aznromeo

Story: A Couple months back, I was driving to work and all of a sudden... *SPLASH!!!!*, a gallon of water fell on me. It had been raining hard that week and my sun roof was clogged.

I had that problem ever since I bought the car in 1998 but I never bothered to fix it because the water used to fall on the passenger side, drenching my GF (LOL). Long story short, after searching through the posts and not finding a complete guide, I decided to fix the clog. I wasted a whole roll of film documenting every step (I got yelled at by my mom!). Enjoy and send thank you messages to: langjairich@yahoo.com.















Key words: Sun Roof, Sunroof, Leak, Guide, Fix, pictures, pics.

 

90CoupefromCanada

Great post. This will help a lot of us.

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SpiceyRice

I did this last weekend because the last two times it rained, I got the ol' gallon of water on my head. I was amazed at how much stuff came out of the body area behind the front mud flaps - I easily got at least twice as much out as you did.

When you're cleaning out the mud from behind the front mud flaps, if you look up inside that area, you can actually see the tit of the drain hose. I reached in there and squeezed it open, it felt like the ends were stuck together.

Pouring water in the corners of the sunroof helped flush out the dirt -- kinda like your air pump idea (I didn't have an air pump).

Good instructions -- I wish they were around before I did the job last week!

aznman007

someone sticky this mafugger

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ArizonaLegend

Excellent work, pics and all. All G1 DIY owners appreciate your efforts.

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upinya

id kill to see some pics of the front drain hoses behind the mud flaps. I removed the plastic mud flap, and tried running a weed wacker line through the front, ie Look what's behind my mud flaps (sun roof leak) , but it seemed like i hit the end of the hose, some sort of blockage, and couldnt see the line come out the other end. I thought i was hitting some bend in the hose, and I didnt want to puncture the hose. Any idea what the resistance was?

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KAHruzer

The tit pieces are actually two pieces fit together. One part is the tit and the other is a one-way valve consisting of a short piece of tube with an "X"' cut drain through what would be a solid closure of the tube. The X makes four down-pointing tabs. That's basically what causes all the plugged lines. Not sure why they thought this was a good idea. I removed these from the rear drains.

I'd imagine pushing a wire would only go through it in the direction of water flow, but still would likely get caught up on that valve some how.

IMO, there's no way a wire would go the opposite direction without breaking something.

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Mod89Coupe

I have a simpler way of never ever getting soaked again. I sealed that mother up with marine grade sealant. I now never have to worry about drains, water in my face or a soaked headliner. I rarely open the moonroof up so I'm feeling good about my method.

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EightNineLegend

My sister employed this solution on her 89 Legend Std Sedan. I am now trying to undo it and have use of the sunroof again >.<.

Does anyone have any suggestions for solvents that I can use on cured caulk (preferably without eating the paint)...?

sam o nela

Wow old school...i remember this DIY...

Do it...dont seal up your sunroof...enough said...

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thats awesome cause ive been trying to find that thread to fix mine along with a dozen other problems lol

EightNineLegend

I am going to try using http://www.boatersworld.com/product/376970950msk.htm

Some anti caulk. I'll let you know if it comes off cleanly without the rubber/paint.

I just razored most of the caulk off and it opens again - made only a few tiny nicks in the paint (and suggestions on what to cover up razor nicks are welcome ).

tubadude

I made a DIY. but thats for a replacement. i covered cleaning.

just take a compressor, and find the hoses, no need to take anything off. you can blow everything out no problem. its a thing you do when you bring your car to the dealership for a tune up.

at least, they're supposed to do it.

but the sealent, use a razorblade, if its silicone, it will peel off. i had some glue crap on mine, hours of peeling took about 50% off. if its silicone, it should come off in <20 minutes

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ac14

that drain tube by the antenna motor is for the sunroof? water was pooling around it and was trying to rust the area under the motor so i pulled the tube down to let the water drain out, now the tube is hanging from under my car, im guessing thats not what its for.

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sam o nela

iirc there are two tubes....one for the sunroof and one for the antenna motor to drain as well...

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