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Posted this under another title elsewhere, I have trouble believing I'm the only one who's AC is having this problem...

The AC evaporator enclosure is either leaking through a crack, or the enclosure itself is SO COLD, that it has ITS OWN condensation.

At any rate, I've got an AC system that drips water into the footwell on the driver's side, the footwell on the passenger's side, and I'm getting water puddling in my cabin.

Any thoughts where to maybe try to FIND a pinhole leak, or crack in the enclosure?

ANYONE? ANYONE? ANYONE? :-)

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I had a similar issue with another make of car. There is a small tube from the AC evaporator box area that drains the condensation outside the car in the area near the passenger side foot well. I had read somewhere that this tube may get clogged, sometimes by spiders web when they crawl up in there (who knows?). I had to get under the car, find the tube and run a thin piece of flexible wire up the tube far enough to unblock the clog, which it did, then everything drained fine. Hopefully it's that easy for you to fix, good luck.

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Yes, I was surprised because the tube was dripping, and it was dripping at a
rate that seemed kinda' normal, but it did turn out to be clogged up inside the
very top of the drain tube, and I think that it was more a bit of the
insulation that keeps the evaporator from jiggling and banging around inside
the enclosure than anything like dirt or dust. That insulation does go
bad over time, and sheds some material. (I got all this information only
after I finally got my mechanic friend to look at it. It was diagnosed
and repaired in twenty minutes)

When that was cleared out, I dropped about a pint of water on the floor, and
after that, the drain tube practically RUNS water, not drips it. It appears
to be THAT efficient. Also, since this car was bought used, and I had no
experience with Camry, I noticed that the climate control immediately became
more accurate, the compressor cycled more, and the temperature dial was more
useful.

And, since I could run the ac constantly, the carpet was dried out effectively
by the dryer air.

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