OK, but what exactly was leaking? Was the original formed hose broken? Was it pulled off of the HVAC housing?

 

I believe that's the drain line for your cars evaporator. The condenser is at the front of the car towards the engine radiator.

 

Thanks Gorak,
I stand corrected. It's the evaporator. I finally found the item on page AC-26 of the Toyota manual I downloaded. It was visible from underneath the car. Funny, I've been under there lots of times and never remember seeing it sticking out. The drain hose was plugged with what seemed to be a wadded up gum wrapper. It got stuck just where the top of the hose narrows. It's been quite warm and humid in the Northeast and with heavy AC usage, it was enough to block the flow of condensation (water), thus filling up the bottom of the AC unit. This overflowed into the blower motor housing and produced the sloshing sound when making a turn with the blower motor spinning. The water was leaking past the blower motor onto the passenger side carpeting. I could not believe the amount of water that came out from the insulator when I pulled off the hose. Like I said before, no clamps, just pull it down to get it off.

 

I had this problem too, when my a/c was working. I bet it's what caused the whole system to fail. Do you have to take off the dash cover in order to get to this or just the carpeting? Could you post a larger pic of this from the view of the passenger seat?

 

Gorak, Here is an edited picture showing the location of the drain hose. The cover under the glove box snaps down from the rear side. There is a a pin on the front side that goes into a hole in the bracket mounted on the inside firewall. I really don't think it's necessary to remove the glove box. Should you decide to remove the glove box, please watch for the passenger air bag (yellow) wiring and make sure you remove its mounting bracket before you pull down the glove box completely.

 

Got it thanks. Found a piece of metal stuck in the evaporator drain hose. I guess I should pull the evaporator out and find out if it's rusted due to all the water being stuck in there. Anyone know how to do this?

 

I am not sure how high up the evaporator sits, but it seems the water leaks out before it gets high enough to affect the evaporator. If it works, don't fix it.

But... if you really want to open 'er up, there is a link somewhere on here that will bring to a site you can download the service manual from. It'll have all the information you'd need to remove the AC/Heating unit.

I am pretty sure the AC system will have to be emptied of freon prior to removal of the unit. Then the $y$tem ha$ to be drawn down with a vacuum pump and recharged.

 

http://camrystuff.com/index.php?page=Gen3_Manuals
http://camrystuff.com/index.php?page=Gen4_Manuals


I wouldn't advise evap removal unless you intend to over-hall the whole AC system. Is it broken? Thats just going to cost you money. The core is aluminum and won't rust (but could corrode). Most everything else is plastic. If it puddles behind the front right tire, leave it be.

 

I had the exact situation with wet carpets in the front driver & passenger and rear carpets in the 99 Toyota Camry LE. This happened after I used the air conditioner during the hot summer months.

I discovered even through my Evaporator drain hose was connected at the bottom of the passenger side floor and exited though the floor and the drain hose was in good condition but was clogged.

I used a wire hanger bent at the end to make sure that I did not puncture the hose -- and wishing that I had bucket when I pushed it the water rushed out -- luckily I jammed the hose back into the grommet (it was in good condition) where it exited through the floor. I made sure that I did not push it very far since I didn't want to puncture the evaporator cooler.

I noticed that since I cleared the air conditioning drain hose, it was still constantly dripping water (slow drops) about 1 foot away from the drain hose just behind the cooler cover No.1

I have placed a flat small dish to see if there is anymore dripping of water at this location so hopefully I will be able to see if it is still dripping or it has stopped when I run the air conditioner.

I will also pull the drain hose again out from the grommet though the floor to check to make sure that its working properly and draining while running the air conditioner. I want to be sure its still not backing up before replacing the carpet since its all mildew and moldy since I had waterproof mats over the car's carpet.

 

The information was very helpful. I wish that I had used to wire technique first. Accessing the hose and pulling it out resulted in about an additional quart of water dumped into the floor well and carpet-- more mess to clean up. The larger end of the hose was packed with what resembled used tea leaves. The car had sat unused for about 18 hours and it is surprising that some of that accumulated water did not drip out the hose.

The gushing water seems to indicate that nothing above is clogged.
Trying to dry out the carpet now.

 

Is there any way that I could have dislodged my gear shifting cable by pulling up carpeting on the passenger side floorboard? My gear shift itself will move when I start my car, but the car stays stationary. Help!

 

If you take a look at the first post in this thread, the picture shows the shift cable going horizontally just behind the evaporator drain tube (the post used the wrong terminology in the title for what a condenser is vs. an evaporator). You have to determine if your method of pulling up carpet somehow affected the gear shift cable - I don't know the technique you used.