Cleaning sunroof drain holes

[sheep911uk]

I have recently purchased an 84 944 and lo and behold i have wet carpets,i have been told this is due to blocked sunroof drain holes,how do i try to unblock them without damaging or knocking the drain pipes off?
Thanks
Nick

 

[tim court]

Great tool is a length of net curtain flexi wire.

Nip round your Auntie Maud's and nick hers.... then carefully feed it through, turning as you go....

 

[Diver944]

Another good one is strimmer wire from all good garden centres everywhere.

Go gently and be very careful not to push the rubber tubes off the metal nipples inside your bulkhead. As Swiss Tony says 'treat it like a beautiful laydee'

Have you tried pouring a little water down each hole and seeing if they are indeed blocked? You should have four drains, one in each corner of the sunroof.

 

[SteveSJS]

Hmm
I have the same problem - soaking wet rear passenger carpets - just checked by pouring water carefull - drains straight through!
Bother - that would have been an easy solution, so now back to square one and where the hell is it coming in....

SteveS

 

[Fen]

Drain holes from hatch catches? Rear lights? Rear quaretlights? Numberplate holes?

 

[iainfuller]

I've had the same problem with mine - my theory is that as water gathers close to the drainholes on it's way out it can be drawn under the trim that sits around the sunroof aperture- not the seal itself which is attached to the sunroof (capillery attraction?) - this works like a syphon and once a flow is established it will continue until the water has cleared one way or another. My solution was to get some windscreem sealer and run it around the edge of the aperture with the trim removed, replace the trim and away you go.

hope this helps.

Iain

 

[dave993cars]

Hi People
I had the same problem with mine, after lots of hours of it turned out to be the sun roof seal. The seal was easy to fit and relatively cheap, solved the problem, no more leaks.

Happy motoring.

Dave S

 

[Guest]

I had a leak on an old Lux I use to own, turned out to be a hole in the bulkhead infront of the driver ( visible from under the bonnet ). I guess when the car left Stuttgart there was a grommit in the hole that had since departed..... 5mm hole gallons of water !!!

 

[SteveSJS]

That's an interesting one - it was along the lines of my own thinking.
I've raised the inner seal along the passenger rear corner and used some clear exterior grade silicone sealer as a bead along the top of the metal edge, then replaced the seal. Also used the same thing on the front nearside of the rear hatch beading.
I'll let you know how I get on after the nesxt blast of Cornish rain!