great if I could pull out the plastic piece around the fuel filler hole and see where that hole comes from/leads to.

GT_n00b

So annoying...

GTjoe49

A ring of rubber would not be a fix.

You do not want to trap moisure in, it may promote rust.

The Stunge would also trap/hold moisture, although I refuel so often, I'm not so sure it would be a problem....

A proper drainage system is the answer.

I too have the ugly water streak problem, but I have noticed this on many other cars.

That's all I got...

6+6 Stang

When I wash I get the leaf blower out everytime and blow until no more runs out, I seem to not have a issue even after a rain, it's only after washing, I've never seen a streak, as I said wish they hurry and make a nicer door and if door locked better, I don' worry about gas being taken out I don't want anything poured in there like the old school punks used to do with sugar.

Xibar

I agree that the real fix as a good drainage system. It's kind of my reason for starting this thread... 1. to see if my car has an unusual but annoying issue that no one else is seeing, and 2. if one of the car guys on here are more familiar with the innards of this machine than I do.

If someone out there happened to have opened that area up for whatever reason, maybe they'd know what it really looks like under there.

The Ford guys tell me it's to drain water out... so it's obviously intended for water drainage. Still, it seems like it wasn't planned out correctly.


My other thought, to get a little more science-y, is that it could be a Bernoullie's Principle kind of thing. Is it possible that Ford engineers didn't account for the rapid air movement over that part of the car, and that it could lower the air pressure, and actually "suck" the air in the drain system back out?

Am I thinking too much about this?
Should I just shrug this off and let it go?