Sunroof Drain Tube Replacement

Video tutorial on how to unplug a sunroof drain.

Sunroof drain tube replacement.

Clean each drain hole you find near the sunroof base. If you have a sunroof the immediate suspect would be the sunroof drain hoses. Now test using a bottle of water gradually drain the water around the sunroof drain do not excessively dump as the drain is only able to remove a certain amount of water. Sunroof leak found must see not the drain tubes sometimes.

Those tubes run through the door pillars and drain through to the rocker panels. A bicycle brake line works very well to clean sunroof drain tubes it is the perfect diameter and has just the right flex to make its way down through the tubes. Replacing the hoses pretty much straight forward you have to gain access to them and then install a new silicon rubber 12mm hose instead. Vehicle i bought used.

Insert a skinny flexible metal wire in a drain tube. Open your sunroof and look for the drain holes in both front corners. You may be tempted to run a coat hanger down the tubes or blast them with compressed air. This video is of an old volvo b.

If you folks have ever watched one of my videos and it s helped you please email lanny owner of accurate engines and let him know that you would consider. The required tools are. It had been wrecked years ago. I removed the a pillar cover and saw the flattened tube.

Depending on where you live sunroof drains may become plugged sooner than later. You might poke the wire right through the tubing or disconnect it from the drain hole. If the problem persists there may have been a drain you missed a faulty seal or faulty drain. As you can see the water is draining properly.

Check out my amazon auto accessories store. It is in good shape but when the body shop did repairs apparently the bolt for the entry assist handle on the passenger side crushed the drain tube for the sunroof. They are going down from the sunroof to the floor and tend to break after few years. Don t pay someone to do this it s too easy.